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πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
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|lshtext=<b>phălanx</b>: ([[post]]-[[class]]. fălanx), angis, f., = [[φάλαγξ]]>.<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit., a [[band]] of soldiers, a [[host]] [[drawn]] up in [[close]] [[order]] ([[poet]].): Agamemnoniae phalanges, Verg. A. 6, 489: densae, id. ib. 12, 662: Tuscorum, id. ib. 12, 551: animosa (said of [[eight]] brothers [[fighting]] [[together]]), id. ib. 12, 277: junctae umbone phalanges, Juv. 2, 46.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop., a [[host]], [[multitude]] (postclass.): culparum, Prud. Psych. 816.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br /> <b>A</b> Among the Athenians and Spartans, a [[division]] of an [[army]] [[drawn]] up in [[battle]] [[array]], a [[battalion]], [[phalanx]], Nep. Chabr. 1, 2; id. Pelop. 4, 2.—<br /> <b>B</b> The Macedonian [[order]] of [[battle]], a Macedonian [[phalanx]] (a [[compact]] parallelogram of [[fifty]] men [[abreast]] and [[sixteen]] [[deep]]), Nep. Eum. 7, 1; Curt. 3, 2, 13; Liv. 31, 39, 10; cf.: quae (cohortes) cuneum Macedonum (phalangem ipsi vocant) perrumperent, id. 32, 17, 11: fecerat et falangem [[triginta]] [[milium]] hominum, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 50, 5.—<br /> <b>2</b> An [[order]] of [[battle]] of the Gauls and Germans, forming a parallelogram: [[Helvetii]] confertissimā acie, phalange factā, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 52: phalangem perfringere, id. ib. 1, 25. | |||
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Revision as of 08:22, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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P. φάλαγξ, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
phălanx: (post-class. fălanx), angis, f., = φάλαγξ>.
I In gen.
A Lit., a band of soldiers, a host drawn up in close order (poet.): Agamemnoniae phalanges, Verg. A. 6, 489: densae, id. ib. 12, 662: Tuscorum, id. ib. 12, 551: animosa (said of eight brothers fighting together), id. ib. 12, 277: junctae umbone phalanges, Juv. 2, 46.—
B Trop., a host, multitude (postclass.): culparum, Prud. Psych. 816.—
II In partic.
A Among the Athenians and Spartans, a division of an army drawn up in battle array, a battalion, phalanx, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2; id. Pelop. 4, 2.—
B The Macedonian order of battle, a Macedonian phalanx (a compact parallelogram of fifty men abreast and sixteen deep), Nep. Eum. 7, 1; Curt. 3, 2, 13; Liv. 31, 39, 10; cf.: quae (cohortes) cuneum Macedonum (phalangem ipsi vocant) perrumperent, id. 32, 17, 11: fecerat et falangem triginta milium hominum, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 50, 5.—
2 An order of battle of the Gauls and Germans, forming a parallelogram: Helvetii confertissimā acie, phalange factā, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 24; 1, 52: phalangem perfringere, id. ib. 1, 25.
