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Φιλόξενος -> Philoxenus, Philoxenos

Started by Striatum

ἐπιλοίμια -> incantations against plague, incantations to drive away pestilence (Julius Pollux 4.53)

Started by airam

ὁ δομήτωρ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας -> the founder of the church, Jesus Christ

Started by spiros

ἆρά γε λόγον ἔχει δυοῖν ἀρχαῖν, ὑλικῆς τε καὶ δραστικῆς -> does it in fact have the function of two principles, the material and the active?

Started by sappho

Re: Ἀντιόχου παῖς ἐσθλὸς Ὁλυμπιό[δωρος] κτλ. -> Olympiodorus, the noble son of Antiochus ... (Inscription on ancient gymnasium floor in Salamis, Cyprus)

Started by trkyem

δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει -> gifts persuade the gods (Hesiod, fr. 272 Rz.)

Started by Kurama

ἐγγύθεν -> from near, near

Started by Thans

ἄλλαι μὲν βουλαὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἄλλα δὲ Θεὸς κελεύει -> man proposes, God disposes | men's wishes are different from what God orders | man's will is often different than God's decisions

Started by RKAT

κεχρημένος -> having suffered, having consulted an oracle, having needed, having experienced, having used, etc.

Started by ChaceofSpades

ἑὰν δὲ προσποιούμενος ᾗ τὰ μαθήματά πως ἀπείρως προβάλλων, οὐκ ἔστιν αἰτίας ἔξω -> But should one profess knowledge as he puts forward something in an inexperienced way, he is not without blame (Pappus 3.1.30.31f.)

Started by Sergey

ποίαν παρεξελθοῦσα δαιμόνων δίκην; (Sophocles, "Antigone" 921) -> What law of the gods have I transgressed?

Started by stuludwig

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Started by DeathEater

τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία -> But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, "Antigone" 675f.)

Started by stuludwig

τέλος δὲ ἐπεὶ ἑσπέρα ἐγίγνετο, ἐπανελθὼν ὁ ἱερεὺς ...

Started by xxbullxdozerxx

εἰρήνην καλεῖς δὴ τὸ πολέμου τέλος;

Started by jmorsay

Early Christian dedication?

Started by suskun

γλυκύ δ᾽ἀπείρῳ πόλεμος, πεπειραμένων δέ τις ταρβεῖ προσιόντα, νιν καρδίᾳ περισσῶς -> A sweet thing is war to the inexperienced, but anyone who has tasted it trembles at its approach, exceedingly, in his heart (Pindar, for the Thebans, fr. 110)

Started by tschuddy

ὅτε Θεμιστοκλῆς ἐπὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους ἐξῆγε τοὺς Ἀθηναίους, ἀλεκτρυόνας εἶδεν μαχομένους... (Aelian)

Started by LittleHaze

ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε -> It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners

Started by jmorsay

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

Started by jmorsay