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Ἄμμον μετρεῖν
to measure sand
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things that are impossible and endless.
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Ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὸς διαφέρει
one man differs from another.
"For though the army of Lucullus was always seditious, Pompey, after taking this over, held them without their being seditious in any way."
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Ἀτέχνοις
for unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones
[Meaning] for/to/with guileless ones, or for/to/with inexperienced ones. Also [sc. attested is] a)te/xnws, [pronounced] barytone [sc. with accent on the next-to-last syllable], meaning without skill, unlearnedly, carelessly. But with perispomenon accent [sc. with circumflex …
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