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Headword: Apotruein
Adler number: alpha,3619
Translated headword: to wear away
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Sophocles [writes]: "you should not wear away good hope, for not even Zeus, the king who governs all, gave mortals a painless lot."[1]
Greek Original:
Apotruein: Sophoklês: ouk apotruein elpida tên agathên chrênai se, analgêta gar oud' ho panta krainôn basileus epebale thnêtoisi Zeus.
Notes:
The unglossed headword infinitive is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
[1] A loose approximation of Sophocles, Trachiniae 124-128 (web address 1 below).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 June 2001@13:13:30.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added keyword) on 12 June 2001@04:06:57.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 8 April 2012@05:42:41.
David Whitehead on 30 August 2015@04:08:00.
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