αλίφρων

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φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts

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Greek Monolingual

ἁλίφρων (-ονος), ο, η (Α)
αυτός που διαθέτει αρκετή φρόνηση.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἅλις «αρκετά» + -φρων < φρήν.
ΠΑΡ. αρχ. ἁλιφροσύνη.