Ancient Greek->English translation forum (Moderators: billberg23, vbd.)

δασύποδα λαγὼν παραδραμεῖται χελώνη -> the tortoise will outrun the hairy-footed hare

Started by spiros

πρότερον χελώνη παραδραμεῖται δασύποδα –> ere that, the tortoise shall outrun the hare | sooner will a tortoise outrun a rough-foot | sooner will a tortoise outrun a hare

Started by spiros

ἐξ ἁπαλῶν ὀνύχων -> from the tender nail, from the earliest childhood, from early infancy, from childhood, right from the cradle, from a very young age, man and boy, since I was knee high to a grasshopper, from an early age, since childhood, since very young, from a tender age, since being a kid, from the tender nail, from the earliest childhood, since one was a baby

Started by spiros

ἔχεις δὲ τῶν κάτωθεν ἐνθάδ᾽ αὖ θεῶν ἄμοιρον, ἀκτέριστον, ἀνόσιον νέκυν -> and you have kept here something belonging to the gods below, a corpse deprived, unburied, unholy | but keepest in this world one who belongs to the gods infernal, a corpse unburied, unhonoured, all unhallowed

Started by spiros

Καλοῖς μὲν λόγοις, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, οὐχ οἷός τ’ εἰμι λέγειν, ἀληθείᾳ δ' ἴσως. Τοῖς μέντοι ὑπὸ τῶν κατηγόρων λεχθεῖσιν οὐδαμῶς πιστεύω.

Started by Jdsimcock

ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι -> o men of Athens, Athenians

Started by spiros

πρῶτον μὲν οὖν ὄστρεια παρὰ Νηρεῖ τινι ἰδὼν γέροντι φυκί ἠμφιεσμένα ἔλαβον ἐχίνους τ' ἐστὶ γὰρ προοίμιον δείπνου χαριέντως ταῦτα πεπρυτανευμένου –> So first I spotted oysters wrapped in seaweed at the shop of some old Nereus, and sea urchins, which I bought; these were the appetizers for a delightfully managed dinner

Started by spiros

ἐπείγει γάρ με τοὐκ θεοῦ παρόν -> the divine summons urges me, what has come from the god urges me

Started by spiros

καθ' υἱοθεσίαν -> by adoption

Started by spiros

ὅσον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐφεωρᾶτο τῆς νήσου -> as much of the island as was in view from the temple

Started by spiros

ἐφ' ὡμαλίαν -> on average

Started by spiros

ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι -> otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, "On the use of parts of the body" 4.143.1 Kühn)

Started by sappho

ἠνορέη -> manhood, prowess, strength, force, manly beauty

Started by vbd.

ἁδροτής -> hardiness

Started by spiros

ὡς νῦν ἔχει -> as it now stands, as it is now

Started by spiros

ξυμβεβυσμένος -> crowded together, densely packed

Started by spiros

Πρόσεχε τῷ ὑποκειμένῳ ἢ τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ τῷ δόγματι ἢ τῷ σημαινομένῳ. -> Look to the essence of a thing, whether it be a point of doctrine, of practice, or of interpretation.

Started by spiros

Ὅτι οὐδὲν ἧττον τὰ αὐτὰ ποιήσουσι, κἂν σὺ διαρραγῇς –> You may break your heart, but men will still go on as before

Started by spiros

Μηκέθ᾽ ὅλως περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον. -> Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Started by spiros

Ἑκὼν σεαυτὸν τῇ Κλωθοῖ συνεπιδίδου παρέχων συννῆσαι οἷστισί ποτε πράγμασι βούλεται. Πᾶν ἐφήμερον, καὶ τὸ μνημονεῦον καὶ τὸ μνημονευόμενον -> Be willing to give yourself up to Clotho, letting her spin to whatever ends she pleases. All is ephemeral—both memory and the object of memory (Marcus Aurelius 4.34f.)

Started by billberg23