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τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
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[[be under fire]], v.; use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βάλλεσθαι]] (lit., [[be shot at]]). | [[be under fire]], v.; use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βάλλεσθαι]] (lit., [[be shot at]]). | ||
[[be between two fires]] ( | [[be between two fires]] (have enemies on each [[side]]): [[prose|P.]] [[ἀμφίβολος εἶναι]], [[ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ εἶναι]]. | ||
[[catch fire]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κάεσθαι]], [[ἅπτεσθαι]]. | [[catch fire]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κάεσθαι]], [[ἅπτεσθαι]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:49, 17 November 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. πῦρ, τό, φλόξ, ἡ, V. φλογμός, ὁ, αἶθος, ὁ.
conflagration: P. ἔμπρησις, ἡ.
burning heat: P. and V. καῦμα, τό.
watchfires: P. πύρα, τά, V. πυρσά, τά; see beacon.
breathing fire, adj.: V. πύρπνοος, πύρπνους.
carry fire, v.: V. πυρφορεῖν.
carrying fire, adj.: P. and V. πυρφόρος.
untouched by fire: P. and V. ἄπυρος.
set fire to: see fire, v.
be under fire, v.; use P. and V. βάλλεσθαι (lit., be shot at).
be between two fires (have enemies on each side): P. ἀμφίβολος εἶναι, ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ εἶναι.
catch fire: P. and V. κάεσθαι, ἅπτεσθαι.
Met., vehemence: P. σφοδρότης, ἡ.
zeal: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθυμία, ἡ.
verb transitive
set fire to: P. and V. ἅπτειν, ὑφάπτειν, ἀνάπτειν, πῦρ ἐμβάλλειν (dat.), P. ἐπιφλέγειν, V. ὑπαίθειν, Ar. ἐμπυρεύειν, ἐκφλέγειν; see burn, kindle.
Met., excite, kindle: Ar. and P. κάειν, φλέγειν, P. διαθερμαίνειν, V. ἐπιφλέγειν, Ar. and V. ζωπυρεῖν, θάλπειν. P. and V. θερμαίνειν (Plato); see excite.
he is fired with love: V. ἐντεθέρμανται πόθῳ (Sophocles, Trachiniae 368).
