tact
From LSJ
ὥσπερ ἀνέµου 'ξαίφνης ἀσελγοῦς γενοµένου → just as when a wind suddenly turns foul, just as when a wind suddenly turns nasty
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
kindness: P. φιλανθρωπία, ἡ.
want of tact: P. πλημμέλεια, ἡ.
you show tact in refusing to name them: V. εὐπαίδευτα δ' ἀποτρέπει λέγειν (Euripides, Orestes 410).
