ἐπίπεδος
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
English (LSJ)
ον,
A on the ground, on the ground-floor, στοαὶ ἐ., opp. ὑπερῷοι, D.H.3.68, cf. PFlor.376.7 (iii A.D.); σηκός Aret.CA2.2. II. level, flat, Pl.Criti.112a; χωρίον X.HG7.1.29, etc.; οὐκ ἐν ἐπιπέδῳ, ἀλλὰ πρὸς ὀρθίῳ not on a level, but... ib.6.4.14; ἐξ ἐπιπέδου PThead.20i3 (iv A.D.); = Lat. de plano, J.AJ19.5.3: irreg. Comp. -πεδέστερος X.HG7.4.13. 2. στεγνὰ ἐπίπεδα an accurately fitting pavement, SIG996.27 (Smyrna, i A.D.). III. in Geom., plane, superficial, opp. στερεός (solid), Pl.Phlb.51c, Ti.32a; ἐ. γωνία a plane angle, ib.54e; ἡ τοῦ ἐ. πραγματεία plane geometry, Id.R.528d; μήκους καὶ ἐ. καὶ βάθους one-, two-, and three-dimensional magnitude, Id.Lg.817e; εἰ κῶνος τέμνοιτο ἐπιπέδῳ Democr.155. 2. of numbers, representing a surface, Plu.2.367f, Nicom.Ar.2.7; ὁ ἰσόπλευρος καὶ ἐ. ἀριθμός a square number, Pl.Tht.148a. Adv. -δως Nicom.l.c.
German (Pape)
[Seite 968] von der Erde, στοαί, im Ggstz von ὑπερῷοι, D. Ha l. 3, 68; dem Erdboden gleich, flach, eben, γεώδης ἦν πᾶσα καὶ πλὴν ὀλίγων ἐπ. ἄνωθεν, ohne Berge, Attika, Plat. Critia. 112 a; χωρίον Xen. u. Folgde; ἦν οὐ πάνυ ἐν ἐπιπέδῳ, ἀλλὰ πρὸς ὀρθίῳ τὸ στρατόπεδον Xen. Hell. 6, 4, 14; τὸ ἐπίπεδον, die Fläche, bes. in der Geometrie, Ebene, Plat., vgl. z. B. μῆκος καὶ ἐπίπεδον καὶ βάθος Legg. VII, 817 e; Euclid.; ἀριθμός, Quadratzahl, Plat. Theaet. 148 a; Nicom. ar. 2, 7. – Einen unregelmäßigen compar. ἐπιπεδέστερος hat Xen. Hell. 7, 4, 13. – Adv. ἐπιπέδως, Nicom. Davon
