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He then visits home long enough to partake of a substantial déjeuner ( "ariston," first breakfast = "akratisma").
A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life William Stearns Davis 1903
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"ariston" will be about all he will require until the chief meal of the day -- the regular dinner ( "deïpnon") which would follow sunset.
A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life William Stearns Davis 1903
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Sat 01/13/07 9:47 AM dfg34hdb condizionatore ariston curare il diabete addetta
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"[Greek: ariston men udôr]" but it would be advisable to add,
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various
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On Marriage and Married Life ariston andri ktaema sympathaes gunae.
Hints for Lovers 1899
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But with thanks to the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost let me make an end to my letter, for, as the proverb has it, pan metron ariston.
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[109] Gregory has no doubt that Eusebius was in the wrong, even ridiculously in the wrong, if such be the true interpretation of his curious phrase (Or.xliiii. 28), haptetai gar ou ton pollon monon, alla kai ton ariston, ho Momos.
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Though upon a particular comparison of Demonax and Johnson, there does not seem to be a great deal of similarity between them, this Dedication is a just compliment from the general character given by Lucian of the ancient Sage, '[Greek: ariston on oida ego philosophon genomenon], the best philosopher whom I have ever seen or known.'
Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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I, who have so much and so universally adored this ariston metron, "excellent mediocrity," [780-1] of ancient times, and who have concluded the most moderate measure the most perfect, shall
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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In the later systems of the Greeks, indeed, it was reduced to the inferior dignity of being only one of the four parental natures -- fire, air, earth, and water; but water was the highest -- [Greek: udôr men ariston] -- in rank.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 439 Volume 17, New Series, May 29, 1852 Various 1841
sarra commented on the word ariston
Manufacturer of white goods. Ran an advertising campaign (q.v.) in the early 1990s whose tagline was “On, and on, and on … and Ariston”. Consequently, a word often compulsively attached to the end of any “on, and on, and…” phrase.
December 18, 2007