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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

ὀρθοτομοῦντα (2 Timothy 2:15) -> rightly cutting

Started by bsmith

Capital latin L in Greek fractions?

Started by gregroz

Ὀ λίθος ἐστὶ σθένος -> The stone is strength

Started by mcmillan

Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) -> I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, "I will be wise," but that wisdom was far from me ...

Started by luisffmendes

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

Started by Kurama

τὸν τεθνηκότα μὴ κακολογεῖν -> do not speak ill of the dead, speak no ill of the dead (Chilon the Spartan)

Started by billberg23

by suskun

Started by suskun

άρτι λανθάνω {?)

Started by dearambellina99

ἀξιοπιστόστερα εἰσί τραύματα φίλου ἢ ἐκούσια φιλήματα ἐχθροῦ -> faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful

Started by spiros

τόνδε γε τὸν γέροντα μὴ λιπέτω ἐνταῦθα καίπερ ἐθέλοντα μένειν. τοῦδε γάρ τοι μένοντος ἐν τῇ πόλει, ὅπλοις τε καὶ λίθοις οὐ βουλήσονται πάντες ἐκείνους τοὺς πολεμίους τοὺς ἄφρονας βαλεῖν.

Started by jmorsay

Inscription translation

Started by Ingsoc

Θησεύς τινʹ ἡμάρτηκεν ἐς σʹ ἁμαρτίαν; (Euripides, Hippolytus 319) -> Hath Theseus wronged thee in any wise?

Started by ChaceofSpades

τὰ τοῦ δήμου κλέψας οὐκ ἂν σώζοις τήν γε χώραν

Started by Jorsay

ὡς οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων γίνεται, εἴ περ καί τις ἀπόπροθι πίονα οἶκον γαίῃ ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ ναίει ἀπάνευθε τοκήων (Odyssey 9.34-36) -> More than all pleasures that were ever made parents and fatherland our life still bless. Though we rich home in a strange land possess, still the old memories about us cling. (Worsely translation 1861)

Started by spiros

Ψηλά -> Ὑψοῦ

Started by nicangelos

ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου· ὁ ἀκολουθῶν μοι οὐ μὴ περιπατήσῃ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ ἀλλ’ ἕξει τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς -> I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life (John 8:12)

Started by RKAT

φίλη, προσφιλὴς (Sophocles, Antigone 898f.)

Started by cabolt

Another tombstone

Started by suskun

μετρήσαντες -> having measured, measured out

Started by ohsi