Ancient Greek→English translation forum

θεὸς εὐεργέτης → benefactor god

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ἐνδογενής → born in the house

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πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν → kick against the pricks, kick against the goads, kick against the goad, offer vain and perilous resistance, offer vain and ruinous resistance

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ἄπαγ' ἐς μακαρίαν ἐκποδών → get lost, buzz off, on yer bike, bug off, bugger off, clear out, clear off, take a hike, beat it, scram, get out of here, get outta here

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νῦ ἐφελκυστικόν → ephelcystic nu, movable nu, movable N

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ἀεί ποτ' εὖ μὲν ἀσκός εὖ δὲ θύλακος ἅνθρωπός ἐστι –> this guy's always good at being a wineskin, and at times a winesack

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κρηπὶς καὶ ἕδρα νόσου → foundation and seat of disease

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οὐ κύριος ὑπὲρ μέδιμνόν ἐστ' ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἔτι → he is no better than a woman, no man is any longer permitted to transact business over the one-bushel limit?

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ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός → plenty, numerous, countless, a good many, a load of, a lot, a motherload of, a mountain of, a slew of, a wad of, a whale of, a whole bunch, a whole slew of, boatload, buttload, crapload, crapton, fuckload, load of, lots of, oodles, peck of troubles, scores of, shedload, shitful, shitload, spin plates, tons of

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ὁ ἄγχιστα ἀποθανών → he who died last

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τὸ δοξαστικόν → the capacity to have opinions, the opinative part

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σμικρὰ ὀνείρατα λέλειπται → faint and shadowy traces remain, small vestiges remain

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και ἅμα ἐλευθέραν καὶ εὐδοξοτάτην πόλιν διὰ παντὸς νεμόμεθα και δύναται μάλιστα σωφροσύνη ἔμφρων τοῦτ᾿ εἶναι → Just remember, we're a people with a long-standing reputation for freedom, a people held in the highest honor. Slowness to act can be nothing more than a mark of clear-headed self-control (Spartan King Archidamus)

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χρώμεθα γὰρ πολιτείᾳ οὐ ζηλούσῃ τοὺς τῶν πέλας νόμους → we live under a form of government which does not emulate the institutions of our neighbours

Started by spiros

ἐν δὲ τοῖς φυσικοῖς ἀεὶ οὕτως, ἂν μή τι ἐμποδίσῃ → in natural products the sequence is invariable, if there is no impediment | now with that which is natural it is always thus if there is no impediment

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πρὸς Κρῆτα κρητίζειν → outlie, outcheat, outswindle

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λιμὸς Μήλιος → great famine

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ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν → love your neighbor as yourself, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, love thy neighbour as thyself

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βάλλ' ἐς μακαρίαν → dammit to hell, throw it to glory, get lost, buzz off, on yer bike, bug off, bugger off, clear out, clear off, take a hike, beat it, scram, get out of here, get outta here, pasce corvos, go hang, go jump in the lake, on your bike, on yer bike, pack off, away with you

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τὸν ἀπὸ γραμμᾶς κινεῖν λίθον → move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort

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