ὀχετηγός

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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.

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Transliteration A: ochetēgós Transliteration B: ochetēgos Transliteration C: ochetigos Beta Code: o)xethgo/s

English (LSJ)

όν, (ἄγω)

   A conducting or drawing off water by a ditch or conduit, ὡς δ' ὅτ' ἀνὴρ ὀ. ἀπὸ κρήνης μελανύδρου ἂμ φυτὰ καὶ κήπους ὕδατι ῥόον ἡγεμονεύῃ Il.21.257: metaph., πνεῦμα ὀ., of the flute, AP9.505.6; ἑῶν ὀ. ἐρώτων, of the Alpheus, ib.362.5, cf. 5.284 (Agath.); ἔρως ὀ. ἀνίης ib.228 (Maced.).