ἡπατοσκοπία
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)
ἡ,
A inspecting of the liver, Hdn.8.3.7.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1173] ἡ, Leberbesichtigung u. Weissagung darnach, Hdn. 8, 3, 17; K. S.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἡπᾰτοσκοπία: ἡ, μαντικὴ παρατήρησις, ἐξέτασις τοῦ ἥπατος, Ἡρωδιαν. 8. 3, 17.
Greek Monolingual
ἡπατοσκοπία, ή (Α) ηπατοσκόπος
η μαντεία από την παρατήρηση του ήπατος.
