ξυρόν: Difference between revisions
οἷς πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ' αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει → not even a just excuse means anything to those bent on injustice | the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny | any excuse will serve a tyrant
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Revision as of 01:41, 9 February 2013
English (LSJ)
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A razor, E.El.241, Ar.Ec.65, Th.219, Nic.Al.411, Plu. Art.29, etc.: prov., ἐπὶ ξυροῦ ἵσταται ἀκμῆς... ὄλεθρος ἠὲ βιῶναι death or life is balanced on a razor's edge, Il.10.173 : freq. in later authors, to express a delicately balanced like lihood of failure or success, ἀκμᾶς ἑστακυῖαν ἐπὶ ξυροῦ Ἑλλάδα Simon.97 ; ἐπὶ ξ. γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα Hdt.6.11 ; κίνδυνος ἐπὶ ξ. ἵσταται ἀκμῆς Thgn.557 ; βεβὼς . . ἐπὶ ξ. τύχης S.Ant.996 ; ἔβητ' ἐπὶ ξ. ; E.HF630 ; ἐπὶ ξ. εἶναι Theoc.22.6 ; ἐπὶ ξ. ἑστηκέναι Luc.JTr.3.
ξῠρόν· τομόν, ἰσχνόν, ὀξύ, Hsch.
