ἀττάκης
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)
ου, ὁ, a kind of A locust, LXX Le.11.22 (ἀττακύς Al. ibid.): —also ἄττακος, ὁ, Aristeas 145, Ph.1.85.
German (Pape)
[Seite 389] ὁ, eine Heuschreckenart, LXX.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀττάκης: -ου, ὁ, εἶδος ἀκρίδος ἐχούσης κεφαλὴν λείαν καὶ συχναζούσης εἰς πετρώδη μέρη, πιθαν. λέξις Χαλδαϊκὴ σημαίνουσα τὸν καταβιβρώσκοντα, καὶ ταῦτα φάγεσθε ἀπ’ αὐτῶν τὸν βροῦχον καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ, καὶ τὸν ἀττάκην καὶ τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῷ Ἑβδ. (Λευ. ια΄, 23), ἴδε Sturz Διαλ. Μακ. σ. 70· ― παρὰ Φίλωνι (1. 85) καὶ ἄττακος· ― Πρβλ. ἀττέλαβος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Alolema(s): tb. ἄττακος Aristeas 145; ἀττακός Ph.1.85
entom. cierta langosta LXX Le.11.22, Aristeas l.c., Ph.l.c.
Greek Monolingual
ἀττάκης και ἄττακος και ἀττακύς, ο (Α)
είδος ακρίδας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Άγνωστης ετυμολ. Ίσως συνδέεται με το αττέλαβος].
Frisk Etymological English
-ου
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: kind of locust (LXX)
Other forms: Also ἀττακύς (LXX), ἄττακος m. (Aristeas, Ph.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Unknown. Loan word, from the orient, or from the substr? Cf. ἀττέλαβος. S. Gil, Insectos 238.
Frisk Etymology German
ἀττάκης: -ου
{attákēs}
Forms: und ἀττακύς (LXX), ἄττακος m. (Aristeas, Ph.).
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Art Heuschrecke.
Etymology : Unerklärt. Vgl. zu ἀττέλαβος.
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