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ὑπὸ δὲ οἴστρου ἀεὶ ἑλκομένη ψυχή → a soul always dragged along by the fury of passion

Started by spiros

Τάς θύρας, τάς θύρας. Ἐν σοφία πρόσχωμεν. –> the doors, the doors, in wisdom let us attend | The doors! The doors! In wisdom, let us be attentive!

Started by spiros

νὺξ βροτοῖσιν οὔτε κῆρες οὔτε πλοῦτος, ἀλλ' ἄφαρ βέβακε, τῷ δ' ἐπέρχεται χαίρειν τε καὶ στέρεσθαι –> starry night abides not with men, nor tribulation, nor wealth; in a moment it is gone from us, and another hath his turn of gladness, and of bereavement | Starry night does not remain constant with men, nor does tribulation, nor wealth; in a moment it is gone from us, and to another in his turn come both gladness and bereavement

Started by spiros

ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς –> like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat

Started by spiros

ῥᾷον ὀμνύναι κἀπιορκεῖν ἢ ὁτιοῦν → they thought less of swearing and perjuring themselves than of anything else in the world

Started by spiros

ἐπὶ ἐσπαρμένοις σπείρεις → you sow on what has already been sown

Started by Lucubrator

ὁ δὲ παράκλητος, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ὃ πέμψει ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐκεῖνος ὑμᾶς διδάξει πάντα καὶ ὑπομνήσει ὑμᾶς πάντα ἃ εἶπον ὑμῖν –> but the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you

Started by mmagana626

ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief

Started by spiros

Ὅμηρον ἐξ Ὁμήρου σαφηνίζειν → explain Homer from Homer, explain Homer with Homer

Started by spiros

πολλῶν ὁ καιρὸς γίγνεται διδάσκαλος → the critical moment will turn out to be the teacher of many things

Started by spiros

ἥλιον ἐν λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν → we let the sun go down in talk, we let the sun go down in conversation

Started by spiros

φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ → a voice crying out in the desert, a voice crying out in the wilderness, a voice in the wilderness, a voice crying in the wilderness, it's like talking to the wall, bark at the moon, voice crying in the wilderness

Started by spiros

ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν → by drinking water you would never create anything great

Started by spiros

κακὸν κακῷ ἐστήρικτο → evil was set upon evil

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ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν → almost, as the saying is, for instance, not to make a short matter long, one may say, practically, roughly speaking, so to say, so to speak, to say it in a word, to use a figure of speech, we may say, what is more

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Ἕκτορ νῦν σὺ μὲν ὧδε θέεις ἀκίχητα διώκων → Hector, you run in pursuit of something unattainable | Hector, now art thou hasting thus vainly after what thou mayest not attain | Hector, now you are hasting thus vainly after what you may not attain

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ὦ παῖδες Ἑλλήνων ἴτε ἐλευθεροῦτε πατρίδ', ἐλευθεροῦτε δὲ παῖδας, γυναῖκας, θεῶν τέ πατρῴων ἕδη, θήκας τε προγόνων: νῦν ὑπὲρ πάντων ἀγών. –> O children of the Greeks, go, free your homeland, free also your children, your wives, the temples of your fathers' gods, and the tombs of your ancestors: now the struggle is for all things.

Started by spiros

δυνάμωσις → potentiation, reinforcement, strengthening, fortifying, invigoration

Started by elkhal

ἀνὴρ ἀπειργασμένος καλὸς κἀγαθός → a perfect gentleman

Started by spiros

σὺν μυρίοισι τὰ καλὰ γίγνεται πόνοις → good things come with many pains | no pain, no gain

Started by spiros