(h)a Ἀγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω Ageōmetrētos mēdeis eisitō. "Let no-one without knowledge of geometry enter". Motto over the entrance to Plato's Academy (quoted in Elias' commentary on Aristotle's Categories). Ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι κακόν / καινόν Aei Libyē p ...

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r(h) Ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς Rhododaktylos Ēōs "Rosy-fingered dawn." Occurs frequently in the Homeric poems. ...

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p Πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη Pistis, elpis, agapē "Faith, hope, (and) charity." (1 Corinthians, 13, 13.) ...

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(h)o Οὐ φροντὶς Ἱπποκλείδῃ Ou phrontis Hippokleidēi. "Hippocleides doesn't care." From a story in Herodotus (6.129), in which Hippocleides loses the chance to marry Cleisthenes' daughter after getting drunk and dancing on his head. Herodotus says the phrase ...

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s Σπεῦδε βραδεώς Speude bradeōs. "Hasten slowly" (cf. Latin festina lente), "less haste, more speed". ...

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t Τί δύσκολον; Τό ἐαυτόν γνῶναι. Ti duskolon? To eautōn gnōnai. "What is hard? To know thyself." Thales Τί εὔκολον; Τό ἄλλῳ ὑποτίθεσθαι. Ti eukolon? To allo hupotithestai. " ...

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kh, ch Khalepa ta kala. 'The good/beautiful/fine/honorable things are hard [to attain].' [cf Plato, Republic 4, 435c.] ...

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ph Φοβού τους Δαναούς και δώρα φέροντες Phobou tous Danaous kai dora pherontes. "Beware of the Danaous (Greeks), bearing gifts." ...

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(h)u, (h)y Ὕστερον πρότερον Hysteron proteron "The latter one first". ...

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m Μὴ γένοιτο Mē genoito. "Let it not be!" / "Heaven forbid!" — phrase used frequently by St Paul. Μηδέν Άγαν Mēden agan. "Nothing in excess" — a carvi ...

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l Λάθε βιώσας Lathe biosas "Live in obscurity", an Epicurean phrase. ...

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d Δϖς μοί πᾶ στϖ καί τάν γᾶν κινάσω; Dos moi pā stō, kai tan gān kinasō. "Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth". Attributed to Archimedes. ...

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g Γλαῦκ’ Ἀθήναζε / Γλαῦκ’ εἰς Ἀθήνας Glauk’ Athēnazde / Glauk’ eis Athēnas. "Owls to Athens", i.e. coals to Newcastle, ice to the Eskimos. Γνῶθι σεαυτόν Gnōthi seauton. "Know thyself" — the motto over the entr ...

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b Βρῶμα θεῶν Brōma theōn. "Food of the gods" — allegedly said by Nero of the poisoned mushrooms with which his mother Agrippina the younger murdered Claudius. ...

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(h)e Εἷς οἰωνός ἂριστος, ἀμύνεσθαι περί πάτρις Eis oiōnos aristos amunesthai peri patris "There is only one omen, that a man should fight for his country" (Homer, Iliad, xii). Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι ουδὲν οἶδα Hen oida hoti ouden oida "I know one thing, that I know nothing ...

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(h)ē Ή τάν ή επι τάς 'He tan e epi tas "Either with the shield on you, or you on your shield" - meaning "either you will win the battle, or you will die and then be carried back home on your shield". It was said by Spartan mothers to their sons before they went to a battle to prevent them from bailing. ...

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(h)i Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς Θεοῦ Υἱὸς Σωτήρ Iēsous Christos Theou Huios Sōtēr "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour." As an acronym: ΙΧΘΥΣ (Ichthys) — "fish". ...

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th Θάλασσα καὶ πῦρ καὶ γυνή, κακὰ τρία Thalassa kai pūr kai gunē, kaka tria. "Sea and fire and woman, three evils." ...

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k, c Κακοῦ  κόρακος  κακὸν ὠόν Kakou korakos kakon ōön. "From a bad crow, a bad egg", i.e. like father, like son. Κακός ἀνήρ μακρόβιος Kakos anêr makrobiosSee also:

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