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Ἑαυτὸν οὐδεὶς ὁμολογεῖ κακοῦργος ὤν → Nemo maleficus se fatetur maleficum → Von sich gibt keiner zu, dass er ein Schurke ist
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English (LSJ)
A crouch or cower beneath, like hares, birds, etc., πετάλοις ὑποπεπτηῶτες (Ep. pf. part. from shorter stem πτη-, cf. κατα-, προσ-πτήσσω) Il.2.312; ὑποπτήξας τάφῳ E.Hel.1203; ὑπέπτηχε cowers, Luc.Musc.Enc.4. II metaph., crouch before another, bow down to, τινι X.Cyr.1.5.1; also ὑ. τοὺς νέους θεούς A.Pr.960, cf. 29, X.Cyr.1.6.8; τὸ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀξίωμα Aeschin.2.105: abs., to be modest or shy, X.Cyr.1.3.8.
