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λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις -> You speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776) Started by billberg23	0 / 462	by billberg23 06 Sep, 2011, 01:31:26
τούτων γάρ ὄνομα μόνον κοινόν, ὁ δέ κατά τοὔνομα λόγος τῆς οὐσίας ἕτερος -> though they have a common name, the definition corresponding with the name differs for each (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a3-4) Started by vbd.	0 / 475	by vbd. 25 Jan, 2009, 21:50:38
Ἡρακλῆς μαινόμενος -> Herakles, Hercules Furens, Hēraklēs Mainomenos Started by spiros	0 / 386	by spiros 14 Sep, 2011, 14:06:33
μέτρον ἄριστον -> all in good measure, all in moderation, moderation is the best thing (Κleoboulos of Lindos) Started by spiros	0 / 600	by spiros 16 Mar, 2010, 15:56:30
νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασο ἀπιστεῖν -> keep a clear head and remember not to believe a thing (Epicharmus fr. 250) Started by spiros	0 / 1016	by spiros 12 Dec, 2011, 17:51:32
τότ' ἦν ἐγώ σοι πάνθ', ὅτε φαύλως ἔπραττες -> At the time you were doing badly, I used to be everything for you (Menander, "Woman of Samos" 380) Started by billberg23	0 / 524	by billberg23 06 Sep, 2011, 02:54:30
Οὐκ ἐᾷ με καθεύδειν τὸ τοῦ Μιλτιάδου τρόπαιον -> Miltiades' trophy does not let me sleep (Plutarch, Life of Themistocles 3.4) Started by spiros	0 / 1618	by spiros 27 Oct, 2008, 17:52:12
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει -> easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8) Started by spiros	0 / 306	by spiros 26 Jun, 2010, 16:04:24
ἐδιζησάμην ἐμεωυτόν -> I searched myself, I searched into myself, I searched out myself (Heraclitus, fr. 101B) Started by spiros	0 / 1211	by spiros 04 Jul, 2010, 01:16:21
Ἰδαῖον Ἄντρον -> Zeus cave, cave of Zeus, Idaean Cave Started by spiros	0 / 353	by spiros 07 Jan, 2012, 16:27:51
παρώνυμα δέ λέγεται ὅσα ἀπό τινος διαφέροντα τῇ πτώσει τήν κατά τοὔνομα προσηγορίαν ἔχει, οἷον ἀπό τῆς γραμματικῆς ὁ γραμματικός καί ἀπό τῆς ἀνδρείας ὁ ἀνδρεῖος. -> Things are said to be named 'derivatively', which derive their name from some other nam Started by vbd.	0 / 1207	by vbd. 25 Jan, 2009, 21:57:52
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων -> always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784) Started by spiros	0 / 1540	by spiros 23 Jan, 2012, 15:26:43
καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ -> and a man's foes shall be they of his own household (Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:36) Started by spiros	0 / 364	by spiros 18 Apr, 2012, 16:02:23
εὖ ζῆν -> good life Started by spiros	0 / 352	by spiros 11 Apr, 2012, 00:09:49
πεπαίδευται -> has been educated Started by billberg23	0 / 473	by billberg23 26 Jan, 2009, 06:53:35
ἐάν γάρ ἀποδιδῷ τις τί ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἑκατέρῳ τό ζῴῳ εἶναι, ἴδιον ἑκατέρου λόγον ἀποδώσει (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a) -> For if anyone gives an explanation of what it is for each of them to be an animal, he will give the same explanation of each Started by billberg23	0 / 621	by billberg23 26 Jan, 2009, 06:15:33
τούτων γάρ ἑκάτερον κοινῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορεύεται ζῷον, καί ὁ λόγος δέ τῆς οὐσίας ὁ αὐτός -> and these are univocally so named, inasmuch as not only the name, but also the definition, is the same in both cases (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a8-10) Started by vbd.	0 / 506	by vbd. 25 Jan, 2009, 22:12:25
τά δέ ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς, οἷον ἄνθρωπος, βοῦς, τρέχει, νικᾷ. -> and the simple forms of speech, for example: 'man', 'ox', 'runs', 'wins' (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a18-19) Started by vbd.	0 / 512	by vbd. 25 Jan, 2009, 22:04:57
ἡττῶ ὑπὸ δικαίου -> be overcome by justice/a just man (Stobaeus' list of Precepts of the Seven Sages) Started by billberg23	0 / 314	by billberg23 21 Feb, 2012, 03:31:05
Τῶν λεγομένων τά μέν κατά συμπλοκήν λέγεται, τά δέ ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς -> Forms of speech are either simple or composite (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a16-17) Started by vbd.	0 / 725	by vbd. 25 Jan, 2009, 22:00:54

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