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Headword: Chalepon choriou kuna geuein
Adler number: chi,18
Translated headword: [it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The covering of the foetus is called afterbirth [chorion]. Once the dogs have tasted this they scheme against the foetuses too, because of greed.
Greek Original:
Chalepon choriou kuna geuein: to elutron tou embruou chorion kaleitai. hoi de kunes geusamenoi toutou kai tois embruois epibouleuousi, dia to lichnon.
Note:
For afterbirth see generally chi 405. The present headword phrase, which became proverbial (see Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers), comes from Theocritus, Idylls 10.11.
Keywords: children; daily life; definition; food; gender and sexuality; medicine; poetry; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 April 2003@07:21:41.
Vetted by:
Elizabeth Vandiver (Raised status.) on 27 August 2003@13:26:19.
David Whitehead (expanded note; another keyword) on 22 April 2010@07:14:22.
David Whitehead on 7 November 2013@05:45:52.
Catharine Roth (tweaked headword translation, coded a title) on 28 April 2015@01:32:10.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 15 April 2023@01:09:06.
Catharine Roth (another keyword) on 15 April 2023@18:41:46.
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