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Ὁ γράμματ' εἰδὼς καὶ περισσὸν νοῦν ἔχει → Qui litteras didicere, mentis plus habent → Wer schreiben kann, hat auch bedeutenden Verstand

Menander, Monostichoi, 403

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v. trans.

Cut up small: P. κερματίζειν. V. intrans. Walk affectedly: V. ἁβρὸν βαίνειν, σαυλοῦσθαι (Eur., Cycl. 40). I have plainly stated all that I think without mincing matters: P. ἃ γιγνώσκω πάνθʼ ἁπλῶς, οὐδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος, πεπαρρησίασμαι (Dem. 54).