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ἐστιν / ἐστὶν → why no accent and what should be the monotonic accentuation?

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ἔστιν δέ που ἡ μὲν ἐπὶ σώμασι γυμναστική, ἡ δ' ἐπὶ ψυχῇ μουσική –> I think I am right in saying that we have physical exercise for the body and the arts for the soul

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Ἒστιν ὃ μὲν χείρων, ὃ δ' ἀμείνων ἔργον ἕκαστον· οὐδεὶς δ' ἀνθρώπων αὐτὸς ἅπαντα σοφός. (Theognis 901f.) → One is worse, the other better at each deed, but no man is wise in all things.

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ἔστιν οὖν τραγῳδία μίμησις πράξεως σπουδαίας καὶ τελείας μέγεθος ἐχούσης, ἡδυσμένῳ λόγῳ χωρὶς ἑκάστου τῶν εἰδῶν ἐν τοῖς μορίοις, δρώντων καὶ οὐ δι' ἀπαγγελίας, δι' ἐλέου καὶ φόβου περαίνουσα τὴν τῶν τοιούτων παθημάτων κάθαρσιν –> Tragedy is, then, a representation of an action that is heroic and complete and of a certain magnitude—by means of language enriched with all kinds of ornament, each used separately in the different parts of the play: it represents men in action and does not use narrative, and through pity and fear it effects relief to these and similar emotions.

Started by spiros

ἐτέθαπτο ὑπὸ χθονός → had been buried

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ἐτελωνήσατο ἐξάγων δούλην → has paid toll for exporting a slave-woman

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ἑτεροδιδάσκαλος → one who teaches error, teacher of other than right doctrine, teacher who puts forward doctrines in opposition to the gospel, teacher of heresies

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ἕτερος ἐξ ἑτέρου σοφός τό τε πάλαι τό τε νῦν –> one gets his skill from another, now as in days of old

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ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, "On the use of parts of the body" 4.143.1 Kühn)

Started by sappho

ἐτίμων οἱ γέροντες τοῦτον τὸν ῥήτορα, ὄς γε ἄνευ τοῦ γράμματα γράφειν τοὺς νεανίας λόγοις διδάσκοι περὶ τῶν τῆς βουλῆς καί τῆς ἐκκλησίας πραγμάτων. οὕτως γὰρ πεπαιδευμένοι ἦρχον ἁπασῶν τῶν νήσων.

Started by Jorsay

ἔτλην δ' οἷ' οὔ πώ τις ἐπιχθόνιος βροτὸς ἄλλος → I have endured as much as no other mortal

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ἕτοιμα χρήματα → money in hand

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ἕτοιμον ποιήσασθαι → make ready

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ἑτοίμως ἔχω τελευτᾶν → I am ready to die

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ἔτυχες εἰς τὴν μάχην ὑπὸ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ πεμφθεὶς → you happened to be sent into the battle by the general

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εὖ γ', εὖ γε ποιήσαντες → very well done indeed, you've done very well indeed

Started by spiros

εὖ γε μέντἂν διετέθην –> still, I could really have been well set up

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εὖ γε σὺ ποιῶν → you do well, you're certainly doing it well

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εὖ γοῦν θίγοις ἂν χερνίβων –> well could you, of course, handle holy vessels

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εὖ γ᾽ εὖ γε ποιήσαντες ὦ Διοσκόρω –> well done, well done, you twin Dioscuri!

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