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Thursday, January 04, 2024
Please Don't
Homer, Odyssey 4.754 (tr. A.T. Murray):
And trouble not a troubled old man.
μηδὲ γέροντα κάκου κεκακωμένον.
κάκου = present active imperative of κακόω; κεκακωμένον = perfect passive participle of κακόω.