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ἐντονία -> hard-on;

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κενὰ σκιαγραφήματα τῆς διανοίας -> figments of the imagination

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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τὸ μῶρον -> foolishness, folly

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τὸ μωρόν -> foolishness, folly

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κραταιὰ ὡς θάνατος ἀγάπη -> love is strong as death, strong as death is love (Song of Songs, LXX)

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οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις, ἐὰν μὴ ἔχῃ ἔργα, νεκρά ἐστιν καθ' ἑαυτήν -> so even the Faith, if it does not have deeds, and is on its own, is dead | the Faith without works is dead

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ἀνὴρ ἀχάριστος μὴ νομιζέσθω φίλος -> an ungrateful man should not be considered a friend

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ο φίλος τον φίλον εν πόνοις και κινδύνοις ου λείπει -> a friend does not abandon his friend in difficulties and in danger, a friend in need is a friend indeed

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ἀσκεῖν περὶ τὰ νοσήματα δύο, ὠφελεῖν ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν –> strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm

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σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν -> constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone

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