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ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
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===verb intransitive=== | |||
[[lit]]., [[prose|P.]] [[γίγνομαι]], [[γίγνεσθαι]]. Met., [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[δύναμαι]], [[δύνασθαι]]. | |||
a demand peremptorily made on one's neighbours before its justice is tested, be it large or small, amounts equally to enslavement: [[prose|P.]] τὴν αὐτὴν δύναται δούλωσιν ἥ τε μεγίστη καὶ ἐλαχίστη δικαίωσις… πρὸ δίκης τοῖς πέλας ἐπιτασσομένη ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 1, 141). | |||
[[if to yield grudgingly and to yield quickly amount to the same thing]]: [[prose|P.]] [[εἰ τὸ αὐτὸ δύναται σχολῇ καὶ ταχὺ συμβῆναι]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 3, 46). | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:46, 9 December 2020
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
lit., P. γίγνομαι, γίγνεσθαι. Met., Ar. and P. δύναμαι, δύνασθαι.
a demand peremptorily made on one's neighbours before its justice is tested, be it large or small, amounts equally to enslavement: P. τὴν αὐτὴν δύναται δούλωσιν ἥ τε μεγίστη καὶ ἐλαχίστη δικαίωσις… πρὸ δίκης τοῖς πέλας ἐπιτασσομένη (Thuc. 1, 141).
if to yield grudgingly and to yield quickly amount to the same thing: P. εἰ τὸ αὐτὸ δύναται σχολῇ καὶ ταχὺ συμβῆναι (Thuc. 3, 46).
