ἐπιλωβεύω
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
(λώβη)
A make mockery of a thing, Od.2.323.
German (Pape)
[Seite 959] worüber spotten, Od. 2, 323.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιλωβεύω: ἐφυβρίζω, οἱ δ’ ἐπελώβευον καὶ ἐκερτόμεον ἐπέεσσιν Ὀδ. Β. 323.
French (Bailly abrégé)
railler, insulter.
Étymologie: ἐπί, λωβεύω.
English (Autenrieth)
Greek Monolingual
ἐπιλωβεύω (Α)
χλευάζω («οἱ δ’ ἐπελώβευον καὶ κερτόμεον ἐπέεσσιν», Ομ. Οδ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + λωβεύω «προσβάλλω» (< λώβη «κακοποίηση, προσβολή, βία»)].
Greek Monotonic
ἐπιλωβεύω: κοροϊδεύω, υβρίζω, σε Ομήρ. Οδ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐπιλωβεύω: насмехаться, издеваться (οἱ ἐπελώβευον καὶ ἐκερτόμεον Hom.).
