πεσσεύω

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κρεῖττον εἶναι φιλοσόφως ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἀφιλοσόφως ζῆν → that it is better to die in manner befitting a philosopher than to live unphilosophically

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Transliteration A: pesseúō Transliteration B: pesseuō Transliteration C: pesseyo Beta Code: pesseu/w

English (LSJ)

Att. πεττ-,

   A play at draughts, Heraclit.52, Pl.Alc.1.110e, R.487b, X.Mem.3.9.9, etc.: prov., τύχη ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὰ ἀνθρώπεια πεττεύει fortune gambles with human affairs, Ph.2.85.

German (Pape)

[Seite 603] att. -ττεύω, mit den Steinen, πεσσοῖς, im Brett spielen, indem man sie nach den Spielregeln setzt und zieht; Plat. Rep. VI, 487 b; Xen. Mem. 3, 9, 9; Pol. 40, 7, 2 u. Sp.; auch übertr., wie Philo, τύχης ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὰ ἀνθρώπεια πεττευούσης.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πεσσεύω: Ἀττ. πεττ-, παίζω τοὺς πεσσοὺς (ἴδε ἐν λέξ. πεσσός), Πλάτ. Ἀλκ. 1. 110Ε, Πολ. 487Β, Ξεν Ἀπομν. 3. 9, 9, κτλ.· παροιμ., τύχη ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὰ ἀνθρώπεια πεττεύει, παίζει μὲ τὰ πράγματα τῶν ἀνθρώπων, Φίλων 2. 85.