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Θέλομεν καλῶς ζῆν πάντες, ἀλλ' οὐ δυνάμεθα → Bene vivere omnes volumus, at non possumus → Gut leben wollen wir alle, doch wir können es nicht

Menander, Monostichoi, 236

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adverb

Interrogative: P. and V. τί, τοῦ χάριν (Dem. 490). P. διὰ τί, τοῦ ἕνεκα (Dem. 1104), ἀντὶ τίνος (Plato, Lysis 208E), V. πρὸς τί, ἀντὶ τοῦ, εἰς τί, τί χρῆμα, τίνος ἕκατι, ἐκ τοῦ (Eur., Electra 246), τίνος χάριν.

for what purpose: P. and V. ἐπὶ τῷ (Soph., Ajax 797).

Indirect: P. διότι; V. ἀνθ' ὅτου, or see the direct forms.

why not: V. τί μή.

why so: Ar. τιή.