nestor
PRONUNCIATION:
(NES-tuhr)
MEANING:
noun: A wise old man.
ETYMOLOGY:
>From Nestor, king of Pylos, who was the oldest and wisest of the Greeks and
served as a counselor in the Trojan War. Earliest documented use: around 1510.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow. -Saadi, poet (c.1213-1291)