Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
Of persons or things: P. and V. σοφός, κομψός (Plato and Eur.), Ar. and P. δεξιός, φρόνιμος.
Of persons: P. and V. συνετός, δεινός.
quick at learning: P. εὐμαθής.
very clever: P. and V. πάνσοφος; see prudent.
