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ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
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[[station]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[στάσις]], ἡ. | |||
[[position]], [[rank]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τάξις]], ἡ. | |||
[[base of operations]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφορμή]], ἡ, [[verse|V.]] [[ὁρμητήριον]], τό. | |||
[[when the Athenian army seemed to have got a secure footing with an entrenched position]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὡς ἡ στρατιὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων βεβαίως ἔδοξε μετὰ τείχους ἱδρῦσθαι]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 8. 40). | |||
[[in order to secure a firm footing in the mud]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀσφαλείας ἕνεκα πρὸς τὸν πηλόν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 3, 22). | |||
[[ice not strong enough to give a footing]]: [[prose|P.]] [[κρύσταλλος… οὐ βέβαιος ὥστε ἐπελθεῖν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 3, 23). | |||
[[applying to the houses a footing of firm ladders]]: [[verse|V.]] [[λαβὼν πηκτῶν πρὸς οἴκους κλιμάκων προσαμβάσεις]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Bacchae]]'' 1212). | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:30, 14 October 2021
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position, rank: P. and V. τάξις, ἡ.
base of operations: P. and V. ἀφορμή, ἡ, V. ὁρμητήριον, τό.
when the Athenian army seemed to have got a secure footing with an entrenched position: P. ὡς ἡ στρατιὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων βεβαίως ἔδοξε μετὰ τείχους ἱδρῦσθαι (Thuc. 8. 40).
in order to secure a firm footing in the mud: P. ἀσφαλείας ἕνεκα πρὸς τὸν πηλόν (Thuc. 3, 22).
ice not strong enough to give a footing: P. κρύσταλλος… οὐ βέβαιος ὥστε ἐπελθεῖν (Thuc. 3, 23).
applying to the houses a footing of firm ladders: V. λαβὼν πηκτῶν πρὸς οἴκους κλιμάκων προσαμβάσεις (Euripides, Bacchae 1212).
