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From LSJ
Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
V. περόνη, ἡ, περονίς, ἡ, πόρπη, ἡ.
pin to fasten bolt: Ar. and P. βάλανος, ἡ.
linch pins: V. ἐνήλατα, τά.
verb transitive
fasten down: Ar. and V. προσπασσαλεύειν, V. πασσαλεύειν; see fasten.
wearing their robes of Ida pinned with golden brooches: V. Ἰδαῖα φάρη χρυσέαις ἐζευγμέναι πόρπαισι (Euripides, Electra 317).
pin down, met.: P. καταλαμβάνειν.
pin one's faith to: see trust.
they pin their hopes of deliverance to you: P. τὰς ἐλπίδας τῆς σωτηρίας ἐν ὑμῖν ἔχουσι.
