ἀλκά

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

dor. c. ἀλκή.

English (Slater)

ἀλκά (-ά, -ᾶς, -ᾷ, -άν; -αί)
   a valour, courage
   I sing., τόνδ' ἀνέρα ὁρῶντ ἀλκάν i. e. with courage in his gaze (O. 9.111) τὸν εἶδον κρατέοντα χερὸς ἀλκᾷ (O. 10.100) αἰδεσθέντες ἀλκάν (P. 4.173) “γεύεται δ' ἀλκᾶς ἀπειράντου” (P. 9.35) ὦ Τιμόδημε, σὲ δἀλκὰ παγκρατίου τλάθυμος ἀέξει (N. 2.14) κρίνεται δ' ἀλκὰ διὰ δαίμονας ἀνδρῶν (I. 5.11) met., ἐμοὶ μὲν ὦν Μοῖσα καρτερώτατον βέλος ἀλκᾷ τρέφει (construe with τρέφει or καρτερώτατον v. von der Mühll, M. H., 1954, 52.) (O. 1.112) c. gen., δύνασαι δὲ βροτοῖσιν ἀλκὰν ἀμαχανιᾶν δυσβάτων θαμὰ διδόμεν courage, strength against (N. 7.96)
   II pl., valiant actions ταὶ μεγάλαι γὰρ ἀλκαὶ σκότον πολὺν ὕμνων ἔχοντι δεόμεναι (N. 7.12) ]ἀλκαὶ δὲ τεῖχος ἀνδρῶν [ὕψιστον ἵστατ]αι[ (ἀλκᾷ Theon ap. Σ.) (Pae. 2.37)
   b fight τὰ δὲ καί ποτἐν ἀλκᾷ πρὸ Δαρδάνου τειχέων ἐδόκησαν (O. 13.55)
   c in periphrasis, c. gen., valorous ... καί ποτε χαλκότοξον Ἀμαζόνων μετἀλκὰν ἕπετό οἱ (N. 3.38) ἴστε μὰν Αἴαντος ἀλκάν, φοίνιον τὰν ὀψίᾳ ἐν νυκτὶ ταμὼν περὶ ᾧ φασγάνῳ (I. 4.35)
   d frag. ]ἀλκὰν Ἀχελωίου κρανίον τοῦτο ζάθε[ον (Pae. 21.9) ]εν ἀλκὰνεοις φιλ[ ?fr. 348a.