ἀμβροτεῖν

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δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet

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German (Pape)

[Seite 119] ep. Form für ἁμαρτεῖν, aor. II. zu ἁμαρτάνω.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀμβροτεῖν: «ἁμαρτεῖν, ἀποτυχεῖν βροτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἀνθρώπου· καὶ κρύπτειν» Ἡσύχ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

= ἁμαρτεῖν· ἀποτυχεῖν (Hesychius).