ἰνώδης
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)
[ῑ], ες,
A fibrous, of parts of animals, X.Cyn.4.1, Arist.HA 497a21; ἰνωδέστατον αἷμα Id.PA651a3; of vegetables, φλοιός, φύλλον, Thphr.HP3.12.1,5, cf. Dsc.4.20; sinewy, X.Cyn.4.1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰνώδης: ῑ, -ες, (εἶδος) πλήρης ἰνῶν, ἐπὶ μερῶν τοῦ σώματος ζῴου, Ξέν. Κυν. 4. 1, Ἀριστ. π. τ. Ζ. Ἱστ. 1. 17, 17· ἐπὶ τοῦ αἵματος, τὸ γὰρ αἷμα τούτων (δηλ. τῶν ταύρων καὶ κάπρων) ἰνωδέστατον ὁ αὐτ. π. Ζ. Μορ. 2. 4, 6· ἐπὶ φυτῶν ἢ λαχάνων, φλοιός, φύλον Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 3. 12, 1 καὶ 5.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης, ες :
rempli de fibre, nerveux.
Étymologie: ἴς, -ωδης.
