ε1400Ἔννους
thoughtful
[Meaning] intelligent. Sophocles [writes]: "a thoughtful [man] judges new things by old." [Meaning] a thoughtful man knows present matters through [knowledge of] what has preceded. For if the oracle given by Apollo is…
Ἔννους· ὁ συνετός. Σοφοκλῆς· ἔννους τὰ καινὰ τοῖς πάλαι τεκμαίρεται. ἔννους ἀνὴρ διὰ τῶν φθασάντων τὰ παρόντα γινώσκει. εἰ γὰρ ὁ ὑπὸ Ἀπόλλωνος δοθεὶς χρησμὸς ἠκύρωται, δηλονότι…
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