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τὸ κακοποιόν (τῆς ὕλης — Aristotle, Physics) → maleficence

Started by *anna*

ἀναγκαιότεραι μὲν οὖν πᾶσαι ταύτης, ἀμείνων δ᾽ οὐδεμία → accordingly, although all other sciences are more necessary than this, none is more excellent (Aristotle, Metaphysics A 983a10)

Started by 00sanchez

πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?

Started by 2four0

αἰών → eon, aeon, epoch, period of existence, lifetime, life, age, generation, life, destiny, lot, long space of time, age, eternity, space of time, epoch, world, spinal marrow, one's life-time, definite space of time, era, period, long time, 10, ten

Started by A Rayne

κατανοήσατε τὰ κρίνα [τοῦ ἀγροῦ] πῶς αὐξάνει· οὐ κοπιᾷ οὐδὲ νήθει → Look at field-lilies, how they keep growing. They don't toil, they don't spin. (Luke 12:27)

Started by ablantzer

ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, "Hypsipyle" fr. 60.94ff.)

Started by ablantzer

διὰ λαμπροτάτου βαίνοντες ἁβρῶς αἰθέρος → passing lightly through clear-shining air (Euripides, "Medea" 829)

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Μελιταιέοις καὶ Πηρέοις ἔκριναν οἱ ὑπὸ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν αἱρεθέντες δικασταὶ Δωρίμαχος Πολεμαῖος Ἀργεῖος Καλυδώνιοι αὐτῶν ἐπιχωρησάντων ἐξ ὁμολόγων· (border agreement between Melitaia and Pereia, 2nd cent. BCE)

Started by adoulos

αἴθ' ἔγω, χρυσοστέφαν' Ἀφρόδιτα, τόνδε τὸν πάλον λαχοίην (Sappho, fr. 33 L-P) → Oh gold-crowned Aphrodite, if only this winning lot could fall to me

Started by adruu280

Φάρμακον → remedy / poison ?

Started by aeh

ποῦ γῆς; → where in the world?

Started by afcotuna

ἐγὼ δ' ἔχω, τίνι με δεῖ ἀρέσκειν, τίνι ὑποτετάχθαι, τίνι πείθεσθαι: τῷ θεῷ καὶ μετ' ἐκεῖνον. ἐμὲ ἐκεῖνος συνέστησεν ἐμαυτῷ καὶ τὴν ἐμὴν προαίρεσιν ὑπέταξεν ἐμοὶ μόνῳ δοὺς κανόνας εἰς χρῆσιν αὐτῆς τὴν ὀρθήν (Epictetus Περὶ προσοχῆς, Discourses 4.12)

Started by Afentoul

ἐπιλοίμια → incantations against plague, incantations to drive away pestilence (Julius Pollux 4.53)

Started by airam

μακάριοι οὓς ἐξελέξω καὶ προσελάβου → blessed are those that you have chosen and taken

Started by ajmakkas

Γινόμεθα συμβοηθείᾳ → We come to be through mutual help

Started by akgeowiz

ἱππών → stable, horse stall, cavalry station, posting house, posthouse, posting station

Started by aleka

προάστιον τῆς ἄκρας → the suburb of the citadel, the suburb of the acropolis

Started by aleka « 1 2 »

Ἐνταῦθα λέγεται ̓Απόλλων ἐκδει̂ραι Μαρσύαν νικήσας ἐρίζοντά οἱ περὶ σοφίας (Xenophon, Anabasis 1.2.8)

Started by amhlaoibh

ἴσον ἔχουσαν πατρὶ μένος καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν (Hesiod, Theogony 896) → equal to her father in strength and in wise understanding (on Athena necklace)

Started by ami44