oppression

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κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

weight, burden. Met., V. βάρος, τό.

injustice: P. and V. ἀδικία, ἡ.

melancholy: P. and V. ἀθυμία, ἡ, δυσθυμία, ἡ (Plato).