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Handgriff

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Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult

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German > Latin

Handgriff, I) = Handhabe, w. s. – II) Art, wie man greift etc.: 1) eig.: machĭna (des Künstlers). – gestus (mit dem Gewehr). – die Handgriffe einer Kunst verstehen, eruditā manu esse: jmd. alle Handgriffe lehren, alqm omnes machĭnas, omnes gestus docere. – 2) = Kunstgriff, w. s.

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