ἐπίφρων
οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον → silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters
English (LSJ)
ον, gen. ονος, (φρήν)
A thoughtful, οἵ τε δύνανται ἄφρονα ποιῆσαι..ἐπίφρονα to make the thoughtful thoughtless, Od.23.12 ; αἰχμητὴν..καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν sage in counsel, 16.242 ; ἐ. Αὐγείαο Theoc.25.29 ; also ἐ. βουλή Od.3.128, Hes.Th.122 ; ἐ. μῆτις Od.19.326, B.15.25. —Ep. and Lyr., never in Il.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1001] ον, verständig, bedachtsam, klug (ᾡ ἔπι φρένες), Od. 23, 12, von Menschen, wie 16, 242, χεῖράς τ' αἰχμητὴν ἔμεναι καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν, klug an Rath; νόῳ καὶ ἐπίφρονι βουλῇ 3, 128, μῆτις 19, 326; Hes. Th. 122 u. öfter, u. sp. D., wie Theocr. 25, 29.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπίφρων: -ον, (φρὴν) φρόνιμος, συνετός, οἵ τε (οἱ θεοὶ) δύνανται ἄφρονα ποιῆσαι καὶ ἐπίφρονά περ’ μάλ’ ἐόντα Ὀδ. Ψ. 12· αἰχμητήν... καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν, συνετὸν ἐν βουλῇ, ΙΙ. 242· ὡσαύτως, βουλή, μῆτις ἐπίφρων Γ. 128, Τ. 326, Ἡσ., (ἀλλ’ οὐδαμοῦ ἐν Ἰλ.). Λέξις Ἐπικὴ ἀπαντῶσα καὶ παρὰ Βακχυλ. 16. 25 (ἔκδ. Kenyon)· πρβλ. εὔφρων.
