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δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν → the strong do what they will; the weak do what they must | the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must | they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get

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Transliteration A: Îros Transliteration B: Iros Transliteration C: Iros Beta Code: *)=iros

English (LSJ)

ὁ, Irus, a name given by the suitors to the Ithacan beggar Arnaeus because he carried messages (cf. Ἶρις), Od.18.5 sq.: hence, later as Appellat.,

   A an Irus, i.e. a beggar, Lib.Or.18.140: pl., Ἶροι Luc.Nav.24.