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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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1149
Διόδωρος
Diodoros, Diodorus, Diodore
… Kingdoms; On Inquiries into the Books of Chronicles, On the
Proverbs,
What is the Difference between Exposition and Allegory, On Ecclesiastes, On the Song of Songs, On the Prophets, Chronology, straightening out the error …
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Ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὸς διαφέρει
one man differs from another.
… this is Cassius Dio 36.16.3, albeit here rearranged (with the
proverb
first) and reworded. (See again, from "For..." onwards, at omicron 485.) Cn. Pompeius Magnus took over the command of the Mithridatic War from …
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4348
Ἀτέχνοις
for unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones
… the synonyms being the lexicographer's. [6] Quotation unidentifiable, though one
(proverbial-sounding)
element of it, "the happiness of Aristotle", is used in fr.4 (preserved by Eusebius) of the C2-CE Platonist philosopher Atticus [OCD(4) p.204]. [7] …
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