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εἰργάζοντο λογάδην φέροντες λίθους καὶ ξυνετίθεσαν ὡς ἕκαστόν τι ξυμβαίνοι -> they went to work bringing the stones as they picked them out and put them together as each one happened to fit

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εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ; (Sophocles, "Antigone" 741) -> If you are a woman

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εἴπατε τῇ ἀλώπεκι ταύτῃ -> tell that fox [Herod] (Luke 13:32)

Started by Ginsei

εἰληφότες -> they having taken, having taken

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εἶκε θυμοῦ καὶ μετάστασιν δίδου -> retreat from your anger and allow yourself to change

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εἴθε μήποτε γνοίης ὃς εἶ -> may you never find out who you are

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Εἰδέναι

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εἶδε πῦρ ἀφύη -> no sooner said than done, it'll be done in a heartbeat

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εἰ πάλιν ἔστι γενέσθαι, ὕπνος σ' ἔ̣χει οὐκ ἐπὶ δηρόν, εἰ δ' οὐκ ἔστιν πάλιν ἐλθεῖν, αἰώ̣νιος ὕπνος -> if it is possible for you to be born again, you will fall asleep, briefly; if it is not possible to return — it would be eternal sleep

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εἰ πλείονα δ' εἰδείης Σισύφου -> if you were more intelligent than Sisyphus

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εἰ μὴ τοὺς παῖδας παιδεύσαι ὁ ἀδελφός, παίδευσαι αὐτὸν παιδεῦσαι αὐτοὺς.

Started by jmorsay

εἰ μὴ μάλα γέ τινες ὀλίγοι ὧν ἐγὼ ἐντετύχηκα -> apart from a very few whom I’ve met

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εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον -> if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin

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εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε -> Now if you're accomplishing the King’s Law according to scripture — Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself — you're doing the right thing (James 2:8)

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Εἰ μὲν ἐπ' ἀμφοτέροισιν, Ἔρως, ἴσα τόξα τιταίνεις, εἶ θεός (Rufinus, Greek Anthology 5.97) -> If, Eros, you're stretching your bow at both equally, then you're a god.

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εἰ ἔρρωσαι καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀλύπως ἀπαλλάσσεις -> if you are well and in other respects are getting on without annoyance

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εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε –> if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses

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εἰ δ' ἐθελήσει, τούτου τελευτήσαντος, ἐς τήν θυγατέρα ταύτην ἀναβῆναι ἡ τυραννίς ...

Started by jmorsay

εἰ γνωσθεῖεν ᾧ περίεισιν -> if it were known of them in what they are superior

Started by spiros

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

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