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λόγῳ ἀναλίσκω τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας -> waste the day in idle talk, consume the duration of the day with talk

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παρελθέτω ἀπ' ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο -> spare me this | let this cup pass from me

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ἀνάγκᾳ δ' οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται -> but not even gods fight necessity (Simonides, fr. 37.1.29)

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ὃ μὴ γένοιτο -> God forbid, Heaven forbid, knock on wood, knock wood, touch wood, perish the thought

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ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστον· φύντα δ’ ὅμως ὤκιστα πύλας Ἀίδαο περῆσαι -> First, it is best for mortals to not be born. If born, to pass through Hades' gates as soon as possible.

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μετὰ Ὀλυμπιάδα (μ.Ὀ.) -> post-Olympiad

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δύ' οἰκτρὼ φῶτε -> two unhappy persons, unhappy couple

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οὐκ ἀθεεὶ ὅδ᾽ ἀνὴρ Ὀδυσήϊον ἐς δόμον ἵκει -> this man does not come to the Odyssean palace without the will of the gods

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ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα σαρκί χρώμενον -> a human is a spirit furnished with flesh

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ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον -> human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow

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κενὰ σκιαγραφήματα τῆς διανοίας -> figments of the imagination

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ἐντονία -> hard-on;

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γενέται καὶ πατρὶς ἔχουσιν ὀστέα -> my parents and my fatherland have my bones

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ὁκόταν οὖν ταῦτα πληρωθέωσιν, ἐμωρώθη ἡ καρδίη· εἶτα ἐκ τῆς μωρώσιος νάρκη· εἶτ’ ἐκ τῆς νάρκης παράνοια ἔλαβεν -> now when these parts are filled, the heart becomes stupefied, then from the stupefaction numb, and finally from the numbness these women become deranged

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ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ -> hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving

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ἀρχή ἄνδρα δείκνυσι -> power shows the man, rule will show the man

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λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” –> He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”

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τῆς αἰδοῦς ὀλίγην ποιήσασθαι φειδώ -> to have little consideration for self-respect

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ἔστι γὰρ ὁ φίλος ἄλλος αὐτός –> a friend, you see, is another self

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ᾤχετο ἀπιών -> vanished, disappeared, disappeared into thin air, vanished into thin air

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