παιγνιήμων
From LSJ
αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character
English (LSJ)
ον, gen. ονος,
A = παιγνήμων, Hdt.2.173; τὸ κομψὸν καὶ π. [τοῦ Σωκράτους] Numen. ap. Eus.PE14.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 438] ον, scherzhaft, spaßhaft, Her. 2, 173, von Ath. VI, 261 c τοῖς παιγνίοις ἐπιστήμων erkl.; παιγνήμων bei Suid. u. παιγνίμων bei Schol. Luc. V. H. 2, 41 sind verderbte Formen.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
παιγνιήμων: -ον, ὡς τὸ παιγνιώδης, ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὰ σκώμματα, Ἡρόδ. 2. 173, Εὐστ. Πονημάτ. 202. 17, κτλ.· παιγνήμων, αὐτόθι 95. 89, Ἡρῳδιαν. Ἐπιμερ. 106· Ἐπίρρ. -όνως, Εὐστάθ. 772. 38.
