ετοιμόφλεκτος

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τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.

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Greek Monolingual

ἑτοιμόφλεκτος, -ον (Μ)
αυτός που φλέγεται, που ανάβει εύκολα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < έτοιμος + -φλεκτος (< φλέγω), πρβλ. εύ-φλεκτος].