διπλασίασις
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)
-εως, ἡ, = διπλασιασμός (doubling, Ionic doubling of consonants, reduplication, doubling of front, cross-action), τῶν ἀνδρῶν Ascl.Tact. 10.17 ; τῆς χώρας Nicom. Ar. 1.13.
Spanish (DGE)
-εως, ἡ
1 duplicación c. gen. obj., en número τῶν ἀνδρῶν Ascl.Tact.10.17, en extensión τῆς χώρας Nicom.Ar.1.13, Iambl.in Nic.30.
2 gram. geminación de la sigma en ‘διακλάσσας’ Sch.Er.Il.5.216a.
German (Pape)
ἡ, = διπλασιασμός, Nicom. inst.arithm. 1.13 und andere Spätere
