Cleanthes Letter To Zeus

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κυβερνάω

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to act as pilot or helmsman, Ar.
2. metaph. to guide, govern,

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προσαυδάω

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speak to, address,

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λαγχάνω

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to obtain by lot, by fate, by the will of the gods

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ἕρπω attic aor1 εἵρπυσα, inf. ἑρπύσαι supplied by ἑρπύζω

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to creep, crawl,

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ἑλίσσω

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roll, Med. and Pass., turn oneself round or about

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ἑκών , ἑκοῦσα, ἑκόν

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1. willing, of free will, readily, Hom., etc.
2. wittingly, purposely,

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ἀμφήκης, ἀμφηκες

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That cuts both ways, ambiguous, forked

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κεραυνός, οῦ,

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thunderbolt, Lat. fulmen,

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κατευθύν-ω

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guide, direct,

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φοιτ-άω

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go to and fro, roam wildly about

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πόλος , o(

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celestial sphere, vault of heauen, sky,; piuot on which anything turns, axis:

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ὁπόσος ὁπόσος, η, ον

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as many as

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ῥέζω

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to do, act, deal

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ἄνοια, h(

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want of understanding, folly

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περισσός , Att. περιττός , ή, όν,

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beyond the regular number or size, prodigious; out of the common, extraordinary, strange; superfluous, useless,

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ἄρτιος , α, ον

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complete, perfect of its kind, suitable, exactly fitled

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ὕπατος, η, ον for ὑπέρτατος

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the highest, uppermost

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ἐσθλός , ή, όν,

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morally good, faithful,; of persons, brave, stout,; of things, good of their kind,

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συναρμόζω ,

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to fit together; to adapt one thing to another

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κτῆσις, εως κτάομαι

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possessions, property

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κλύω

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to give ear to, attend to

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σπουδή, ἡ, σπεύδω

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haste, speed, ; pains, exertion, trouble,

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κερδοσύνη, ἡ,

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cunning, craft

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ἄνεσις , gen. εως,

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loosening, relaxing,; indulgence, licence

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πάμ-πα^ν , Adv.,

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wholly, altogether,

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κελαι-νεφής , ές,

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black with clouds, Homeric epith. of Zeus,; shrouded in dark clouds, cloud-wrapped,

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ἀργι^-κέραυνος , ον,

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weilder of bright lightening; with bright, vivid lightning,

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ῥύομαι

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to rescue, save, deliver

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λυγρός , ά, όν,

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mournful, weak, cowardly, baneful

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σκεδάννυ_μι

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scatter, disperse

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κυ^ρέω

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c. gen., hit the mark, attain to, obtain,; c. dat., meet with, fall in with,

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πίσυ^νος [ι^], ον

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trusting on, relying on, always c. dat

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ὄφρα

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that, in order that, to the end that

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ἀμείβω

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repay, requite, c. acc. pers. et dat. rei; give in exchange,

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διηνεκής , ές

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continuous, unbroken,

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ἐπέοικε perf. with no pres. in use.

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I. to be like, to suit, c. dat. pers; II. mostly impers. it is fit, proper, c. dat. pers. et inf.,c. acc. pers. et inf.,