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πρὸ τελευτῆς μὴ μακάριζε μηδένα, καὶ ἐν τέκνοις αὐτοῦ γνωσθήσεται ἀνήρ -> Count no man blessed before his end; a man will be recognized in his offspring. (Ecclesiasticus 11:28)

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ἐν μὲν γὰρ ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ μνήμην τῆς οἰκείας προσηγορίας ποιεῖται, ἢ πρεσβύτερον ἑαυτὸν ὀνομάζει, οὐδαμοῦ δὲ ἀπόστολον οὐδ' εὐαγγελιστήν (Eusebius, Demonstratio evangelica 3.5.88) -> For in his epistles he doesn't even make mention of his own name — or simply calls himself "the elder," but nowhere "apostle" or "evangelist."

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ἀλλ' εἴ σοι φίλον τοῦτο οὕτω γίγνεσθαι, χρὴ δὴ γ' ἐμὸν ὐπηρετεῖσθαι ἐπιτηδείως

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ἀγαλλόμενος η[μεν] ἐνί Σπάρτῃ δεδιδαγμένος ἠδ’ ἐνί Βοίαις π[άντ]ας ἀκεστορίῃ... (inscription from Kythera) -> ... Educated in Sparta and Boiai, he outstripped all in the practice of medicine ...

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περιμένετε ἔστ’ ἂν ἐγὼ ἔλθω.

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καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους -> and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, "Antiquities of the Jews" 1.50)

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ἄγε, ἄγαγε

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αἶρα -> darnel

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πρὸ τῆς μάχης ἐκείνας τὰς αἶγας τὰς καλὰς θεῷ τῷ τὸν δῆμον σώσαντι ἐθυσὰμεθα. τούτῳ γὰρ τῷ τρόπῳ ἐσῲζοντο οἵ θ' ἡγεμόνες και οἱ

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ὦ πολλῶν ἤδη λοπάδων τοὺς ἄμβωνας περιλείξας -> you who have licked the labia of many vaginas (Eupolis fr. 52)

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στοιχεῖα (Colossians 2, Galatians 4) -> elementary principles, Torah ritual observances, a b c's

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ἐξέστω Κλαζομενίοις ἀσχημονεῖν -> let the Clazomenians be permitted to behave disgracefully (Aelian, Varia Historia 2.15)

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Οὐ λύσῃς, ὦ ξένε, τόν ἐν τῆ οἰκία φίλον; (Ου λύσης, ω ξένε, τον εν τη οικία φίλον) -> Won't you release the friend?

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inscription on signet-ring

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Μελιταιέοις καὶ Πηρέοις ἔκριναν οἱ ὑπὸ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν αἱρεθέντες δικασταὶ Δωρίμαχος Πολεμαῖος Ἀργεῖος Καλυδώνιοι αὐτῶν ἐπιχωρησάντων ἐξ ὁμολόγων· (border agreement between Melitaia and Pereia, 2nd cent. BCE)

Started by adoulos

ὁκόσα γὰρ ὑπὰρ ἐκτρέπονται ὁποίου ὦν κακοῦ, τάδε ἐνύπνιον ὁρέουσι ὥρμησε -> for whatever, when awake, they have an aversion to, as being an evil, rushes upon their visions in sleep (Aretaeus, "Causes & Symptoms of Chronic Disease" 1.5.6)

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Αὐρήλιοι... πατρὶ... καὶ μητρὶ... μνήμης χάριν -> The Aurelii, in memory of their father and mother (inscription from Aizonai, Phrygia)

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Grammatical explanation (Plato's Laws (626e).

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Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος -> Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, "Birds" 1447f.)

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εὖ ζῆν -> good life

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