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Headword:
Onos
eis
achura
Adler number: omicron,389
Translated headword: a donkey into husks
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proverb in reference to those who, contrary to hope, fall into good things and enjoy them unstintingly.
Greek Original:Onos eis achura: paroimia epi tôn par' elpidas eis agatha empiptontôn kai toutois apolaustikôs chrômenôn.
Note:
Same entry in
Photius (omicron353 Theodoridis); and cf.
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 2.52E [2.39 Kaibel], where the line "you are a donkey [going] into husks of sweetmeats" is attributed to Philemon (fr. 188 Kock, 158 K.-A.).
Keywords: botany; comedy; daily life; ethics; food; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 July 2006@07:07:15.
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