retrenchment

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Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age

Sophocles, Antigone, 1350-1353

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Economy: Ar. and P. εὐτέλεια, ἡ. Frugality: Ar. and P. φειδωλία, ἡ. To make some retrenchment in government expenses: P. τῶν κατὰ τὴν πόλιν τι εἰς εὐτέλειαν σωφρονίσαι (Thuc. 8, 1).