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οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

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verb transitive

P. and V. ἑρμηνεύειν.

interpret (dreams, etc.): P. and V. κρίνειν (Plato, Ion, 539D) Ar. ὑποκρίνεσθαι.

interpret an oracle: Ar. ἀναδιδάσκειν (Equites 153).

explain: P. and V. φαίνειν, συμβάλλειν, ἐξηγεῖσθαι, φράζειν, σημαίνειν (Plato), δηλοῦν, δεικνύναι, διειπεῖν (Plato). V. ἐκφράζειν, σαφηνίζειν (also Xen. but rare P.), Ar. and P. διηγεῖσθαι.

take in any particular sense: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν, ἐκλαμβάνειν; see construe.

who is there to interpret the will of the god? V. τίς προφητεύει θεοῦ; (Euripides, Ion, 413).

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