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σιτία εἰς ἀμίδα μὴ ἐμβάλλειν → cast not pearls before swine, do not throw pearls before swine

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flint for striking a spark: use P. and V. πυρεῖα, τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) (Plato, Republic 435A; Soph., Philoctetes 36).

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-|Text=[[File:woodhouse_328.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_328.jpg}}]]'''subs.'''
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-Use <b class="b2">stone.</b>
+===substantive===
-<b class="b2">Flint for striking a spark</b>: use P. and V. πυρεῖα, τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) (Plat., ''Rep.'' 435A; Soph., ''Phil.'' 36).
-<b class="b2">Rubbing flint against flint, I produced with labour a dim spark</b>: V. ἀλλʼ ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων [[μόλις]] ἔφηνʼ ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., ''Phil.'' 296).
+Use [[stone]].
+[[flint for striking a spark]]: use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πυρεῖα]], τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 435A; [[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''[[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|Soph.]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 296).
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