ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον: Difference between revisions
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Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
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|trtx=English: [[man is but a breath and a shadow]], [[a man is nothing but breath and shadow]], [[human being is only a breath and a shadow]] (Sophocles, ''Fragmenta'', 13); French: l' | |trtx=English: [[man is but a breath and a shadow]], [[a man is nothing but breath and shadow]], [[human being is only a breath and a shadow]] (Sophocles, ''Fragmenta'', 13); French: [[l'homme n'est que souffle et ombre]]; Italian: [[l'uomo non è che soffio e ombra]]; Spanish: [[el hombre es solamente un soplo y una sombra]]; Latin: [[nil aliud ac umbra atque flatus est homo]], [[homo ventus solum et umbra]]; Dutch: [[een mens is slechts wind en schaduw]]; Modern Greek: ο [[άνθρωπος]] [[είναι]] μόν' [[ανάσα]] και [[σκιά]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:48, 13 March 2024
Translations
English: man is but a breath and a shadow, a man is nothing but breath and shadow, human being is only a breath and a shadow (Sophocles, Fragmenta, 13); French: l'homme n'est que souffle et ombre; Italian: l'uomo non è che soffio e ombra; Spanish: el hombre es solamente un soplo y una sombra; Latin: nil aliud ac umbra atque flatus est homo, homo ventus solum et umbra; Dutch: een mens is slechts wind en schaduw; Modern Greek: ο άνθρωπος είναι μόν' ανάσα και σκιά
