ἄφροντις
δὶς ἐξαμαρτεῖν ταὐτὸν οὐκ ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ → a wise man should not keep making the same mistake, a wise man should not repeat the same mistake, doing twice the same mistake is not a wise man's doing, making the same mistake twice does not befit the wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a man who is wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a wise man, the wise man does not make the same mistake twice, to commit the same sin twice is not a sign of a wise man, it is unwise to err twice
English (LSJ)
ιδος, ὁ, ἡ,
A free from care, careless, c. gen., ἄ. τοῦ θανεῖν E.Fr.958; τῶν καθηκόντων Plu.2.45d; περί τινος Luc.Dem.Enc.25: abs., δίαιτα Plu.2.792b (in acc. ἄφροντιν), cf. Max. Tyr.3.9: Comp. -έστερος Steph.in Hp.1.263 D.
German (Pape)
[Seite 415] ιδος, sorglos, τινός Eur. frg. inc. 76; Luc. Gall. 3; Plut. oft.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄφροντις: -ιδος, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ ἄνευ φροντίδος, ὁ μὴ φροντίζων, ἀδιάφορος, Λατ. securus, μετὰ γεν., ἀφρ. τοῦ θανεῖν Εὐρ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 76, πρβλ. Πλούτ. 2. 45D· ἀπολ., 792Β (κατ’ αἰτιατ. ἄφροντιν), κτλ.
