ἀεσίφρων
κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι. → for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know.
English (LSJ)
ον, gen. ονος,
A = φρεσὶν ἀασθείς, damaged in mind, witless, silly, Il.20.183, Od.21.302, Hes.Op.335 (more correctly ἀασίφρων Apollon.Lex., Phot.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 43] unverständig, thöricht, Hom. dreimal, Iliad. 20, 183 ὁ δ' ἔμπεδος οὐδ' ἀεσίφρων, 23, 603 οὔ τι παρήορος οὐδ' ἀεσίφρων, Od. 21, 302 ὁ δὲ φρεσὶν ᾑσιν ἀασθεὶς ἤιεν ἣν ἄτηνὀχέων ἀεσίφρονι θυμῷ; – Hes. O. 333 u. sp. D. Vgl. Buttmann Lexil. 1, 224.
