τὸν ἐγκέφαλον σεσεῖσθαι

From LSJ

φιλοτιμία καλεῖ τέχν' ὑπερόντα κτλ. → ambition for honor is calling superior sons ... (Inscription on church wall, Constantinople)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)

to have got concussion of the brain