panta rhei
German edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek πάντα ῥεῖ (pánta rheî, “everything flows”), coined by Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
panta rhei
- (higher register, idiomatic) life changes (used to emphasize that things are constantly changing in life and nothing stays the same)
Further reading edit
- “panta rhei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “panta rhei” in Duden online
- “panta rhei”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “panta rhei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek πάντα ῥεῖ (pánta rheî, “everything flows”), coined by Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
panta rhei
- (higher register, idiomatic) life changes (used to emphasize that things are constantly changing in life and nothing stays the same)
Further reading edit
- panta rhei in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- panta rhei in PWN's encyclopedia