snatch
δὶς ἐξαμαρτεῖν ταὐτὸν οὐκ ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ → a wise man should not keep making the same mistake, a wise man should not repeat the same mistake, doing twice the same mistake is not a wise man's doing, making the same mistake twice does not befit the wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a man who is wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a wise man, the wise man does not make the same mistake twice, to commit the same sin twice is not a sign of a wise man, it is unwise to err twice
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀναρπάζειν, συναρπάζειν, V. καθαρπάζειν, συμμάρπτειν (Euripides, Cyclops), Ar. and V. μάρπτειν.
seize hold of: P. and V. λαμβάνεσθαι (gen.), Ar. and V. λάζυσθαι (acc.), V. ἀντιλάζυσθαι (gen.); see seize.
snatch away: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀναρπάζειν, ἀφαρπάζειν, συναρπάζειν, ἐξαρπάζειν, V. ἐξαναρπάζειν.
