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Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1280-4

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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subs.

Use adj., Ar. and P. ἄγροικος, P. and V. σκαιός.

Peasant: P. and V. αὐτουργός, ὁ, ἐργάτης, ὁ.

Buffoon: P. and V. γελωτοποιός, ὁ.

Play the clown, v.: P. γελωτοποιεῖν.

Dutch > Greek

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