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Yeah, even lip-synching, she's so fine... Γειά σου, βρε Στάθη!

Λέγαμε. Ευχαριστώ, βρε Νίκο.

Θαρρώ πως θα είπαμε "anti-establishment activist."

Lest my πέρασμα here be entirely damnatum memoriae, I contribute the results of a small search: the vast majority of Greek theologians (church fathers, doctors, etc.) of the first millenium, when quoting the passage from Paul, write δι' ἐσόπτρου καὶ ἐν ἀινίγματι. In addition, a few of them...

Στο Παυσανία 7,21,12 πρόκειται για κάτοπτρο: "... μαντεῖον δὲ ἐνταῦθά (ἱερὸν τῆς Δήμητρος) ἐστι ἀψευδές, οὐ μὲν ἐπὶ παντὶ πράγματι, ἀλλὰ ἐπὶ τῶν καμνόντων, κάτοπτρον καλῳδίῳ τῶν λεπτῶν δήσαντες καθιᾶσι, σταθμώμενοι μὴ πρόσω καθίκεσθαι τῆς πηγῆς, ἀλλ'ὁσον ἐπιψαῦσαι τοῦ ὕδατος τῷ κύκλῳ τοῦ...

The reflective side of almost all ancient Greek and Roman mirrors is slightly concave. I can't remember who explained to me that this shape was not a crude attempt at a magnifying lens, but rather provided a receptacle for a bit of water to improve reflectivity (when the mirror was held...

The ancient mirror is actually pretty accurate. It is not completely flat, but slightly dish-shaped to hold the water which enormously enhances the reflection. Most commentators on Paul's passage forget what it is we all see, inexorably, when we look into a mirror: our own face. Therein lies...

The full quotation from Thucydides (1.142, Pericles' advice on Spartan vulnerability) is τοῦ δὲ πολέμου οἱ καιροί οὐ μενετοί ("military opportunities are not stationary" — Lattimore). Perhaps not a very appropriate parallel for "Time and tide etc."

Για ν' αρχίσουμε π.χ. από τις σημιτικές γλώσσες, έχει ορισμένες ενδιαφέρουσες (και σχετικά ασφαλείς) παρατηρήσεις στο βιβλίο του Michael Astour (Hellenosemitica, Leiden 1967).

Στην ΗΠΑ ονομάζονται τέτοιοι "part-time lecturers" ή και "adjunct lecturers/professors".

"Voyeurism" may be the best you can do, although it introduces the element of covertness, which isn't implied in οφθαλμολαγνεία; and something like "insatiable visual appetite" may be awkwardly long.

Και εγώ στέλνω συγχαρητήρια από μακριά, Αλεξάνδρα!

See also the Πίνακας Συντομογραφιών link on the first page of Τριανταφυλλίδης On-Line (http://www.komvos.edu.gr/dictionaries/dictonline/DictOnLineTri.htm).

Συμφωνώ απολύτως.

For what it's worth, from Yiddish Dictionary Online (www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com): believe (faith, conviction) gleybn gley'·bn (v.) גלייבן The evidence all seems anecdotal. "Pain in the g." and "G. in a glass" are obviously absurd extensions of Frink"s original (and, I think, most...