τρίβαφος
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)
ον, thrice-dyed, i. e. of genuine dye, Lyd.Mag.1.7 (s. v.l.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1140] dreimal in die Farbe getaucht, d. i. echt gefärbt, Io. Laur. Lyd. mens. 1, 17.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρίβᾰφος: -ον, τρὶς βεβαμμένος, δηλ. καλῶς βεβαμμένος, τραβαία δὲ εἴρηται ὡσανεὶ τρίβαφος· ἐκ τριῶν γὰρ ἀποτελεῖται χρωμάτων Ἰω Λυδ. 1. 7.
Greek Monolingual
-ον, Α
ο τρεις φορές βαμμένος, δηλαδή ο καλά ή ανεξίτηλα βαμμένος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < τρι- + -βαφος (< βαφή), πρβλ. δί-βαφος].
