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

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Ἐξείλου

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Ἔφρων ἢ Ἐφραία -> Ephron or Ephraia

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λῦσόν με , ἑταῖρε. οὐ γάρ σε οὑδέν ἔβλαψα.

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βέλτιόν ἐστι σῶμά γ' ἢ ψυχὴν νοσεῖν -> it is better to be sick in respect to the body than in respect to the soul [Menander Monostichoi 75]

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τέχνη δὲ ἄνευ ἀλκῆς οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ (Thucydides 2.87.4.6) -> η τέχνη απαιτεί κουράγιο, skill without heart is useless

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τούτων γάρ ἑκάτερον κοινῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορεύεται ζῷον, καί ὁ λόγος δέ τῆς οὐσίας ὁ αὐτός -> and these are univocally so named, inasmuch as not only the name, but also the definition, is the same in both cases (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a8-10)

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Xenathon -> Ξεναθών

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πεπαίδευται -> has been educated

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ἄδικον ἦν πλοῦτον ἔχειν παρὰ νόμον -> it is unjust to have money against the law

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ὦ εὔδαιμον Σώκρατες, τὴν ἀρετῆς φύσιν τοῖς φίλοις δηλοῖς; ἐάν γὰρ τὴν ἀρετὴν εὖ δηλοῖς, οὔτοι ἀδικήσουσιν, ἀλλ' εἰ μὴ τοῦτ' εὖ δηλοῖς, κακὰ ἂν πράττοιεν. καλῶς δὴ ποιεῖς ἃπαντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ δηλῶν.

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ἀγαθῇ γὰρ μοίρᾳ ἄξεσθε ἡσυχίαν -> for with good fortune you will live in peace

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οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι -> Nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us (Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.1129f.)

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καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ -> and a man's foes shall be they of his own household (Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:36)

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τούτων γάρ ὄνομα μόνον κοινόν, ὁ δέ κατά τοὔνομα λόγος τῆς οὐσίας ἕτερος -> though they have a common name, the definition corresponding with the name differs for each (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a3-4)

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ἤκουσεν ἐν Ῥώμῃ καὶ ἀρσένων ἑταιρίαν εἶναι -> he heard that there was also a fellowship of males in Rome (Severius, commentary on Romans 1:27)

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πρὸς υἱὸν ὀργὴν οὐκ ἔχει χρηστὸς πατήρ -> The good father does not hold anger towards his son (Chaeremon, fragment 35)

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ἀνατολὴ ἀνατολῶν -> sunrise of sunrises

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Οὐδεὶς δὲ αὐτῶν ἡγήσατο τοὺς θεοὺς οὕτω τάχα τοὺς αἰτίους τιμωρήσεσθαι

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φήσετε τάσδε κακὰ πράττειν.

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