ἀμφιφορεύς
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)
gen. έως, Ep. ῆος, ὁ: (φέρω, φορέω):—
A large jar or pitcher with two handles, of gold, Il.23.92, Od.24.74; of stone, 13.105; for wine, 2.290, etc.; for oil, Simon.155.4: used as cinerary urn, Il. l.c. II = μετρητής, Theopomp.Hist.374. (The later form was ἀμφορεύς, q.v.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 145] έως, ὁ, ein größeres, auf zwei Seiten getragenes, also zweihenkeliges Gefäß; Iliad. 23, 92 χρύσεος ἀμφιφορεύς u. Od. 24, 74 χρύσεον ἀμφιφορῆα Aschenkrug; οἶνον ἐν ἀμφιφορεῦσιν (ἀφύσσειν) Od. 2, 290. 349. 379. 9, 164. 204; Iliad. 23, 170 μέλιτος καὶ ἀλείφατος ἀμφιφορῆας; Od. 13, 105 ἐν δε κρητῆρές τε καὶ ἀμφιφορῆες ἔασιν λάινοι. – Vgl. ἀμφορεύς.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀμφιφορεύς: γεν. έως, Ἐπ. ῆος, ὁ: (φέρω, φορέω). Μεγάλη ὑδρία ἔχουσα δύο λαβάς, - ἐκ χρυσοῦ Ἰλ. Ψ. 92, Ὀδ. Ω.74, - ἐκ λίθου Ν.105· πρὸς διατήρησιν οἴνου, Β. 290, κτλ.: Οὕτω Σιμων. 213: ἐν χρήσει καὶ πρὸς τήρησιν τῆς τέφρας τοῦ θανόντος, Ἰλ. Ψ.92.
ΙΙ. = μετρητὴς Θεόπομπ. παρὰ Σχολ. Ἀπολλ. Ροδ. Δ. 1178. (Ὁ νεότερος τύπος ἦτο ἀμφορεύς, ἴδε τὴν λέξιν).
