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ὅσα ἦν νενοσσευμένα ὀρνίθων γένεα -> as many species of birds as had their nests, all the other kinds of birds which had been hatched

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ὅσα μὲν τῆς ἰδίας τρυφῆς εἵνεκα Μειδίας καὶ περιουσίας κτᾶται -> all the wealth that Meidias retains for private luxury and superfluous display

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

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Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. -> While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.

Started by Hijotiroles

ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων -> as different as chalk from cheese, by as much as cardamum is different from figs

Started by spiros

ὅτε αἶγα τῇ θεῷ μὴ θύοις, ουϰ ἐτιμῶ.

Started by jmorsay

ὅτε εἱς μάχην ταξαίμεθα τὴν πόλιν φυλάξοντες, τάς τε γυναῖκας καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ἐν τῇ πόλει μετὰ τῶν γερόντων ἐλείπομεν.

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ὅτε Θεμιστοκλῆς ἐπὶ τοὺς βαρβάρους ἐξῆγε τοὺς Ἀθηναίους, ἀλεκτρυόνας εἶδεν μαχομένους... (Aelian)

Started by LittleHaze

ὅτε φίλων χάριν αἰσχρὰ πoιοῖτε, ὦ θυγατέρες, ὑπὸ τῶν τε σωφρόνων καὶ τῶν διϰαίων πάντων οὐϰ ἐτιμᾶσθε κακῶς ἀϰούουσαι. δίϰαια οὖν πράττουσαι ἀξιώθητε τῑμῆς.

Started by jmorsay

ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω –> however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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

Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα, τοῦ Πατρός καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν -> For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) forever and ever. Amen (Matthew 6:13, Byzantine text, modified)

Started by Frederique

ὅτι τίς ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὃς ἐπελεύσεται ὀπίσω τῆς βουλῆς τὰ ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτήν; (Ecclesiastes 2:12, LXX version) -> for who is the man who, after following his own plan, will find wisdom (in) everything he has done?

Started by luisffmendes

ὄττω τις ἔραται -> whatever one loves best, whom you desire most (Sappho 1.16.4)

Started by spiros

οὐ βούλομαι δυσχερὲς εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου, οὗτος δ' ἐκ περιουσίας μου κατηγορεῖ –> for me—but I wish to say nothing untoward at the beginning of my speech—whereas he prosecutes me from a position of advantage | but for me—I do not wish to say anything harsh at the beginning of the speech, but he prosecutes me from a position of strength

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οὐ γὰρ εἰς περιουσίαν ἐπράττετ' αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς πόλεως -> for selfish greed had no place in their statesmanship

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οὐ γὰρ πράξιν ἀγαθὴν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εὖ ποεῖν αὐτὴν -> it does not suffice to do good–one must do it well

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οὐ γὰρ συμφύεται τὰ πεπηγότα ὤσπερ τὰ ὑγρά (Aristotle, Meteorologica 348a.14) -> since solid bodies/frozen drops cannot coalesce like liquid ones

Started by marcel

οὐ κύριος ὑπὲρ μέδιμνόν ἐστ' ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἔτι -> he is no better than a woman, no man is any longer permitted to transact business over the one-bushel limit?

Started by spiros

Οὐ λύσῃς, ὦ ξένε, τόν ἐν τῆ οἰκία φίλον; (Ου λύσης, ω ξένε, τον εν τη οικία φίλον) -> Won't you release the friend?

Started by Jorsay