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ἀξιοπιστόστερα εἰσί τραύματα φίλου ἢ ἐκούσια φιλήματα ἐχθροῦ → faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful

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προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσίν λύκοι ἅρπαγες → beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves

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πολλὰ γάρ σε θεσπἰζονθ' ὁρῶ κοὐ ψευδόφημα (Sophocles' Oedipus Coloneus 1516f.) → For I see in you much prophecy, and nothing false

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οὐκ ἐᾷ με καθεύδειν τὸ τοῦ Μιλτιάδου τρόπαιον → Miltiades' trophy does not let me sleep

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τούτων γάρ ὄνομα μόνον κοινόν, ὁ δέ κατά τοὔνομα λόγος τῆς οὐσίας ἕτερος → though they have a common name, the definition corresponding with the name differs for each (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a3-4)

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παρώνυμα δέ λέγεται ὅσα ἀπό τινος διαφέροντα τῇ πτώσει τήν κατά τοὔνομα προσηγορίαν ἔχει, οἷον ἀπό τῆς γραμματικῆς ὁ γραμματικός καί ἀπό τῆς ἀνδρείας ὁ ἀνδρεῖος. → Things are said to be named 'derivatively', which derive their name from some other nam

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τῶν λεγομένων τά μέν κατά συμπλοκήν λέγεται, τά δέ ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς → forms of speech are either simple or composite (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a16-17)

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τά δέ ἄνευ συμπλοκῆς, οἷον ἄνθρωπος, βοῦς, τρέχει, νικᾷ –> and the simple forms of speech, for example: 'man', 'ox', 'runs', 'wins'

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τούτων γάρ ἑκάτερον κοινῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορεύεται ζῷον, καί ὁ λόγος δέ τῆς οὐσίας ὁ αὐτός → and these are univocally so named, inasmuch as not only the name, but also the definition, is the same in both cases (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a8-10)

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ἐάν γάρ ἀποδιδῷ τις τί ἐστιν αὐτῶν ἑκατέρῳ τό ζῴῳ εἶναι, ἴδιον ἑκατέρου λόγον ἀποδώσει (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a) → For if anyone gives an explanation of what it is for each of them to be an animal, he will give the same explanation of each

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πεπαίδευται → has been educated

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προπάροιθε → before, in front of

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μέτρον ἄριστον → all in good measure, all in moderation, moderation is the best thing (Κleoboulos of Lindos)

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ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)

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ἐδιζησάμην ἐμεωυτόν → I searched myself, I searched into myself, I searched out myself, I went in search of myself, I explored myself, I sought myself (Heraclitus, fr. 101B)

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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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οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)

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λογάδην → picked, of troops

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ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένος → shaved to the scalp

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