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τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
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[[a flight of]] ([[stones]], [[arrows]], etc.): [[verse|V.]] [[νιφάς]], ἡ. | [[a flight of]] ([[stones]], [[arrows]], etc.): [[verse|V.]] [[νιφάς]], ἡ. | ||
[[a flight]] ([[flock]]) of [[dove]]s: [[verse|V.]] [[κῶμος πελειῶν]] ([[Euripides | [[a flight]] ([[flock]]) of [[dove]]s: [[verse|V.]] [[κῶμος πελειῶν]] ([[Euripides]], ''Ion'', 1197). | ||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
running away: P. and V. φυγή, ἡ, V. δρασμός, ὁ (rare P.).
put to flight, verb transitive: P. and V. τρέπειν (or mid. in the aor.), εἰς φυγὴν καθιστάναι. V. ἀπονωτίζειν.
take to flight: P. and V. τρέπεσθαι (pass.), φεύγω, φεύγειν, V. φυγὴν αἴρεσθαι.
substantive
motion of birds: V. πτῆσις, ἡ, ποτήματα, τά.
a flight of (stones, arrows, etc.): V. νιφάς, ἡ.
a flight (flock) of doves: V. κῶμος πελειῶν (Euripides, Ion, 1197).
