παλινσκοπία

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ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

παλινσκοπία: ἡ, τὸ βλέπειν πάλιν ὀπίσω· ἡ αἰτ. ὡς ἐπίρρ., κατὰ τὴν ἐναντίαν διεύθυνσιν, Εὐρ. Ὁρ. 1262, ἐξ εἰκασ. τοῦ Πόρσ.