ληρέω
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)
(λῆρος A) A to be foolish or be silly, speak foolishly or act foolishly, S.Tr.435, Ar.Eq.536, al., Pl.Tht. 152b, etc.; ξυνθιασώτης τοῦ ληρεῖν Ar.Pl.508; περί τινος Isoc.12.11, 33; λῆρον ληρεῖς Ar.Pl.517; ληρεῖς ἔχων (v. ἔχω B. IV. 2) Id.Ra.512, cf. Pl.Grg.497b: c. acc., μὴ ληρήσῃς τὸν ἐκτιναγμόν σου PFay.114. 21 (i A.D.). 2 of a sick person, to be delirious, Hp.Epid.1.26.γ.
German (Pape)
[Seite 40] schwatzen, viel u. thöricht, albern reden; τὸ γὰρ νοσοῦντι ληρεῖν ἀνδρὸς οὐχὶ σώφρονος Soph. Tr. 435; Ar. Equ. 536 Ran. 923 u. öfter; εἰκὸς σοφὸν ἄνδρα μὴ ληρεῖν Plat. Theaet. 152 a; ληρεῖ καὶ μαίνεται Lys. 205 a; Folgde. Über ληρεῖς ἔχων s. ἔχω.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
déraisonner, dire ou faire des sottises.
Étymologie: λῆρος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ληρέω: (λῆρος) εἶμαι ἀνόητος, μωρός, ὁμιλῶ ἢ φέρομαι ἀνοήτως, φλυαρῶ, Λατ. nugari. Σοφ. Τρ. 435, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 536, κ. ἀλλ., Πλάτ. Θεαίτ. 152Β, κτλ.· περί τινος Ἰσοκρ. 235Β, 239D· λῆρον ληρεῖν Ἀριστοφ. Πλ. 517· περὶ τοῦ ληρεῖς ἔχων, ἴδε ἔχω Β. IV. 2, καὶ πρβλ. συνθιασώτης. 2) ἐπὶ νοσοῦντος ἀνθρώπου, παραληρῶ, παραλαλῶ, Ἱππ. Ἐπιδ. 1. 974.
Greek Monotonic
ληρέω: μέλ. ληρήσω (λῆρος), είμαι ανόητος ή μωρός, μιλάω ή φέρομαι ανόητα, Λατ. nugari, σε Σοφ., Αριστοφ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ληρέω: (Arph. тж. λῆρον λ.) говорить пустяки, нести вздор (λ. καὶ μαίνεσθαι Plat.; περί τινος Isocr.): τί ληρεῖς; Arph. что ты мелешь?
Middle Liddell
λῆρος
to be foolish or silly, speak or act foolishly, Lat. nugari, Soph., Ar.
