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διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
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P. and V. κατασκήπτειν, Ar. and V. καταίρειν, V. καταιγίζειν; see [[swoop]]. | ===verb intransitive=== | ||
Met., P. ἐφίστασθαι (dat.) (cf. Dem. 43). | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κατασκήπτειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καταίρειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[καταιγίζειν]]; see [[swoop]]. | ||
[[pounce upon]]: [[verse|V.]] [[προσπτάσθαι]] (dat.), 1st aor. ([[προσπέτεσθαι]]). | |||
Met., [[prose|P.]] [[ἐφίστασθαι]] (dat.) (cf. [[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 43). | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb intransitive
P. and V. κατασκήπτειν, Ar. and V. καταίρειν, V. καταιγίζειν; see swoop.
pounce upon: V. προσπτάσθαι (dat.), 1st aor. (προσπέτεσθαι).
Met., P. ἐφίστασθαι (dat.) (cf. Dem. 43).
