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From LSJ
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
v. trans. and absol.
P. and V. λακτίζειν. Kick against: V. λακτίζειν πρός (acc.), Ar. ἀντιλακτίζειν (dat.). Met., P. ζυγομαχεῖν, περί (gen.). Kick against the pricks: V. πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν (Aesch., Ag. 1624), πρὸς κέντρα κῶλον ἐκτείνειν (Aesch., P.V. 323).