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ἀμείνω δ᾽ αἴσιμα πάντα (Odyssey VII.310 / XV.71) -> all things are better in moderation

Started by AnnaLU

εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον -> if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin

Started by spiros

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

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

Started by bsmith

διαπασῶν, διατεσσάρων, διαπέντε -> through all, through four, through five (Pythagorean musical terms)

Started by bigoboe

ἵνα οὖν μηδ' ἐν τούτῳ δῷ αὐτοῖς λαβήν (Photius, Fragments on the Epistle to the Romans 483.26) -> so that he doesn't give them even here a handle (= an opportunity for refutation)

Started by tim wilson

πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) -> it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

Started by David A Brown

ἡδέως γὰρ ἀνέχεσθε τῶν ἀφρόνων -> for you suffer fools gladly (2 Corinthians 11:19)

Started by billberg23

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

Started by spiros

ἔστ' ἦμαρ ὅτε Φοίβος πάλιν ελεύσεται καὶ ες αεί ἔσσεται -> The time will come when Apollo will return to stay forever

Started by Frederique

εἴπερ γυνὴ σύ; (Sophocles, "Antigone" 741) -> If you are a woman

Started by stuludwig

ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος -> a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)

Started by billberg23

ὑδατώδης ὀῤῥὸς χυμοῦ -> watery fluid serum (Galen, De constitutione artis medicae ad Patrophilum 1.299.9)

Started by Jon1001 « 1 2 »

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

Started by stuludwig

Εἰ μὲν ἐπ' ἀμφοτέροισιν, Ἔρως, ἴσα τόξα τιταίνεις, εἶ θεός (Rufinus, Greek Anthology 5.97) -> If, Eros, you're stretching your bow at both equally, then you're a god.

Started by Anticowboyism

Ἃ δέ σοι συνεχῶς παρήγγελλον, ταῦτα καὶ πρᾶττε καὶ μελέτα, στοιχεῖα τοῦ καλῶς ζῆν ταῦτ' εἶναι διαλαμβάνων (Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 123.2) -> Carry on and practice the things I incessantly used to urge you to do, realizing that they are the essentials of a good life.

Started by uwtb

Μελιταιέοις καὶ Πηρέοις ἔκριναν οἱ ὑπὸ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν αἱρεθέντες δικασταὶ Δωρίμαχος Πολεμαῖος Ἀργεῖος Καλυδώνιοι αὐτῶν ἐπιχωρησάντων ἐξ ὁμολόγων· (border agreement between Melitaia and Pereia, 2nd cent. BCE)

Started by adoulos

ἱστορίης (genitive of ἱστορίη) -> of research (Herodotus 1.1)

Started by J Kau

ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν στῆθι καὶ ἄμπνυε -> but you, stop now and catch your breath (Iliad 22.222)

Started by billberg23

διηνεκοῦς ἰατρείας δεῖται -> are in need of constant correction (John Chrysostom, frag. in Proverbia 64.689.45 [on Proverbs 12:4])

Started by Andrew Chapman