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Εὔτολμος εἶναι κρῖνε, τολμηρὸς δὲ μή → Audentiam tibi sume, non audaciam → Entschlossen zeige Mut, doch nicht Verwegenheit

Menander, Monostichoi, 153

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v. trans.

P. and V. λύειν, V. ἀναπτύσσειν, ἐξελίσσειν.

Make clear: P. and V. σαφηνίζειν (Xen. but rare P.).

Whenever they closed with one another they could not easily get disentangled: P. ἐπειδὴ προσβάλοιεν ἀλλήλοις οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἀπελύοντο (Thuc. 1, 49).