ῥοά
δὶς ἐξαμαρτεῖν ταὐτὸν οὐκ ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ → a wise man should not keep making the same mistake, a wise man should not repeat the same mistake, doing twice the same mistake is not a wise man's doing, making the same mistake twice does not befit the wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a man who is wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a wise man, the wise man does not make the same mistake twice, to commit the same sin twice is not a sign of a wise man, it is unwise to err twice
English (LSJ)
German (Pape)
[Seite 846] ἡ, dor. = ῥοή, Pind. ἡ, = ῥοιά, der Granatapfel; Pind. frg. 329; Plat. Legg. VIII, 845 b; Ar. Vesp. 1268; auch der Granatbaum, Sp. – Att. ῥόα betont.
French (Bailly abrégé)
2c. ῥοιά.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ῥοά:
I ἡ дор. = ῥοή.
II v.l. ῥόα ἡ дор. = ῥοιά.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ῥοά: ἡ, Δωρ. ἀντὶ ῥοή, ὃ ἴδε, Πίνδ.
English (Slater)
ῥοά (-αί, -ᾶν, -αῖσι（ν), -άς.)
a stream, current ὕδατος ὥτε ῥοὰς φίλον ἐς ἄνδρ' ἄγων κλέος ἐτήτυμον αἰνέσω (N. 7.62) παρ' Ἰσμηνοῦ ῥοᾶν (Bergk: ῥοὰν codd.) (N. 11.36) Μέλ[ανό]ς τε ῥοαὶ (Wil.: τε ποταμοῦ ῥοαὶ Π.) fr. 70. 2 ἰδίᾳ τ ἐρεύνασε τεναγέων ῥοάς (N. 3.25)
b met. προμαθείας δ' ἀπόκινται ῥοαί (join προμαθείας ῥοαί) (N. 11.46) met. of song, cf. (N. 7.62) supra, ῥοαὶ δ' ἄλλοτ ἄλλαι εὐθυμιᾶν τε μέτα καὶ πόνων ἐς ἄνδρας ἔβαν (O. 2.33) εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε (N. 7.11) ἀμνάμονες δὲ βροτοί, ὅ τι μὴ σοφίας ἄωτον ἄκρον κλυταῖς ἐπέων ῥοαῖσιν ἐξίκηται ζυγέν (I. 7.19) ]ροαι δὲ Μοισαι[ ?fr. 334a. 3.
