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πρόφθεγμα -> prophecy, foretelling, a speaking before

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φήνη -> γυπαετός ο γενειοφόρος

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Βωμὸν Ἀριστοτέλης ἱδρύσατο τόνδε Πλάτωνος, ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις -> Aristotle had this altar of Plato set up — Plato, a man whom the wicked dare not even mention in praise (David Phil., In Porphyrii isagogen commentarium)

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Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῇ ἐγκυκλοπαιδείᾳ, αὐτὴ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι (Salamanca inscription) -> The kings (= Ferdinand and Isabella) for the university, and the university for the kings

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εὐαντόλως -> correpte, shortly, briefly

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Ἀττικηρῶς ζῇν -> living in Attic fashion, living frugally

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς -> I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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ἔρανοι, ἐρανισταί, κοινόν ἐρανιστών, ἐρανικαὶ δίκαι, ἐρανικὸς νόμος, ἐράνου φορά, εράνου καταβολή· κατενεγκεῖν τὸν ἔρανον, πληρώσασθαι τὸν ἔρανον, ἐκλιπεῖν τὴν φοράν. ἔοικε δ' ἂν τοῖς ἔρανισταῖς καὶ οἱ συμμορῖται, και συμμορία καὶ ...(Pollux 144)

Started by droodman

Οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ ὃ φάγεται καὶ ὃ πίεται καὶ ὃ δείξει τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ ἀγαθὸν ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ (Ecclesiastes 2:24, LXX version) -> What is good in a human is not what he eats and drinks and shows off to his soul as a benefit of his labor

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διαμηρίζειν, (err.) διαμερίζειν -> intercrural intercourse (diamerizein, to do it between the thighs)

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μέγα γὰρ τὸ τῆς θαλάσσης κράτος -> great is the power of the country that controls the sea, control of the sea is a great thing, the dominion of the sea is a great matter

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On Hephaestus' lameness: Iliad 1.590ff. vs. Iliad 18.391ff.

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ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ χαρίσματα τὰ μείζονα. Καὶ ἔτι καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῖν δείκνυμι (1 Corinthians 12:31) -> But go ahead and strive for the greater gifts. And I'm about to show you a still more excellent way.

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αἰθὴρ δ᾽ ἐλαφραῖς πτερύγων ῥιπαῖς ὑποσυρίζει (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 126) -> The bright air fanned | whistles and shrills with rapid beat of wings.

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ὑποσυρίζω -> make a shrill piping sound, hiss (as of serpents)

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τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) -> for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior

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λῦσόν με , ἑταῖρε. οὐ γάρ σε οὑδέν ἔβλαψα.

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ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν -> O love, invincible in battle! (Sophocles, "Antigone" 781)

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ὀπλῖται δρόμοι -> mailed races, races of men in armour, races of men in armor

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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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