strangeness

From LSJ

τὸ πεπρωμένον γὰρ οὐ μόνον βροτοῖς ἄφευκτόν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν οὐρανόν ἔχουσι → fate is unavoidable not only for mortals, but also for those who hold the heavens

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

novelty: P. καινότης, ἡ.

oddness: Ar. and P. ἀτοπία, ἡ.

my son, what ails you? what is the meaning of this strangeness? V. ὦ παῖ τί πάσχεις; τίς ὁ τρόπος ξενώσεως τῆσδε; (Euripides, Hercules Furens 965).