knife
Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. μάχαιρα, ἡ, κοπίς, ἡ (Xen. also Ar.). Knife for leather work: P. τομεύς, ὁ. Knife for pruning or carving: Ar. and P. σμίλη, ἡ. Sacrificial knife: V. σφαγίς, ἡ, σφαγεύς, ὁ. Dagger: Ar. and P. ξιφίδιον, τό, P. ἐγχειρίδιον, τό, P. and V. μάχαιρα, ἡ. War to the knife: P. and V. πόλεμος ἄσπονδος, ὁ, P. πόλεμος ἀκήρυκτος, ὁ. It is not like a wise physician to mutter charms over a wound that needs the knife: V. οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι (Soph., Aj. 581).
