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Δύο γὰρ, ἐπιστήμη τε καὶ δόξα, ὧν τὸ μὲν ἐπίστασθαι ποιέει, τὸ δὲ ἀγνοεῖν → Two different things are science and belief: the one brings knowledge, the other ignorance (Hippocrates)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.

Be in a dilemma, v.: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, V. ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dĭlemma: ătis, n. (δίλημμα),
I a double proposition, a dilemma; in logic, an argument in which an adversary is pinned between two difficulties, Serv. Verg. A. 2, 675, and 10, 449.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dĭlēmma, ătis, n. (δίλημμα), dilemme [sorte d’argument] : Serv. En. 10, 449.