ἐμβαπτίζω
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)
= sq., Nic.Fr.70.12:—Pass.,
A τοῖς τέλμασιν Plu.
German (Pape)
[Seite 805] = Folgdm; ἅλμη Nic. bei Ath. IV, 133 e; Plut. Sull. 21 u. a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐμβαπτίζω: τῷ ἑπομ., Νικ. παρ᾿ Ἀθην. 133Ε. Πλουτ. Σύλλ. 21.
French (Bailly abrégé)
plonger dans, τινι.
Étymologie: ἐν, βαπτίζω.
Spanish (DGE)
bañar, sumergir (ῥίζας) ἐμβάπτισον ἅλμῃ Nic.Fr.70c.12, en v. pas. μαχαίραι ἐμβεβαπτισμέναι τοῖς τέλμασιν espadas sumergidas en pantanos Plu.Sull.21
•fig. τὴν ψυχὴν ... μερίμναις Synes.Ep.41 (p.57), cf. Dio 6, pas. Synes.Insomn.8.
