πολιρραίστης
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)
ου, ὁ, (ῥαίω) = πτολίπορθος, Lyc.210.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πολιρραίστης: -ου, ὁ, (ῥαίω) = πτολίπορθος, Λυκόφρ. 210. ― Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 434.
Greek Monolingual
ὁ, Α
πτολίπορθος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πόλις + -ρραίστης (< ῥαίω «σπάω, συντρίβω»), πρβλ. λυκο-ρραίστης, μητρο-ρραίστης].
German (Pape)
ὁ, = πολίπορθος, Lycophr. 210.
