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ἢν μή τις ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν βλίττῃ με κἀρεθίζῃ → may no one squeeze me and tease me like a wasp | may no one smoke me and tease me like a wasp | but if anyone annoys me and rifles my nest, they'll find a wasp inside | still if you wake a wasps' nest then of wasps you must beware
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[[difficulties]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄπορον]], τό, or pl., [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμηχάνον]], τό, or pl., [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ δυσχερῆ]]; see [[straits]]. | [[difficulties]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄπορον]], τό, or pl., [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμηχάνον]], τό, or pl., [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ δυσχερῆ]]; see [[straits]]. | ||
[[this is my difficulty]]: [[verse|V.]] [[κεῖνό μοι… πρόσαντες]] ([[Euripides | [[this is my difficulty]]: [[verse|V.]] [[κεῖνό μοι… πρόσαντες]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 790). | ||
[[consider his difficulties your opportunities]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὴν ἀκαιρίαν τὴν ἐκείνου καιρὸν ὑμέτερον νομίζειν]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 16). | [[consider his difficulties your opportunities]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὴν ἀκαιρίαν τὴν ἐκείνου καιρὸν ὑμέτερον νομίζειν]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 16). | ||
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difficulties: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμηχάνον, τό, or pl., P. τὰ δυσχερῆ; see straits.
this is my difficulty: V. κεῖνό μοι… πρόσαντες (Euripides, Orestes 790).
consider his difficulties your opportunities: P. τὴν ἀκαιρίαν τὴν ἐκείνου καιρὸν ὑμέτερον νομίζειν (Dem. 16).
be in difficulties, v.: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, V. ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.), P. ἀπόρως διακεῖσθαι.
with difficulty, adv.: P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς, ταλαιπώρως, P. ἐπιπόνως, V. δυσπετώς.
without difficulty: P. and V. ῥᾳδίως, V. ἀμοχθί, P. ἀκονιτί; see easily.
