χερμάζω
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)
A clear a field of stones, Hsch. s.v. ἐχερμάζομεν.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1350] Kiesel od. Feldsteine werfen. – Bei Hesych. aber erkl. τὴν γῆν ἐργάζομαι.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
χερμάζω: ἐκρίπτω τὰς χερμάδας ἔξω τοῦ ἀγροῦ, καθαρίζω αὐτὸν πρὸς καλλιέργειαν, ἢ καλλιεργῶ, «ἐχερμάζομεν· τὴν γῆν εἰργαζόμεθα» Ἡσύχ.
