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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.

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ἐπαχθῶς ἐνέγκαι → frown upon

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ἔπεα πτερόεντα → flights of fancy, hot air, whistle Dixie, words in the wind, winged words

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ἐπεὰν ἡμίονοι τέκωσι → when mules procreate, when mules shall bring forth young, when pigs fly

Started by spiros

ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει –> when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it

Started by spiros

ἐπεί γε ταῦτ ἀπήγγειλε τοῖς στρατιώταις ὁ κῆρυξ ἐκ τῆς χώρας ἥκων, οἱ ὁπλῖται οἱ εὐγενεις τοὺς τῶν βαρβάρων ἵππους βλάψαι ἐβουλήθ

Started by jmorsay

Ἐπεὶ ὁ Ξέρξης, βασιλεὺς ὢν τῶν Περσῶν, τὸν στόλον παρεσκεύαζεν ...

Started by xxbullxdozerxx

ἐπεὶ οὖν ὁ βουκόλος σπουδῇ πολλῇ καλούμενος ἀφίκετο, ἔλεγεν ὁ Ἅρπαγος τάδε· "Κελεύει σε Ἀστυάγης τὸ παιδίον τοῦτο λαβόντα θεῖναι ἐς τὸ ἐρημότατον τῶν ὀρῶν, ὅπως ἂν τάχιστα διαφθαρείη."

Started by jmorsay

ἐπεὶ τὴν πόλιν ἔσωσεν, ἐπέμφθη εἰς τὴν νῆσον.

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ἐπείγει γάρ με τοὐκ θεοῦ παρόν → the divine summons urges me | what has come from the god urges me | the power of the god is present, hurrying me on

Started by spiros

ἐπειδὴ ἀπέστημεν ἀπὸ βασιλέως, δοίητ', ὦ θεοὶ, καὶ κράτος καὶ νίκην τοῖς ἀνδράσι τοῖς τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας τοῖς πολεμίοις μαχουμένοις.

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ἐπειδὴ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ ἔστημεν, τρόπαιον ἐστησάμεθα.

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Ἐπηγγείλατο εἰς ἐπανόρθωσιν τῆς πόλεως διὰ τὸ εἶναι ευσεβεστάτη καὶ κηδεμονικὴ. → She pledged herself to the reconstruction of the city because of her being most pious and dutiful.

Started by Euterpe

ἐπὶ γήραος οὐδῷ → on the threshold which is old age, on the threshold that leads from life to death

Started by spiros

ἐπὶ ἐσπαρμένοις σπείρεις → you sow on what has already been sown, boast of work done by others

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ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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ἐπὶ ποδὸς πολέμου → on the brink of war, afoot for war

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ἐπὶ πολλῆς ἡσυχίας καὶ ἠρεμίας ὑμῶν → leaving you entirely at rest

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ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς μιᾶς ὄντες → depending on a single turn of the scale, at the mercy of a single weighing in the scales

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ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ βελτίω → for worse or for better, for better or for worse

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