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      Ὄττω τις ἔραται -> Whatever one loves best | Whom you desire most
      Sappho

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      substantive

      station: P. and V. στάσις, ἡ.

      position, rank: P. and V. τάξις, ἡ.

      base of operations: P. and V. ἀφορμή, ἡ, V. ὁρμητήριον, τό.

      when the Athenian army seemed to have got a secure footing with an entrenched position: P. ὡς ἡ στρατιὰ τῶν Ἀθηναίων βεβαίως ἔδοξε μετὰ τείχους ἱδρῦσθαι (Thuc. 8. 40).

      in order to secure a firm footing in the mud: P. ἀσφαλείας ἕνεκα πρὸς τὸν πηλόν (Thuc. 3, 22).

      ice not strong enough to give a footing: P. κρύσταλλος… οὐ βέβαιος ὥστε ἐπελθεῖν (Thuc. 3, 23).

      applying to the houses a footing of firm ladders: V. λαβὼν πηκτῶν πρὸς οἴκους κλιμάκων προσαμβάσεις (Eur., Bacchae 1212).

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