ἐπιτροχάδην
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)
[ᾰ], Adv.
A trippingly, fluently, glibly: in Hom. only in phrase ἐ. ἀγορεύειν Il.3.213, Od.18.26. II cursorily, D.H. Amm.2.2, Man.1.11.
German (Pape)
[Seite 997] darüber hinlaufend, ἀγορεύειν, eilig u. obenhin, kurz, Il. 3, 213 Od. 18, 26; D. Hal. verbindet ἐπιτροχάδην καὶ κεφαλαιωδῶς ἐπιτιθέναι τι C. V. p. 103; a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιτροχάδην: ᾰ, Ἐπίρρ., ἦ τοι μὲν Μενέλαος ἐπιτροχάδην ἀγόρευε, συντόμως, «παρατρέχων τὰ πολλὰ καὶ τὰ καίρια μόνον λέγων» (Σχόλ.), Ἰλ. Γ. 213· ὢ πόποι, ὡς ὁ μολοβρὸς ἐπιτροχάδην ἀγορεύει, «ἐσπευσμένως» (Σχόλ.), «κατ’ ἐπιδρομὴν» (Εὐστ.), Ὀδ. Σ. 26.
French (Bailly abrégé)
adv.
en courant ; rapidement, brièvement.
Étymologie: ἐπίτροχος, -δην.
English (Autenrieth)
glibly, fluently, Il. 3.213, Od. 18.26.
