ready of wit, shrewd
Ancient Greek word, found 32 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 13.332: οὕνεκʼ ἐπητής ἐσσι καὶ ἀγχίνοος καὶ ἐχέφρων.
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 7.1.48: … ενα, ὥστʼ εἰς ἀκοσμίαν καὶ εἰκαιότητα τρέπεσθαι τοὺς ἀγυμνάστους ἔχοντας τὰς φαντασίας. οὐκ ἄλλως τʼ ὀξὺν καὶ ἀγχίνουν καὶ τὸ ὅλον δεινὸν ἐν λόγοις φανήσεσθαι τὸν σοφόν· τοῦ γὰρ αὐτοῦ εἶναι ὀρθῶς διαλέγεσθαι καὶ διαλογίζεσθαι κα …
Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat 11: … φρονίμῳ καὶ δικαίῳ ποιήσας, καὶ πάλιν τὸν Ὀδυσσέα φάσκουσα μὴ περιορᾶν μηδὲ προλείπειν οὕνεκʼ ἐπητής ἐστι καὶ ἀγχίνοος καὶ ἐχέφρων, ἐνδείκνυται μόνον εἶναι τῶν ἡμετέρων θεοφιλὲς καὶ θεῖον ἀρετήν, εἴγε δὴ τὰ ὅμοια χαίρειν τοῖς ὁμ …
All forms of ἀγχίνοος