φοινικίς
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A red or purple cloth, Ar.Pl.731,735; used for horses, X.Cyr.8.3.12. 2 red cloak, Ar.Ach.320 (troch.); φοινικίδ' ὀξεῖαν πάνυ a red cloak as bright as bright can be, Id.Pax 1173, cf. 1175 (both troch.): esp. the dark-red military cloak of the Lacedaemonians, Id.Lys.1140, X.Lac.11.3, Arist.Fr.542; also worn by Persians, X.Cyr.6.4.1, cf. φοινικιστής 11; by Macedonians, Plu. Aem.18, etc.; distd. from πορφυρίς, X.Cyr.8.3.3. 3 red curtain or carpet, Aeschin.3.76 (pl.). 4 red flag hung out as the signal for action, Plb.2.66.11, D.S.13.77, etc.; generally, red banner, φοινικίδας ἀνασείειν, a form in solemn curses or excommunications, Lys.6.51. 5 ornamental palm-tree, Inscr. Délos314B137 (iii B. C.).
