Ancient Greek→English translation forum

αἰεί κοτε → from of old

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λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)

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ὁ πάντων προαγωγός → the procurer of all things, God

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Ἰδαῖον Ἄντρον → Zeus cave, cave of Zeus, Idaean Cave, Idaion Andron, Ideon Andron, Ideon Cave

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ἔνδον σκάπτε, ἔνδον ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἀεὶ ἀναβλύειν δυναμένη, ἐὰν ἀεὶ σκάπτῃς → Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig | Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

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καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ → and a man's foes shall be they of his own household (Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:36)

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εὖ ζῆν → good life

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ἡττῶ ὑπὸ δικαίου → be overcome by justice/a just man (Stobaeus' list of Precepts of the Seven Sages)

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αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)

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Ἡρακλῆς μαινόμενος → Herakles, Hercules Furens, Hēraklēs Mainomenos

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εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων –> blessed is our God always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages

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πῦρ μαχαίρᾳ μὴ σκαλεύειν → poke not the fire with a sword, do not stir the fire with a sword, do not provoke an angry person, do not decide domestic business by violence, don't provoke an angry man

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γῆ καὶ ὕδωρ πάντ' ἔσθ' ὅσα γίνοντ' ἠδὲ φύονται → earth and water are everything that comes into being and grows, all things that come into being or sprout are earth and water

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τίκτει τοι κόρος ὕβριν, ὅταν κακῷ ὄλβος ἕπηται ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ ὅτῳ μὴ νόος ἄρτιος ᾖ → satiety engenders hybris when great prosperity attends on a base man or one whose mind is not set up right

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τίκτει γὰρ κόρος ὕβριν, ὅταν πολὺς ὄλβος ἕπηται ἀνθρώποις ὁπ̣όσοις μὴ νόος ἄρτιος ἦι → satiety breeds arrogance whenever men with unfit minds have great wealth

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φιλόξενος → hospitable

Started by billberg23

δεῖ δὲ χρημάτων → money is needed, money is necessary, there is a need for money, only money we must have

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οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί –> opportunities won't wait, chances will not wait, time and tide wait for no man

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σεσαλαγμένος οἴνῳ → wined up, drunk, drunk with wine

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τότ' ἦν ἐγώ σοι πάνθ', ὅτε φαύλως ἔπραττες → At the time you were doing badly, I used to be everything for you (Menander, "Woman of Samos" 380)

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