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ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adj.

Sleepless: P. and V. ἄγρυπνος, V. ἄϋπνος (also Plat. but rare P.).

Cautious: P. εὐλαβής, προμηθής; see cautious.

Overlooking: V. ἐπόψιος.