κηρίον
καὶ τὸ σιγᾶν πολλάκις ἐστὶ σοφώτατον ἀνθρώπῳ νοῆσαι → and silence is often the wisest thing for a man to heed, and often is man's best wisdom to be silent, and often keeping silent is the wisest thing for a man to heed
English (LSJ)
τό, κηρός)
A honeycomb, mostly in pl., h.Merc.559, Hes.Th. 597, Hdt.5.114, etc.; κ. καὶ λίβανον, as offerings, Supp.Epigr.3.774 (Crete, i B.C.): sg., Pl.R.552c, Theoc.19.2, IG5(2).514.14 (Lycosura, ii B.C.); τὸ κ. τοῦ μέλιτος LXX 1 Ki.14.27; used in Medicine, Hp. Morb.2.45, 3.17; παιδίον κηρίῳ βεβυσμένον having its mouth stopped with a piece of honeycomb, Ar.Th.506, cf. Sch. ad loc., Sor.1.86; κ. σφηκῶν Hdt.2.92: κηρία, τά, honey, Hippon.36, Aristo ap.Ath.2.38f. 2 metaph., of a book of poems, AP9.190: pl., title of Anthologies, Gell.Praef.6. 3 metaph., of anything pleasant, τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τὸ κ. Lib.Ep.112.1. II a cutaneous disease, = μελικηρίς, Dsc.2.135 (pl.), Gal.7.728, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1433] τό, Wachskuchen der Bienen, Honigwabe; im plur., H. h. Merc. 559, Hes. Th. 597; im sing., Theocr. 19, 2; Her. 2, 92; Plat. Rep. VIII, 552 c, Xen. An. 4, 8, 20; einzeln bei Sp., die häufiger den plur. haben, D. Sic. 5, 14, Luc. Dem. 52, wie auch Ar. Eccl. 632 u. Hipponax bei Ath. XIV, 645 c; auch der Honig selbst; Ep. ad. 523 (IX, 191) von den Wachstafeln eines Buches. – Bei den Aerzten ein grindartiger Ausschlag, schlimmer als ἀχώρ.
