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Headword:
Ponon
speirein
Adler number: pi,2044
Translated headword: to sow toil
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those toiling in vain.
Greek Original:Ponon speirein: paroimia epi tôn matên ponountôn.
Notes:
cf.
Diogenianus 7.67. But Gaisford reports Richard Porson's conjecture
po/nton "sea" for
po/non "toil" in the
Addenda to his edition (1834); and other paroemiographers have
qa/lattan or
ei)s u(/dwr.
cf.
epsiloniota 313,
epsiloniota 326.
Keywords: agriculture; daily life; ethics; geography; imagery; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 11 December 2002@06:38:13.
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