Ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός
how much more the half [is] than the whole
Translated by Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝22 Jul 2003Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
That is, a little with justice has more profit than much with injustice. Hesiod says [this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὅσῳ πλέον ἥμισυ παντός· τουτέστι τὸ ὀλίγον μετὰ δικαιοσύνης τοῦ πολλοῦ μετὰ ἀδικίας πλείονα ἔχει τὴν ὄνησιν. Ἡσίοδός φησιν.
Betacode
*(/osw| ple/on h(/misu panto/s: toute/sti to\ o)li/gon meta\ dikaiosu/nhs tou= pollou= meta\ a)diki/as plei/ona e)/xei th\n o)/nhsin. *(hsi/odo/s fhsin.
Notes
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from3 entries
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- ν325Νήπιοςfool, foolish[Meaning] witless, mindless. "Philip of Macedon deprived many of life and later included their sons as well, quoting this verse, 'He is a fool who when he has killed the father spares the sons'." "Fools! They do not…
- ο703Ὅσῳby how muchand [sc. also attested is] o(po/sw| ["by however much"]
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Revision history7 revisions · last 14 Feb 2021
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- added link — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- augmented headword translation — Catharine Roth
- added note; augmented keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝