meaning
From LSJ
πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις → pride goeth before destruction, pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall, pride wenteth before a fall, pride cometh before a fall, pride comes before the fall
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. δύναμις, ἡ (Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 938), P. διάνοια, ἡ, βούλησις, ἡ.
have a double meaning, v.: P. ἐπαμφοτερίζειν.
hidden meaning: P. ὑπόνοια, ἡ.
till you learn the meaning of joy and sorrow: V. ἕως τὸ χαίρειν καὶ τὸ λυπεῖσθαι μάθῃς (Sophocles, Ajax 555).
what was the meaning of this? P. τί τοῦτ' ἠδύνατο (Dem. 233).
we know that this is the meaning of your bringing us before a committee: P. γιγνώσκομεν ὅτι τοῦτο φρονεῖ ὑμῶν ἡ εἰς τοὺς ὀλίγους ἀγωγή (Thuc. 5, 85).
