ᾠοειδής
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
ές,
A egg-shaped, ovoid, Arist.HA539b12, 555b24, GA733a31, Eudox.Ars19.14; cf. ᾠώδης. II τὸ ᾠ., = τὸ ὑδατοειδές, the aqueous humour of the eye, Gal.19.358, Aët.7.1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ᾠοειδής: -ές, γεν. έος, ὅμοιος ᾠῷ, ἔχων τὸ σχῆμα ᾠοῦ, Ἀριστ. περὶ τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 1, 9.. 5. 28, 2, περὶ Ζ. Γεν. 2. 1, 22, κ. ἀλλ· πρβλ. ᾠώδης. ΙΙ. τὸ ᾠοειδές = τὸ ὑδατοειδές, τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ ὑδατῶδες ὑγρόν, Γαλην. 19. 358, Θεόφιλ. Πρωτοσπαθ. σ. 152· καὶ αὐτόθι Greenhill.
