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εὐκαταφρόνητός ἐστι σιγηρὸς τρόπος → a way of life disposed to silence is contemptible (Menander)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adv.

To produce health and strength, not empirically, but on scientific principles: P. μὴ τριβῇ μόνον καὶ ἐμπειρίᾳ ἀλλὰ τέχνῃ . . . ὑγίειαν καὶ ῥώμην ἐμποιεῖν (Plat., Phaedr. 270B).