κισσόπληκτος
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
German (Pape)
[Seite 1442] mit Epheu oder mit den Thyrsusstäben geschlagen, die mit Epheu umwunden waren, d. i. in bacchische Begeisterung gesetzt; μέλη κισσόπληκτα heißen bei Antiphan. Ath. XIV, 643 e die Lieder der Dithyrambendichter.
Greek Monolingual
κισσόπληκτος (Α)
φρ. «μέλεα κισσόπληκτα» — μέλη χτυπημένα από κισσό, από τον θύρσο, από βακχική μανία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κισσός + -πληκτος (< πλήσσω), πρβλ. ηλό-πληκτος, κεραυνό-πληκτος].
