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Ζεὺς οἶδε μοῖράν τ' ἀμμορίην τ' ἀνθρώπων → Zeus knows what is man's fate and what is not, Zeus knows man's good and bad fortune
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[[hard to understand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσαφής]]; see [[obscure]]. | [[hard to understand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσαφής]]; see [[obscure]]. | ||
[[having crooked thoughts never sound]], [[but tortuous every way]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλικτὰ κουδὲν ὑγιὲς ἀλλὰ πᾶν πέριξ φρονοῦντες]] ([[Euripides | [[having crooked thoughts never sound]], [[but tortuous every way]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἑλικτὰ κουδὲν ὑγιὲς ἀλλὰ πᾶν πέριξ φρονοῦντες]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Andromache]]'' 448). | ||
[[I have said these things]], [[mother]], [[taking each by itself devising as tortuous mode of speech]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ταῦτ' αὔθ' ἕκαστα]], [[μῆτερ]], [[οὐχὶ περιπλοκὰς λόγων ἀθροίσας εἶπον]] ([[Euripides | [[I have said these things]], [[mother]], [[taking each by itself devising as tortuous mode of speech]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ταῦτ' αὔθ' ἕκαστα]], [[μῆτερ]], [[οὐχὶ περιπλοκὰς λόγων ἀθροίσας εἶπον]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 494). | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
crooked: P. σκολιός (Plato), P. and V. καμπύλος (Plato).
deceitful: P. and V. ποικίλος, διπλοῦς, P. σκολιός (Plato), V. ἑλικτός, πλάγιος.
hard to understand: P. and V. ἀσαφής; see obscure.
having crooked thoughts never sound, but tortuous every way: V. ἑλικτὰ κουδὲν ὑγιὲς ἀλλὰ πᾶν πέριξ φρονοῦντες (Euripides, Andromache 448).
I have said these things, mother, taking each by itself devising as tortuous mode of speech: V. ταῦτ' αὔθ' ἕκαστα, μῆτερ, οὐχὶ περιπλοκὰς λόγων ἀθροίσας εἶπον (Euripides, Phoenissae 494).
