μελαγχολία
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A atrabiliousness, melancholy, freq. in pl., Hp.Aër.10, Ti.Locr.103a, Phld.Ir.p.28 W., Man.2.366: sg., Aret.SD1.5.
German (Pape)
[Seite 118] ἡ, Schwarzgalligkeit, Melancholie, Tiefsinn, durch die ins Blut sich ergießende Galle entstehend, Tim. Locr. 103 a; im plur., Hippocr. u. Sp., wie Luc. Mort. D. 20, 4. Vit. auct. 14.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μελαγχολία: ἡ, κυρίως τὸ ἔχειν τὴν χολὴν μέλαιναν· νόσος τις, μελαγχολία, Ἱππ. π. Ἀέρ. 288, κτλ.· πρβλ. Foës. Oecon., καὶ ἴδε ἐν λ. πικροχολία.
