Εὑρετής
inventor
Translated by Catharine Roth3 Mar 2004Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"He [Isidore] was a ready inventor both of problems which he set for others and of [answers to] those which others set for him, not burying and concealing the truth and silencing the questioners with erudition and recitation of others' opinions."1
*eu(re/tis [is] the feminine form, with iota, [meaning] she who invents.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὑρετής· ἦν δὲ καὶ εὑρετὴς ἑτοιμότατος ὧν τε αὐτὸς ἠπόρει πρὸς ἑτέρους καὶ ὧν ἕτεροι πρὸς αὐτόν, οὐ πολυμαθείᾳ καὶ ἀλλοτρίων δοξασμάτων ἱστορίᾳ καταχωννὺς μὲν τὴν ἀλήθειαν καὶ ἀποκρύπτων, ἐπιστομίζων δὲ τοὺς ἀποροῦντας. Εὑρέτις δὲ θηλυκόν, διὰ τοῦ ι, ἡ ἐφευρετική.