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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

P. and V. στερεός, Ar. and V. στερρός. V. στυφλός, περισκελής.

Stubborn: P. and V. σκληρός, αὐθάδης.

Tough as maple: Ar. σφενδάμνινος (Ach. 181).

Tough as oak: Ar. πρίνινος (Ach. 180).