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From LSJ
Οἷς μὲν δίδωσιν, οἷς δ' ἀφαιρεῖται τύχη → Fortuna multos spoliat, alios munerat → Den einen gibt, den andern aber nimmt das Glück
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
on the hand or foot: P. and V. ὄνυξ, ὁ.
for fastening: Ar. and P. ἧλος, ὁ (Plato, Phaedo, 83D).
rivet: P. and V. γόμφος, ὁ (Plato, Timaeus 43A).
peg for hanging things: Ar. and V. πάσσαλος, ὁ (Euripides, Heraclidae 698).
studded with nails, adj.: V. εὔγομφος.
verb transitive
P. προσηλοῦν, Ar. and V. προσπασσαλεύειν, V. πασσαλεύειν.
