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Periphronein
Adler number: pi,1344
Translated headword: to speculate about
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] to have lofty thoughts.
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Aristophanes [writes] "speculate about the business" meaning examine, investigate.[1] And Socrates said: "I tread the air and observe the sun,[2] so that it does not draw the moisture into the watercress".[3]
Greek Original:Periphronein: huperphronein. Aristophanês de: periphronei ta pragmata: anti tou ereuna, anazêtei. kai Sôkratês ephê: aerobatô kai periphronô ton hêlion, hina mê helkê tên ikmad' es ta kardama.
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Keywords: botany; comedy; definition; philosophy; science and technology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 7 May 2002@00:27:34.
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