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Οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι → Nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us
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===substantive=== | |||
[[something]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] τι (enclitic). | |||
[[something small]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὀλίγον]] τι. | |||
[[something of no value]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καπνός]], ὁ (lit., [[smoke]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[λῆρος]], ὁ ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 36; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]], ''[[Lysistrata]]'' 860), [[φλυαρία]], ἡ ([[Plato]], ''Hippolytus Maj.'' 304B). | |||
[[split hairs over trifles]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν]] (''[[Nubes]]'' 320). | |||
===verb intransitive=== | |||
P. and V. παίζειν. | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παίζειν]]. | ||
[[talk nonsense]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[οὐδὲν λέγειν]], [[ληρεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[φλυαρεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[ὑθλεῖν]]. | |||
[[split hairs]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[λεπτουργεῖν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[λεπτολογεῖν]]. | |||
[[trifle with]], [[mock]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παίζειν πρός]] (acc.), [[prose|P.]] [[προσπαίζειν]] (dat.); see [[mock]]. | |||
[[treat lightly]]: [[prose|P.]] [[περὶ ὀλίγου ποιεῖσθαι]]; see [[disregard]]. | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
something: P. and V. τι (enclitic).
something small: P. ὀλίγον τι.
something of no value: P. and V. καπνός, ὁ (lit., smoke), Ar. and P. λῆρος, ὁ (Dem. 36; Ar., Lysistrata 860), φλυαρία, ἡ (Plato, Hippolytus Maj. 304B).
split hairs over trifles: Ar. περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν (Nubes 320).
verb intransitive
talk nonsense: P. and V. οὐδὲν λέγειν, ληρεῖν, Ar. and P. φλυαρεῖν, Ar. ὑθλεῖν.
split hairs: P. and V. λεπτουργεῖν, Ar. λεπτολογεῖν.
trifle with, mock: P. and V. παίζειν πρός (acc.), P. προσπαίζειν (dat.); see mock.