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<b class="b2">Cleverness</b>: P. and V. [[σύνεσις]], ἡ, τὸ συνετόν, [[σοφία]], ἡ, P. [[δεινότης]], ἡ, Ar. and P. [[δεξιότης]], ἡ.
[[cleverness]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σύνεσις]], ἡ, [[τὸ συνετόν]], [[σοφία]], ἡ, [[prose|P.]] [[δεινότης]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[δεξιότης]], ἡ.


<b class="b2">Intellect, mind</b>: P. and V. [[νοῦς]], ὁ, [[φρόνησις]], ἡ, [[γνώμη]], ἡ, Ar. and P. [[διάνοια]], ἡ, Ar. and V. [[φρήν]], ἡ, or pl. (rare P.).
[[intellect]], [[mind]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[νοῦς]], ὁ, [[φρόνησις]], ἡ, [[γνώμη]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[διάνοια]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φρήν]], ἡ, or pl. (rare [[prose|P.]]).


<b class="b2">Mother wit</b>: P. οἰκεία [[σύνεσις]] (<b class="b2">Thuc</b> 1, 138).
[[mother wit]]: [[prose|P.]] [[οἰκεία σύνεσις]] ([[thuc]] 1, 138).


<b class="b2">Conversational cleverness</b>: P. [[χαριεντισμός]], ὁ, [[εὐτραπελία]], ἡ.
[[conversational cleverness]]: [[prose|P.]] [[χαριεντισμός]], ὁ, [[εὐτραπελία]], ἡ.


<b class="b2">A witty person</b>: see adj., P. and V. [[γέλοιος]] (Eur., ''Frag.''), Ar. and P. [[χαρίεις]], [[ἀστεῖος]].
[[a witty person]]: see adj., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γέλοιος]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''Fragment''), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χαρίεις]], [[ἀστεῖος]].


<b class="b2">Play the wit</b>, v.: Ar. and P. χαριεντίζεσθαι.
[[play the wit]], v.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χαριεντίζεσθαι]].


<b class="b2">Be at one's wit's end</b>: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.), P. [[ἄπορος]] καθεστηκέναι, ἐν ἀπόρῳ ἔχεσθαι.
[[be at one's wit's end]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀπορεῖν]], [[ἀμηχανεῖν]] (rare [[prose|P.]]), [[prose|P.]] [[ἄπορος καθεστηκέναι]], [[ἐν ἀπόρῳ ἔχεσθαι]].


<b class="b2">At one's wit's end</b>, adj.: P. and V. [[ἄπορος]], [[ἀμήχανος]] (rare P.).
[[at one's wit's end]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄπορος]], [[ἀμήχανος]] (rare [[prose|P.]]).


<b class="b2">Lose one's wits</b>: P. and V. ἐξίστασθαι, οὐ φρονεῖν, παραφρονεῖν; see <b class="b2">be mad</b>, under [[mad]].
[[lose one's wits]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξίστασθαι]], [[οὐ φρονεῖν]], [[παραφρονεῖν]]; see [[be mad]], under [[mad]].


<b class="b2">With one's wits about one</b>, adj.: Ar. and P. [[ὀξύς]], P. and V. [[δριμύς]] (Plat. also Eur., ''Cycl.''); see [[clever]].
[[with one's wits about one]], adj.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὀξύς]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δριμύς]] ([[Plato]] also [[Euripides|Eur.]], ''Cyclops''); see [[clever]].
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