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εὔπταιστος

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Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection

Porphyry, Sententiae, 25
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Transliteration A: eúptaistos Transliteration B: euptaistos Transliteration C: eyptaistos Beta Code: eu)/ptaistos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A easily stumbling: metaph., unreliable, of words as compared with facts, Hp.Praec.2.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1091] leicht Anstoß gebend, gefährlich, Hippocr.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εὔπταιστος: -ον, εὐκόλως πταίων, σφαλλόμενος, ἀσταθής, σφαλερός, Ἰππ. 26. 19.