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Headword:
Bous
en
auliôi
kathêi
Adler number: beta,459
Translated headword: you are an ox sitting in a courtyard
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proverb in reference to useless people.
Greek Original:Bous en auliôi kathêi: paroimia epi tôn achrêstôn.
Notes:
In
Cratinus fr. 32 Kock, now 34 K.-A. Same or similar entry in
Hesychius and some of the paroemiographers. (The modern equivalent might be: a square peg in a round hole.)
cf.
beta 458 (end).
Keywords: comedy; daily life; ethics; imagery; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 4 June 2002@22:00:15.
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