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Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

The building becoming top-heavy suddenly collapsed: P. τὸ οἴκημα λαβὸν μεῖζον ἄχθος ἐξαπίνης κατερράγη (Thuc. 4, 115).