μουνάξ
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)
Adv., (μοῦνος)
A singly, ὀρχήσασθαι Od.8.371; μ. κτεινομένων in single combat, 11.417.
German (Pape)
[Seite 210] einzeln, allein, Od. 8, 371, κτείνεσθαι, im Ggstz von ἐν ὑσμῖνι, 11, 416. s. das ion. μουνάξ.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μουνάξ: Ἐπίρρ. (μοῦνος) κατὰ μόνας, χωριστά, ὀρχήσασθαι Ὀδ. Θ. 371· μ. κτεινομένων, ἐν μονομαχίᾳ, Λ. 417.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ion. c. μονάξ.
Greek Monolingual
μουνάξ (Α, Μ μονάξ)
επίρρ. μεμονωμένα, χωριστά (α. «μουνὰξ ὀρχήσασθαι», Ομ. Οδ.
β. «μουνὰξ κτεινομένων» — αλληλοφονευομένων σε μονομαχία, Ομ. Οδ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μοῦνος, ιων. τ. του μόνος, πιθ. αναλογικά προς το ἅπαξ (βλ. και λ. μοναξιά)].
