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ἐν οἷς → among whom

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ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἁγίας καὶ ὁμοουσίου καὶ ἀδιαιρέτου Τριάδος → in the name of the Holy and Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity

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ἐν παντὶ γάρ τοι σκορπίος φρουρεῖ λίθῳ → for a scorpion keeps watch at every stone

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ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων → by grinding stone against stones

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ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι πίθηκον → in Rome we do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans | when in Rome, do like the Romans do | when in Rome | being among monkeys one has to be a monkey

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ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar

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ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κεραμείαν μανθάνειν → in breaking many pots, the potter learns his craft | of those who undertake the most difficult tasks without learning the elements of the art | don't run before you can walk

Started by Rover

ἐν πότοις καὶ συνουσίαις → with drinking and social enjoyment, in drinking-bouts

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ἐν τᾷ μεγάλᾳ Δωρίδι νάσῳ Πέλοπος → in the great Doric island of Pelops

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ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος → it is better in times of need to have friends rather than money, a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)

Started by billberg23

ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι ταῖς τῇ ἀληθείᾳ εὖ πολιτευομέναις οὐχ ὁ δῆμος ἀλλ' ὁ νόμος βασιλεύς· πᾶς γὰρ πολίτης τοῖς νόμοις πειθόμενος δίκαια πράττει ὡστε σῴζεσθαι τήν γε πόλιν ἐκ κινδύνων τε καὶ φόβων.

Started by jmorsay

ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ἐργάζεσθαι → trade in the market

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ἐν τῇ ἀπουσίᾳ → in the absence of, absent of

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ἐν τῇσι φύσῃς → in the smithies, among the bellows

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ἐν τούτῳ νίκα → in this sign you will conquer, conquer under this sign, in this sign thou shalt conquer, in this conquer

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ἐν τριπλαῖς ἁμαξιτοῖς → in a place where three ways meet, at the intersection of three wagon-roads

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ἐν τυφλῶν πόλεϊ γλαμυρός βασιλεύει –> in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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ἐν τῷ βυθῷ τῆς θαλάττης → in the bottom of the sea, in the depth of the sea, in the depths of the sea

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ἐν τῷ διὰ τῆς κατασκευῆς παρεπιφαινομένῳ περίττῳ → through some excess thing which results through poetic elaboration

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ἐν τῷ θέρει τὴν χλαῖναν κατατρίβων → wearing out one's cloak in summertime

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