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πρόσφθεγμα -> address, salutation, epithet

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προσέχετε ἀπὸ τῶν ψευδοπροφητῶν οἵτινες ἔρχονται πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ἐνδύμασιν προβάτων ἔσωθεν δέ εἰσίν λύκοι ἅρπαγες -> beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves

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προτεραῖος -> previous, former

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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

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προφάσεις ἐν ἁμαρτίαις -> wicked works, pretexts for sin

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πρόφθεγμα -> prophecy, foretelling, a speaking before

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πρόφθεγξις -> a speaking before

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πρῶτον κινοῦν ἀκίνητον -> first unmoved mover, first unmoved, first cause

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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

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πρέπει γὰρ τοὺς παῖδας ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κληρονομεῖν -> it is right that children inherit their fathers’ friendships just as they would their possessions

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πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή -> poverty is the sister of beggary

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πτωχότερος κίγκλου -> poorer than a little grebe, poorer than a church mouse, as poor as a church mouse, poor as a church mouse

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πτωχοῦ πήρη οὐ πίμπλαται -> a poor man's pouch is never full

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Πυλάδη, σε γὰρ δὴ πρῶτον ἀνθρώπων ἐγὼ πιστὸν νομίζω καὶ φίλον ξένον τ’ ἐμοί -> Pylades (for indeed I consider you, foremost among men, loyal and kind and a host to me), ... (Euripides' "Electra" 82-83)

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πῦρ μαχαίρᾳ μὴ σκαλεύειν -> poke not the fire with a sword, do not stir the fire with a sword, do not provoke an angry person, do not decide domestic business by violence, don't provoke an angry man

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πωγωνοτροφία φιλόσοφoν οὐ ποιεῖ -> a long beard does not make the philosopher

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πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) -> How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?

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πῶς μόνη διδαχθῶ πρὸς τῇ ρητορικῇ τὴν γραφικὴν ὑπὸ τοῦδε τοῦ αἰσχρου ζωγράφου τοῦ θυσίᾱς οὐδε ταῖς μούσαις ἀγαγόντος ποτέ;

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πόνος (Revelation 21:4)

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ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει -> easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)

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