ἐπιίστωρ

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Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)

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Transliteration A: epiístōr Transliteration B: epiistōr Transliteration C: epiistor Beta Code: e)pii/stwr

English (LSJ)

ορος, ὁ, ἡ,

   A privy to a thing: c.gen., μεγάλων ἔργων ἐ. privy to great works (i.e. the robbery of the mares), Od.21.26; so τεῶν μύθων ἐ. A.R.4.89: abs., ib.16.    2. acquainted with, practised in, δίσκων, γεωμετρίης, AP11.371 (Pall.), App.Anth.7.2 (Euc.); σοφίης IG3.946, cf. Doroth.in Cat.Cod.Astr.2.172.