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Ζῆθι προσεχόντως ὡς μακρὰν ἐγγὺς βλέπων → Ne temere vivas: specta longa et proxima → Pass auf im Leben: blick auf das, was fern und nah

Menander, Monostichoi, 191

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

Lit., P. and V. μελαίνειν.

make dirty: V. αἰθαλοῦν; see soil.

Met.: Blacken the character, etc.: P. and V. διαβάλλω, διαβάλλειν.