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βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. ἀμυδρός, V. ἀμαυρός, P. and V. ἀσαφής.
dark, without light: P. and V. σκοτεινός, P. σκοτώδης, V. ἀμαυρός, κνεφαῖος, ἀφεγγής, λυγαῖος; see dark.
of colour: P. and V. μέλας, V. μελάγχιμος, κελαινός, ἐρεμνός.
of sight: V. ἀμαυρός, ἀμβλώψ (Eur., Rhesus).
be dim-sighted: P. ἀμβλυώσσειν, ἀμβλὺ ὁρᾶν, V. βλέπειν βραχύ (Eur., Ion, 744).
vague: P. and V. ἀσαφής, ἄδηλος, V. ἄσημος, ἄσκοπος, ἐπάργεμος.
tarnished: Ar. and V. δυσπινής, V. πινώδης, P. and V. αὐχμηρός.
verb transitive
V. ἀμαυροῦν (also Xen. but rare P.), V. σκοτοῦν (pass. in Plato), P. ἐπισκοτεῖν (dat.).
dimmed: V. μαυρούμενος (Aesch., Agamemnon 296).
Met., sully: P. and V. αἰσχύνειν, καταισχύνειν.
