σπαθίον
From LSJ
Νοεῖν γάρ ἐστι κρεῖττον καὶ σιγὴν ἔχειν → Bene iudicare maius est silentio → Klar denken ist ja besser und verschwiegen sein
English (LSJ)
τό, Dim. of σπάθη (signf. 1), AP6.283; (signf. 5), POxy.1839.4 (vi A.D.); (signf. 2), Gal.2.724, al.;
A knife, scalpel, Sor.2.63; blade of a scalpel, Hippiatr.20; small blade in a machine, Hero Spir.1.42; name of a measure of capacity, ἐλαίου σ. ἓν ἐσφραγισμένον PLond. 2.236.5 (iv A.D.), cf. 3.1266 (a).7 (ii A.D.), etc.
