σίντης

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ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

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Transliteration A: síntēs Transliteration B: sintēs Transliteration C: sintis Beta Code: si/nths

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (σίνομαι) poet. word,

   A = σίνις, ravening, of the lion, Il. 11.481, 20.165; of the wolf, 16.353: with a fem. Subst., σίνταο φάλαγγος Nic.Th.715.    2 Subst., = ἔχις, ib.623.    3 spoiler, thief, Opp.H.4.602, Cat.Cod.Astr.7.115.    4 hoopoe, Hsch. s.v. μακεσίκρανος (σιήτην cod.).