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From LSJ

Βίος κέκληται δ' ὡς βίᾳ πορίζεται → Vi quia paratur vita, vita dicitur → Weil's auf gewaltsamem Streben beruht, heißt's Lebensgut

Menander, Monostichoi, 66

Greek > English (Woodhouse)

as is generally the case, as usually happens