page_title: List of Greek phrases
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hierarchical_section_title: List of Greek phrases / Δδ
caption_attribution_description: English: Greek inscription in Edinburgh, Scotland ΔΙΠΛΟΥΝ ΟΡΩΣΙΝ ΟΙ ΜΑΘΟΝΤΕΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ. See also: http://alevantis.blogspot.com/2007/02/gr_24.html (in Greek)
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  ἀγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω.
  Ageōmétrētos mēdeìs eisítō.
  "Let no one untrained in geometry enter."
  Motto over the entrance to Plato's Academy.
  ἀεὶ Λιβύη φέρει τι καινόν
  Aeì Libýē phérei ti kainón.
  "Libya always bears something new", Aristotle, Historia Animalium.
  Compare Latin Ex Africa semper aliquid novi "From Africa always something new", Pliny.
  ἀεὶ κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιῷ ἱζάνει
  Aeì koloiòs parà koloiôi hizánei.
  "A jackdaw is always found near a jackdaw"
  Similar to English "birds of a feather flock together."
  ἀεὶ ὁ θεὸς γεωμετρεῖ
  Aei ho theos geōmetreî.
  "God always geometrizes" — Plato
  Plutarch elaborated on this phrase in his essay Πῶς Πλάτων ἔλεγε τὸν θεὸν ἀεί γεωμετρεῖν "What is Plato’s meaning when he says that God always applies geometry". Based on the phrase of Plato, above, a present-day mnemonic for π was derived:
  ἀεὶ ὁ θεὸς ὁ μέγας γεωμετρεῖ τὸ σύμπαν
  Aeì ho theòs ho mégas geōmetreî tò sýmpan.
  Always the great God applies geometry to the universe
  ἀετοῦ γῆρας, κορυδοῦ νεότης
  Aetoû gêras, korydoû neótēs.
  "An eagle's old age a sparrow's youth".
  αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν
  aièn aristeúein
  “Ever to Excel“
  Motto of the University of St Andrews, the Edinburgh Academy, and Boston College.
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  Δεῖμος καὶ Φόβος
  Deîmos kaì Phóbos
  "Horror and Fear"
  Deimos and Phobos, the moons of Mars, are named after the sons of the Greek god Ares (Roman Mars): Deimos "horror" and Phobos "fear".
  δέσποτα, μέμνεο τῶν Ἀθηναίων
  Déspota, mémneo tôn Athēnaíōn.
  "Master, remember the Athenians."
  When Darius was informed that Sardis had been captured and burnt by the Athenians he was furious. He placed an arrow on his bow and shot it into the sky, praying to the deities to grant him vengeance on the Athenians. He then ordered one of his servants to say three times a day the above phrase in order to remind him that he should punish the Athenians.
  διαίρει καὶ βασίλευε
  Diaírei kaì basíleue.
  "Divide and rule."
  διπλοῦν ὁρῶσιν οἱ μαθόντες γράμματα
  Diploûn horôsin hoi mathóntes grámmata.
  "Those who know the letters see double [twice as much as those who don't]."
  Attributed to Pythagoras. — Inscription in Edinburgh from 1954: ΔΙΠΛΟΥΝ ΟΡΩΣΙΝ ΟΙ ΜΑΘΟΝΤΕΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ.
  δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω
  Dôs moi pâ stô, kaì tàn gân kīnā́sō.
  "Give me somewhere to stand, and I will move the earth".
  Archimedes as quoted by Pappus of Alexandria, Synagoge, Book VIII.
caption: ΔΙΠΛΟΥΝ ΟΡΩΣΙΝ ΟΙ ΜΑΘΟΝΤΕΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ
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