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ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his
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[[buoyed up by one hope after another]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀναρτώμενοι ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ἐλπίδω]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 346). | [[buoyed up by one hope after another]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀναρτώμενοι ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ἐλπίδω]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 346). | ||
[[hope ever buoyed me up]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλπίς μ' ἀεὶ προῆγε]] ([[Euripides | [[hope ever buoyed me up]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλπίς μ' ἀεὶ προῆγε]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Andromache]]'' 27). | ||
[[it is hope that buoys up the generality of men]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἡ βόσκουσα τοὺς πολλοὺς βροτῶν]] ([[Sophocles]], ''Fragment''). | [[it is hope that buoys up the generality of men]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἡ βόσκουσα τοὺς πολλοὺς βροτῶν]] ([[Sophocles]], ''Fragment''). | ||
Latest revision as of 13:25, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
support: P. and V. αἴρειν, V. βαστάζειν.
encourage: P. and V. ἐπαίρειν, θαρσύνειν, θρασύνειν.
buoy up with hope: P. ἐπελπίζειν (Thuc. 8, 1).
be buoyed up (on hope, etc.): P. and V. ὀχεῖσθαι ἐπί (gen.).
buoyed up by one hope after another: P. ἀναρτώμενοι ἐλπίσιν ἐξ ἐλπίδω (Dem. 346).
hope ever buoyed me up: V. ἐλπίς μ' ἀεὶ προῆγε (Euripides, Andromache 27).
it is hope that buoys up the generality of men: V. ἐλπὶς γὰρ ἡ βόσκουσα τοὺς πολλοὺς βροτῶν (Sophocles, Fragment).
whosoever is buoyed up by empty hopes: ὅστις κεναῖσιν ἐλπίσιν θερμαίνεται (Sophocles, Ajax 478).
