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καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θώρακα → just as a snake sheds its old skin

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

subs. V. διάλυσις, ἡ, ἀπαλλαγή, ἡ. Where the husband divorces the wife: P. ἀπόπεμψις, ἡ. Where the wife divorces the husband: P. ἀπόλειψις, ἡ. Met., separation: P. διάλυσις, ἡ. v. trans. Where the husband divorces the wife: P. ἐκπέμπειν, ἐκβάλλειν. Where the wife divorces the husband: P. ἀπολείπειν. Met., separate: P. and V. διαιρεῖν, διαλαμβάνειν; see separate. Virtue is nothing when divorced from sense: V. γνώμης γὰρ οὐδὲν ἁρετὴ μονουμένη (Eur., Frag.).