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εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος –> in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

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τὸ μὲν πῂ τὸ δ' ἁπλῶς → the one in a particular respect and the other absolutely

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μηδ' εἰς ὀρχηστρίδος εἰσᾴττειν, ἵνα μὴ πρὸς ταῦτα κεχηνὼς μήλῳ βληθεὶς ὑπὸ πορνιδίου τῆς εὐκλείας ἀποθραυσθῇς –> and not to dart into the house of a dancing-woman, lest, while gaping after these things, being struck with an apple by a wanton, you should be damaged in your reputation

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πολύχαλκος → abounding in copper, abounding in bronze, abounding in brass, wrought of brass, wrought of bronze, all-brazen, brazen

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κοινὴ αἴσθησις → common sense

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ὀψὲ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλοι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά –> the millstones of the gods grind late, but they grind fine | the mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small

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Τί ὕπνος; Καμάτων ἀνάπαυσις, ἰατρῶν κατόρθωμα, δεδεμένων λύσις, ἀγρυπνούντων σοφία, νοσούντων εὐχή, θανάτου εἰκών, ταλαιπωρούντων ἐπιθυμία, πάσης πνοῆς ἡσυχία, πλουσίων ἐπιτήδευμα, πενήτων ἀδολεσχία, καθημερινὴ μελέτη. –> What is sleep? Rest from toil, the success of physicians, the release of those who are bound, the wisdom of the wakeful, what sick men pray for, an image of death, the desire of those who toil in hardship, the rest of all the spirit, a principal occupation of the rich, the idle chatter of poor men, a daily object of concern.

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εὐχαράκτηρος → good looking, shapely

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τὸ δὲ χερσαῖον εἰς τὰ σφέτερα ἤθη καὶ νομοὺς διεξερπύσει → the land animal will crawl away to its own haunts and pastures

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μῦθος ἐσώθη → the story was preserved, that's the end of the story

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ὅρκους γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω → the oaths of a woman I inscribe on water, I write a woman's oaths in water

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ἐπιφᾶναι τοῖς ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου καθημένοις, τοῦ κατευθῦναι τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν εἰς ὁδὸν εἰρήνης → to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace | to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace

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Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας, καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος → Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life

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ἀνάγκη τὸ κινοῦν ἀντικινεῖσθαι → what incites movement must suffer a counter-movement

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ἐκ περιουσίας → out of the abundance, on one's own resources, from a position of advantage, from a position of strength

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μὴ δὶς πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν λίθον πταίειν → do not stumble twice on the same stone

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ἐυκτίμενον πτολίεθρον → well-built citadel

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θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας → trampling down death by death

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τῇ διατάξει σου διαμένει ἡ ἡμέρα ὅτι τὰ σύμπαντα δοῦλα σά → the day continues by thy arrangement; for all things are thy servants

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συνομορέω → border on, abut upon

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