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ἡμέραν δ' ἐξ ἡμέρας ῥίπτεις κυβεύων τὸν πρὸς Ἀργείους Ἀρη → day after day you cast your dice in war against the Argives, day by day you make your throw adventuring war against the Argives
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Use [[stone]]. | |||
[[flint for striking a spark]]: use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πυρεῖα]], τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 435A; [[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 36). | |||
[[rubbing flint against flint]], [[I produced with labour a dim spark]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 296). | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Use stone.
flint for striking a spark: use P. and V. πυρεῖα, τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) (Plato, Republic 435A; Sophocles, Philoctetes 36).
rubbing flint against flint, I produced with labour a dim spark: V. ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς (Sophocles, Philoctetes 296).
