50.1 Ὅσα προτίθεσαι, τούτοις ὡς νόμοις ἔμμενε, ὡς ἀσεβήσων ἂν παραβῇς τι τούτων. τί δὲ ἐρεῖ τις περί σου, μὴ ἐπιστρέφου· τοῦτο γὰρ οὐκέτι ἐστὶ σόν.

    Stick to Your Principles

    Adhere to your principles as if they were laws; consider it a sacrilege if you violate them.

    ὡς ἀσεβήσων: ὡς with fut. part. = “as if” (S. 2086b).

    τί: indirect question after μὴ ἐπιστρέφου

    ἐπιστρέφου: 2 sg. pres. mid. imper.

    σόν: “a matter of concern for you,” “your problem”

    προτίθημι, προτιθήσω, προὔθηκα, to set before, propose (as a principle)

    ἐμμένω, ἐμμενῶ, ἤμμεινα, to abide, adhere + dat.

    ἀσεβέω, ἀσεβήσω, ἠσέβησα, to act profanely, sacrilegiously

    παραβαίνω, παραβήσομαι, παρεβησάμην, to transgress, violate

    ἐρῶ, Attic future of εἴρω, will say

    ἐπιστρέφω, ἐπιστρέψω, ἐπέστρεψα, to pay attention

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    Albert Watanabe, Epictetus: Encheiridion. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-947822-13-9.
    https://dcc.dickinson.edu/epictetus-encheiridion/chapter-50