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The Greek–Spanish Dictionary (DGE) [1] is a recent link in the long chain of European lexicographical tradition of general dictionaries of Ancient Greek, the first of which could be considered the Thesaurus Graecae Linguae of Henri Estienne (a.k.a. Henricus Stephanus, Paris, 1572).
Latin: "The die has been cast"; Greek: "Let the die be cast." Julius Caesar as reported by Plutarch, when he entered Italy with his army in 49 BC. Translated into Latin by Suetonius as alea iacta est. Ἄνθρωπος μέτρον. Ánthrōpos métron. "Man [is] the measure [of all things]" Motto of Protagoras (as quoted in Plato's Theaetetus ...
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Translation Notes a bene placito: from one well pleased: i.e., "at will" or "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure). a capite ad calcem: from head to heel: i.e., "from top to bottom", "all the way through", or "from head ...
Translation language Period covered Translation from Dizionario illustrato greco-italiano: Liddell, Scott, Jones, McKenzie, Q. Cataudella, M. Manfredi, F. Di Benedetto 1975 1,568 >35,000 1 Italian: Middle Liddell GE -The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek: Franco Montanari, Madeleine Goh, Chad Schroeder 2015 2,431 140,000 1 English: 8th c. BCE ...
Eureka comes from Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka) 'I have found (it)', which is the first person singular perfect indicative active of the verb εὑρίσκω heurískō ' I find '. [1] It is closely related to heuristic , which refers to experience-based techniques for problem-solving, learning, and discovery.
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Spanish escuela alta calques English high school (secundaria or escuela secundaria in Standard Spanish) Spanish grado (de escuela) calques English grade (in school) (nota in Standard Spanish) Spanish manzana de Adán calques English Adam's apple (nuez de Adán, meaning "Adam's nut", in standard Spanish), which in turn is a calque of French ...