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[[we old men are nought but sound and shape and creep about like shadows of a dream]]: [[verse|V.]] [[γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ψόφος καὶ σχῆμ'· ὀνείρων δ' ἕρπομεν μιμήματα]] ([[Euripides]], ''Fragment''). | [[we old men are nought but sound and shape and creep about like shadows of a dream]]: [[verse|V.]] [[γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ψόφος καὶ σχῆμ'· ὀνείρων δ' ἕρπομεν μιμήματα]] ([[Euripides]], ''Fragment''). | ||
[[jot]], [[tittle]]: see [[jot]]. [[fight with shadows]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[σκιαμαχεῖν]]. | [[jot]], [[tittle]]: see [[jot]]. | ||
[[fight with shadows]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[σκιαμαχεῖν]]. | |||
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Revision as of 21:55, 24 December 2023
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Met., of one reduced to a shadow: V. σκιά, ἡ, εἴδωλον, τό.
we old men are nought but sound and shape and creep about like shadows of a dream: V. γέροντες οὐδέν ἐσμεν ἄλλο πλὴν ψόφος καὶ σχῆμ'· ὀνείρων δ' ἕρπομεν μιμήματα (Euripides, Fragment).
fight with shadows, v.: P. σκιαμαχεῖν.