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Headword:
Dechetai
kai
bôlon
alêtês
Adler number: delta,298
Translated headword: a vagabond accepts even a clod
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Used] with an accusative.[1] [sc. This proverbial phrase] is applied to those accepting everything for what is better.[2] Or simply, [it is applied] to those admitting no-one.
Greek Original:Dechetai kai bôlon alêtês: aitiatikêi. epi tôn panta pros to kreitton ekdechomenôn tattetai. ê haplôs, epi tôn mêdena prosiemenôn.
Notes:
[1] Similarly in syntactical lexica. Here the point evidently refers, in a general way, to the verb in the headword phrase (
de/xomai).
[2]
Zenobius 3.22.
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 28 July 2002@10:51:49.
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