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Headword: Anemous geôrgeis
Adler number: alpha,2261
Translated headword: you are farming winds
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those toiling and getting no share. For the wind produces and increases all things, but carries away nothing but chaff, so that it takes no gain.
Greek Original:
Anemous geôrgeis: epi tôn ponountôn kai mêdenos metechontôn. kai gar ho anemos panta men phuei kai auxei, ouden de heteron ê monên achnên apopheretai, hôste oudenos metalambanei.
Note:
cf. Zenobius 1.99 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1892.
Keywords: agriculture; daily life; economics; ethics; imagery; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 15 June 2000@11:40:49.
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Catharine Roth (Modified headword translation, added reference and keyword.) on 15 January 2001@10:31:25.
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