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ὡς αἰεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει θεὸς ὡς τὸν ὁμοῖον → how God ever brings like men together | birds of a feather flock together | how the god always leads like to like | as ever, god brings like and like together | as always the god brings like to like

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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v. intrans.

P. and V. σκαρδαμύσσειν (Xen. also Eur., Cycl. 626); see also, shut the eyes, under shut.

Without winking: use adv. P. ἀσκαρδαμυκτί (Xen.), or adj., Ar. ἀσκαρδάμυκτος (Eq. 292).

Wink at, shut one's eyes to, met.: Ar. and P. περιορᾶν (acc.); see allow.

subs.

He doesn't see a wink of sleep the whole night: Ar. ὕπνου δʼ ὁρᾷ τῆς νυκτὸς οὐδὲ πασπάλην (Vesp. 91).