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Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτίμησεν... -> The Council and the People honored... (inscription in the Roman city of Aizonai)

Started by trkyem

ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνήσκει νέος -> he whom the gods love dies young (Menander, fr. 125)

Started by spiros

τῆς δ' ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα θεοὶ προπάροιθεν ἔθηκαν ἀθάνατοι (Hesiod, Works and Days 289) -> But between us and Goodness the gods have placed the sweat of our brows

Started by spiros

μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοί τῷ πνεύματι ὄτι αὐτῶν ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν –> blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:3)

Started by Gorgon34

Ούτως είη ημίν ο Θεός βοηθός και το Ιερόν Αυτού Ευαγγέλιον -> So help us God and His holy Gospel

Started by Frederique

φήνη -> γυπαετός ο γενειοφόρος

Started by Karol

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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ἐξ ὧν -> out of which

Started by Frederique

Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα, τοῦ Πατρός καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν -> For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) forever and ever. Amen (Matthew 6:13, Byzantine text, modified)

Started by Frederique

δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον -> the lesser of two evils | better the devil you know | the less bad thing of a pair of bad things

Started by spiros

ϰάλεσον τὸν αἶγα.

Started by jmorsay

ἐπεὶ τὴν πόλιν ἔσωσεν, ἐπέμφθη εἰς τὴν νῆσον.

Started by jmorsay

τοὺς φίλους λύσᾱς, ἔθῡσε τοῖς θεοῖς.

Started by jmorsay

Ὁ οὖν Ἀστυάγης καλέσᾱς Ἅρπαγον, ἄνδρα οἰκεῖον καὶ πιστότατόν τε Μήδων καὶ πάντων ἐπίτροπον τῶν ἑαυτοῦ, ἔλεγεν αὐτῷ τοιάδε· Ἅρπαγε, τὸ πρᾶγμα ὃ ἄν σοι προσθῶ, μηδαμῶς παραχρήσῃ, μηδὲ ἐμέ τε παραβάλῃ καὶ ἄλλους ἑλόμενος ἐξ ὑστέρας σεαυτῷ περι-πέσῃς.

Started by jmorsay

λῦσόν με , ἑταῖρε. οὐ γάρ σε οὑδέν ἔβλαψα.

Started by jmorsay

οἱ ἐν τοῖς πράγμασι -> those who are in power, those who are in office

Started by spiros

κωμῳδοῦνται λόγοις και έργοις -> they are being made fun of by words and deeds (Asterius of Amasea [4th cent.], Homily 4.6.2.6)

Started by hatu

ταῦτα μὲν γέγραπται, ὦ Αθηναῖοι, περὶ τῶν ἀγαθοῦ ἀνθρώπου τρόπων τοῖς ποιηταῖς τοῖς εὖ τε καὶ καλῶς διδάξασι πάντας γε τοὺς πολίτας, τάδε δε γράφουσιν οἱ ῥήτορες οἱ νῦν πείθοντες τὸν δῆμον.

Started by Jorsay

Ηναῖος -> Ἠναῖος (Enaios: Doric month name)

Started by spiros