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Ἡμερὶ πανθέλκτειρα, μεθυτρόφε, μῆτερ ὀπώρας ... -> All-soothing vine, nurse of the wine, vintage's mother ... (Anthologia Palatina 7.24.1)

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απήδαλος ναυς -> rudderless ship, ship without steering oars, ship steered by thought

Started by iogo

εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο -> for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)

Started by ExoGonia

φήνη -> γυπαετός ο γενειοφόρος

Started by Karol

καὶ εἰσελθὼν ὁ ἄγγελος πρὸς αὐτὴν εἶπεν Χαῖρε κεχαριτωμένη, ὁ κύριος μετὰ σοῦ· εὐλογημένη σὺ ἐν γυναιξίν (Luke 1:28)

Started by Frederique

Βωμὸν Ἀριστοτέλης ἱδρύσατο τόνδε Πλάτωνος, ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις -> Aristotle had this altar of Plato set up — Plato, a man whom the wicked dare not even mention in praise (David Phil., In Porphyrii isagogen commentarium)

Started by Erakis

Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῇ ἐγκυκλοπαιδείᾳ, αὐτὴ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι (Salamanca inscription) -> The kings (= Ferdinand and Isabella) for the university, and the university for the kings

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ὠς σωφρονέστατα πράξομεν ἐως ἂν αἰσχυνώμεθα τούς γε κρείττους.

Started by jmorsay

ἠρωτᾶτε ὅντινα τρόπον ἀφεθεῖμεν.

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ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένος -> shaved to the scalp (Lucian, Dialogue 12.5.1)

Started by spiros

δίδοτε τάδε τὰ βαρέα ὁπλα τρισὶ τῶν ὁπλῑτῶν.

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τίνας ἀπέκτεινας, ὦ ἀφρονεστάτη θύγατερ; -> You are completely out of your mind, daughter! Who are those you have killed?

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς -> I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Μὴ ἐλπίζετε θησαυροῖς εὐδαίμονας ἔσεσθαι

Started by netimen

λογάδην -> picked, of troops

Started by spiros

εἰ γὰρ νῦν εἰς τὴν χώραν μή ᾔεισθα, ὦ αἴσχιστε.

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ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ -> with good fortune, blessings on us all

Started by didyman

Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ -> When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

Started by sesyneimi

Ψηλά -> Ὑψοῦ

Started by nicangelos

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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