wit
εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος → throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
cleverness: P. and V. σύνεσις, ἡ, τὸ συνετόν, σοφία, ἡ, P. δεινότης, ἡ, Ar. and P. δεξιότης, ἡ.
intellect, mind: P. and V. νοῦς, ὁ, φρόνησις, ἡ, γνώμη, ἡ, Ar. and P. διάνοια, ἡ, Ar. and V. φρήν, ἡ, or pl. (rare P.).
mother wit: P. οἰκεία σύνεσις (thuc 1, 138).
conversational cleverness: P. χαριεντισμός, ὁ, εὐτραπελία, ἡ.
a witty person: see adj., P. and V. γέλοιος (Euripides, Fragment), Ar. and P. χαρίεις, ἀστεῖος.
play the wit, v.: Ar. and P. χαριεντίζεσθαι.
be at one's wit's end: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.), P. ἄπορος καθεστηκέναι, ἐν ἀπόρῳ ἔχεσθαι.
at one's wit's end, adj.: P. and V. ἄπορος, ἀμήχανος (rare P.).
lose one's wits: P. and V. ἐξίστασθαι, οὐ φρονεῖν, παραφρονεῖν; see be mad, under mad.
with one's wits about one, adj.: Ar. and P. ὀξύς, P. and V. δριμύς (Plato also Euripides, Cyclops); see clever.
