ἀρτίφρων
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], ον, gen. ονος, (ἄρτιος, φρήν)
A sound of mind, sensible, οὔτε μάλ' ἀ. Od.24.261, cf. E.Med.294; ἀρτιμελεῖς καὶ ἀρτίφρονας Pl. R.536b; ἀ. . . πλήν . . quite in one's senses except... E.IA877: c. gen., ἐπεὶ δ' ἀ. ἐγένετο . . γάμων when he came to full consciousness of... A.Th.778 (lyr.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 362] ον, sehr verständig, Od. 24, 261; Eur. I. A. 877 Med. 294; ἀρτίφρων γάμων ἐγίνετο, er kam zu voller Erkenntniß seiner Heirath, Aesch. Spt. 760. Auch in Prosa, Plat. Rep. VII, 536 b.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀρτίφρων: -ον, γεν. ονος, (ἄρτιος, φρὴν) ὁ τὰς φρένας ἄρτιος, ἔμφρων. οὔτε μάλ’ ἀρτίφρων Ὀδ. Ω. 261. πρβλ. Εὐρ. Μήδ. 295, Πλάτ. Πολ. 536Β· ἀρτίφρων... πλήν..., ἐντελῶς σώας ἔχων τὰς φρένας, πλήν..., Εὐρ. Ι. Α. 877· μετὰ γεν., ἐπεὶ δ’ ἀρτίφρων ἐγένετο μέλεος ἀθλίων γάμων, «ἐπεὶ ἔμφρων ἐγένετο, ἐπεὶ συνῆκεν ὃ ἔπραξε κατὰ τῆς μητρὸς» (Σχόλ.), «ἐπιγνώμων, εἰδήμων» (ἄλλα Σχόλ.) Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 778.
