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κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι → may earth lie lightly on thee, may the earth rest lightly on you, may the ground be light to you, may the earth be light to you

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κοῦφοι καὶ πτηνοὶ λόγοι → fleeting words, idle words

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κραδία δὲ φόβῳ φρένα λακτίζει → my heart knocks at my ribs

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κραδίη δέ μοι ἔξω στηθέων ἐκθρῴσκει → my heart is leaping forth from my bosom, be panic-stricken, my heart is beating outside my chest

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κραταιὰ ὡς θάνατος ἀγάπη → love is strong as death, strong as death is love (Song of Songs, LXX)

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κραταίπιλος → with strong felt

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κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)

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κράτιστοι δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν δικαίως κριθεῖεν οἱ τά τε δεινὰ καὶ ἡδέα σαφέστατα γιγνώσκοντες καὶ διὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων → the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it | and they are most rightly reputed valiant who, though they perfectly apprehend both what is dangerous and what is easy, are never the more thereby diverted from adventuring

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κρεῖσσόν ἐστι → 'tis better to, it is better to, it's better to

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κρεῖσσον χρημάτων → superior to the influence of money

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κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός –> thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind

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κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.

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κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically

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κρεῖττον σιωπᾶν ἐστιν ἢ λαλεῖν μάτην → it's better to keep silence than to speak without reason (Menander)

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κρειττότερον ἐστὶν εἰδέναι ἐν μέσῃ τῇ Πόλει φακιόλιον βασιλεῦον Τούρκου, ἢ καλύπτραν λατινικήν –> I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City than the Latin mitre

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κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)

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κρηνῶν ἐπιμελητής → keeper of fountains, Superintendent of Wells

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κρηπὶς θαλάσσης → bottom of the sea

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κρηπὶς καὶ ἕδρα νόσου → foundation and seat of disease

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κρῖναι δὲ λόγῳ → judge by reason, decide by argument

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