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Ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → It is impossible to know the spirit, thought, and mind of any man before he be versed in sovereignty and the laws

Sophocles, Antigone, 175-7

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

P. στασιωτικός, στασιαστικός. Noisy: P. θορυβώδης. Disorderly: V. ἄκοσμος, P. ταραχώδης; see disorderly. Riotous conduct: P. and V. ὕβρις, ἡ. Their private means through idleness are lost and wasted in riotous living: V. τὰ δʼ ἐν δόμοις δαπάναισι φροῦδα διαφυγόνθʼ ὑπʼ ἀργίας (Eur., H.F. 591).