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Headword: Kinêsô ton aph' hieras
Adler number: kappa,1642
Translated headword: I will move the (stone) from a holy
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
This [proverbial phrase] is used in reference to those who are setting in motion their last [chance of] help. From a nautical metaphor--sailors who look for help to the 'holy anchor'--or from those playing draughts, for amongst them there is a 'holy piece'.
Greek Original:
Kinêsô ton aph' hieras: touto epi tôn tên eschatên boêtheian kinountôn tetaktai. ek metaphoras tôn nautôn, hoi tên boêtheian eis tên hieran ankuran echousin, ê apo tôn petteuontôn: par' autois gar keitai psêphos hiera.
Note:
cf. the scholia to Plato, Laws 739A (web address 1) and 820C (web address 2); Apostolius 4.55 and 9.80; and see under alpha 4613.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: daily life; imagery; proverbs; religion; science and technology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 September 2003@06:40:50.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (added links and keywords, set status) on 30 September 2003@16:35:42.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 18 October 2005@06:30:21.
David Whitehead on 25 February 2013@07:17:11.
David Whitehead on 26 March 2021@04:23:54.
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