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Headword:
Huper
ta
eskammena
pêdan
Adler number: upsilon,364
Translated headword: to jump beyond the pits
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those doing something to excess. [Said] because Phayllos jumped beyond the fifty feet [mark] and injured his leg.
Greek Original:Huper ta eskammena pêdan: epi tôn kath' huperbolên ti prattontôn. dioti ho Phaüllos huper tous pentêkonta podas pêdêsas epêrôthê to skelos.
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Keywords: athletics; biography; daily life; imagery; medicine; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 15 December 2002@07:53:32.
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