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Headword: *pinuto/s
Adler number: pi,1626
Translated headword: prudent
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] sensible.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the compound] 'prudent-minded',[2] [meaning] harmonious [and] intelligent. "For the sake of the prudent-minded readiness which the sweet singer practiced, both with Muses and Graces".[3]
Greek Original:
*pinuto/s: fro/nimos. kai\ *pinuto/fronos, e)mmelou=s suneth=s. ei(/neken eu)maqi/hs pinuto/fronos, h(\n o( melixro\s h)/skhsen, *mousw=n a)/mmiga kai\ *xari/twn.
Notes:
cf. generally pi 1625.
[1] cf. ps.-Zonaras 1548; on Homer, Odyssey 1.229.
[2] Here in the (feminine) genitive singular, evidently extracted from the passage about to be quoted.
[3] Greek Anthology 7.22.5-6 (Simias of Thebes), an epitaph for Sophocles, already at alpha 1589; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 178-179) and (vol. II, 514-515). On the attribution of the epigram to Simias of Thebes, see alpha 1589 note and theta 556 note.
References:
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1965)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1965)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; ethics; imagery; meter and music; poetry
Translated by: Francesco Ginelli on 10 August 2012@06:24:04.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (notes; more keywords; tweaking) on 10 August 2012@07:48:40.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 11 August 2012@00:18:47.
David Whitehead on 4 October 2013@04:56:53.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 9 September 2021@17:52:50.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references) on 22 April 2022@13:06:52.

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