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Μέμνησο νέος ὤν, ὡς γέρων ἔσῃ ποτέ → Iuvenis memento te fore aliquando senem → Bedenke jung schon, dass dereinst ein Greis du bist
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===adjective=== | |||
[[puffed up]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σεμνός]], [[ὑψηλός]], [[prose|P.]] [[ὑπερήφανος]], [[μεγαλόφρων]], [[ὀγκώδης]], [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπέρφρων]], [[σεμνόστομος]], [[ὑψηλόφρων]] (also [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]). [[ὑψήγορος]], [[ὑπέρκοπος]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χαῦνος]] ([[Plato]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γαῦρος]]. | |||
[[be vain]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φρονεῖν μέγα]], [[verse|V.]] [[πνεῖν μεγάλα]], [[ἐξογκοῦσθαι]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀγκοῦσθαι]] (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[ὀγκύλλεσθαι]]; see [[be proud]], under [[proud]]. | |||
[[make vain]]: see [[puff up]]. | |||
[[useless]], [[ineffectual]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κενός]], [[μάταιος]], [[ἀνωφελής]], [[ἀνήνυτος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνωφέλητος]] (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[prose|P.]] [[ἄπρακτος]]. | |||
[[in vain]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μάτην]], [[ἄλλως]], [[διὰ κενῆς]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Troades]]'' 753), [[verse|V.]] [[ματαίως]], [[ἐν κενοῖς]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]] ''[[Ajax]]'' 971), [[ἄκραντα]]. | |||
[[this is all in vain]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τοῦτ' ἀνηνύτως ἔχει]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''Fragment''). | |||
[[be in vain]], v.: [[verse|V.]] [[ματᾶν]]. | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
puffed up: P. and V. σεμνός, ὑψηλός, P. ὑπερήφανος, μεγαλόφρων, ὀγκώδης, V. ὑπέρφρων, σεμνόστομος, ὑψηλόφρων (also Plato but rare P.). ὑψήγορος, ὑπέρκοπος, Ar. and P. χαῦνος (Plato), Ar. and V. γαῦρος.
be vain, v.: P. and V. φρονεῖν μέγα, V. πνεῖν μεγάλα, ἐξογκοῦσθαι, Ar. and V. ὀγκοῦσθαι (also Xen.), Ar. ὀγκύλλεσθαι; see be proud, under proud.
useless, ineffectual: P. and V. κενός, μάταιος, ἀνωφελής, ἀνήνυτος, V. ἀνωφέλητος (also Xen.), P. ἄπρακτος.
in vain: P. and V. μάτην, ἄλλως, διὰ κενῆς (Eur., Troades 753), V. ματαίως, ἐν κενοῖς (Soph. Ajax 971), ἄκραντα.
this is all in vain: V. τοῦτ' ἀνηνύτως ἔχει (Soph., Fragment).
be in vain, v.: V. ματᾶν.
