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Headword:
Eis
kopron
thumiais
Adler number: epsiloniota,284
Translated headword: you are burning incense for shit
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. This proverb] is said by Attic writers in reference to things ineffectual and non-existent.
Greek Original:Eis kopron thumiais. epi tôn anênutôn kai mê ontôn legetai hupo tôn Attikôn.
Notes:
cf.
Appendix Proverbiorum 2.22 (with a slightly different gloss)
See
omicron 399, where four other ways of expressing the same thing are listed.
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; proverbs; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 17 April 2003@06:48:13.
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