Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
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Chance, accident: P. and V. συμφορά, ἡ, τύχη, ἡ, Ar. and P. συντυχία, ἡ, V. συναλλαγή, ἡ.
Affair, circumstance: P. and V. πρᾶγμα τό.
In this contingency: P. and V. οὕτως ἐχόντων (things being thus).