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Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
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Revision as of 20:45, 9 December 2020
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position, rank: P. and V. τάξις, ἡ.
base of operations: P. and V. ἀφορμή, ἡ, V. ὁρμητήριον, τό.
when the Athenian army seemed to have got a secure footing with an entrenched position: P. ὡς ἡ στρατιὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων βεβαίως ἔδοξε μετὰ τείχους ἱδρῦσθαι (Thuc. 8. 40).
in order to secure a firm footing in the mud: P. ἀσφαλείας ἕνεκα πρὸς τὸν πηλόν (Thuc. 3, 22).
ice not strong enough to give a footing: P. κρύσταλλος… οὐ βέβαιος ὥστε ἐπελθεῖν (Thuc. 3, 23).
applying to the houses a footing of firm ladders: V. λαβὼν πηκτῶν πρὸς οἴκους κλιμάκων προσαμβάσεις (Eur., Bacchae 1212).
