σύμπτυξις
τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον → you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape | if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned | he that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned | if you are born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned | if you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned| you can't outrun your fate | you cannot outrun your fate | you can't stop fate | that's the way the cookie crumbles
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A folding up or together, closing, Procl.Hyp.5.116; embrace, enfolding, ἡ τοῦ κύκλου πρὸς τὸ μέσον σ. Dam.Pr.29; ἡ νοητὴ σ. ib.155.
German (Pape)
[Seite 990] εως, ἡ, das Zusammenfalten, Verschließen, Ggstz von ἀνάπτυξις, Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σύμπτυξις: -εως, ἡ, τὸ συμπτύσσειν, συγκλείειν, δίπλωσις, κλείσιμον, Βασίλ. Ι, 153Β, Διονύσ. Ἀρεοπ. 424C, Δράκ. 157.
