TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS
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Οὔ τι μοι ὔμμες.
You are nought to me.
Ἀς θελετ᾽ ὔμμες.
While you will.
These are quoted by Apollonius to show the Aeolic form ὔμμες.
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καὶ ποθήω καὶ μάομαι.
I yearn and I seek.
From the “Etymologicum Magnum” to show the Aeolic form ποθήω for ποθέω, “I yearn.”
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Σκιδναμένας ἐν στήθεσιν ὄργας
μαψθλάκαν γλῶσσαν πεφυλάχθαι.
When anger spreads through the breast keep thy tongue from barking foolishly (or idly).
When anger surges through thy heart
Let not thy foolish tongue take part.
This piece of somewhat sententious advice is of an unusual
