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proverbs1
science and technology1

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κ1377Κεραυνόςthunderbolt[A thunderbolt is] "a violent kindling falling upon the earth with great force, from clouds being rubbed together or broken... But others [say that it is] a gathering of fiery air moving violently downwards." …Matched in translationhighshort
κ335Καπηλίςhuckstress, landlady… vine here hinges upon the fact that phlo/s means both "earth, mud" and "wine dregs, lees". [2] For the otherwise unattested e)/mpelos read e)/mphlos ("muddy").Matched in noteshighshort

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[A thunderbolt is] "a violent kindling falling upon the earth with great force, from clouds being rubbed together or broken... But others [say that it is] a gathering of fiery air moving violently downwards." But the…

Κεραυνός· ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς, νεφῶν παρατριβομένων ἢ ῥηγνυμένων. οἱ δὲ συστροφὴν πυρώδους ἀέρος βιαίως καταφερομένην. οὐκ ἀναιρεῖ δὲ ὁ κεραυνός, ἀλλ'…