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ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς → either with this or on this, come back victorious or dead, victorious or dead

Started by nephilese

μολὼν λαβέ → come and take them

Started by river

γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ → the fool laughs even when there's nothing to laugh at

Started by spiros

δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω –> give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth

Started by spiros2033

αχλυς ος πριν επηεν → The mist that was upon (the eyes) before (Homer via Poe)

Started by Jeffcraft1

κτῆμα ἐς ἀεί → a possession for all time (Thucydides 1.22)

Started by m1rr0rshade

δεδώκαμεν πίστιν → we have given assurance

Started by dude12

μηδείς ἀγεωμέτρητος εἰσίτω μου τὴν στέγην → let no one ignorant of geometry come under my roof

Started by Amusesmile

πάντα ρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει → everything flows and nothing stands still, everything gives way and nothing stands still

Started by Tzatziki

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

Started by aleka « 1 2 »

πλέων επί οίνοπα πόντον επ' αλλοθρόους ανθρώπους → while sailing over the wine-dark sea to men of strange speech

Started by BethanieKay

δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet

Started by ExoGonia

ἀνακλυσμός → counter-tide, riptide

Started by juno

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1) → In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Started by Leon « 1 2 »

φοβοῦ τὸ γῆρας, οὐ γὰρ ἔρχεται μόνον –> fear old age, for it never comes alone

Started by zorba

μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον → not to be born is, past all prizing, best | not to be born excels the whole account | not to be born exceeds every possible estimate | not to be born is, beyond all estimation, best | never to have lived is best

Started by spiros

ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.

Started by spiros

ὃ σὺ μισεῖς ἑτέρῳ μὴ ποιήσεις → don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you

Started by RKAT

ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνήσκει νέος → he whom the gods love dies young, only the good die young

Started by spiros

ἀμείνω δ' αἴσιμα πάντα (Odyssey VII.310 / XV.71) → all things are better in moderation

Started by AnnaLU