πωλοδαμνέω
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 break young horses, E.Rh.187,624, X.Oec.3.10; ἵπποι πωλοδαμνηθέντες Plu.2.2e. 2 metaph., train, αὐτὸν ἐν νόμοις πατρὸς δεῖ πωλοδαμνεῖν S.Aj.549; π. τὴν νεότητα Luc.Am.45; νεότης πωλοδαμνεῖται Plu.2.13e.
German (Pape)
[Seite 827] ein Fohlen bändigen, ein junges Pferd abrichten und zureiten; π ωλοδαμνήσας, Eur. Rhes. 187. 624; Luc. amor. 15; Plut.; u. übertr., erziehen, αὐτίκ' ὠμοῖς αὐτὸν ἐν νόμοις πατρὸς δεῖ πωλοδαμνεῖν κἀξομοιοῦσθαι φύσιν, Soph. Ai. 545.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πωλοδαμνέω: δαμάζω καὶ ἐκγυμνάζω νέους ἵππους, Εὐριπ. Ρῆσ. 187, 624, Ξενοφ. Οἰκ. 3, 10· ἵπποι πωλοδαμνηθέντες Πλούτ. 2. 2F. 2) μεταφ., ὡς τὸ πωλεύω, παιδαγωγῶ, αὐτὸν ἐν νόμοις πατρὸς δεῖ πωλοδαμνεῖν Σοφ. Αἴ. 549· π. τὴν νεότητα Λουκ. Ἔρωτ. 45· νεότης πωλοδαμνεῖται Πλούτ. 1. 13Ε.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
1 dompter des poulains ; en gén. dresser de jeunes chevaux;
2 p. ext. dresser, former, fig.
Étymologie: πωλοδάμνης.
