ὀρθόπολις
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)
εως, ὁ, ἡ,
A upholding the city, Pi.O.2.7, BCH23.302 (Termessus).
German (Pape)
[Seite 375] Städte aufrecht erhaltend, lenkend, Pind. Ol. 2, 8.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὀρθόπολις: -εως, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δικαιοσύνῃ ὀρθῶν καὶ σῴζων τὰς πόλεις, Πινδ. Ο. 2. 14, πρβλ. ἐρυσίπολις, σῳζόπολις.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως (ὁ, ἡ)
qui dirige sagement la Cité.
Étymologie: ὀρθός, πόλις.
English (Slater)
ὀρθόπολις m. adj.,
1 who makes the city secure (cf. Williger, Sprachl. Unters., 11̆{3}) Θήρωνα εὐωνύμων πατέρων ἄωτον ὀρθόπολιν (O. 2.7)
Greek Monolingual
ὀρθόπολις, ὁ, ἡ (Α)
αυτός που ανορθώνει και διασώζει τις πόλεις με τη δικαιοσύνη του, αυτός που διοικεί ορθά και δίκαια την πόλη.
Greek Monotonic
ὀρθόπολις: -εως, ὁ, ἡ, αυτός που ανορθώνει, που σώζει την πόλη, σε Πίνδ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὀρθόπολις: εως adj. правящий государством или городом Pind.
