ἱμάω
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)
Att. inf.
A ἱμῆν Phot.:—draw up, esp. water from a well, Ath.8.352a; κάδῳ Orib.Eup.1.1.2:—Pass., to be tapped of, yield, γάλα Arist.HA522b12, PA688b10. (From ἱμάς 2f, acc. to Ael.Dion. Fr.211; ἱμάω has ῑ (v. καθιμάω), like ἱμονιά, ἱμανήθρη, but ἱμαῖος has ῐ.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἱμάω: Ἀττ. ἀπαρ. ἱμῆν, Φώτ.· (ἱμάς)· ― ἀνασύρω, ἀντλῶ, ἰδίως ὕδωρ ἐκ φρέατος, Ἀθήν. 352Α. ― Μέσ., ῥοφῶ, ἐκμυζῶ, γάλα Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 3. 21, 2, π. Ζ. Μορ. 4. 10, 38.
