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τοῖς οἰκείοις βουλεύμασιν ἁλίσκεσθαι → hoist by one's own petard, hoist with one's own petard, hoist on one's own petard, hoisted by one's own petard, be hoist with one's own petard
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[[flint for striking a spark]]: use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πυρεῖα]], τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 435A; [[Sophocles | [[flint for striking a spark]]: use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πυρεῖα]], τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 435A; [[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 36). | ||
[[rubbing flint against flint]], [[I produced with labour a dim spark]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς]] ([[Sophocles | [[rubbing flint against flint]], [[I produced with labour a dim spark]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 296). | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:17, 14 October 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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Use stone.
flint for striking a spark: use P. and V. πυρεῖα, τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) (Plato, Republic 435A; Sophocles, Philoctetes 36).
rubbing flint against flint, I produced with labour a dim spark: V. ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς (Sophocles, Philoctetes 296).
