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Headword:
*)/amh
Adler number: alpha,1574
Translated headword: shovel
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A builder's tool which we call a pyrame, incorrectly.[1]
And [there is] a proverb: "they were asking for shovels, but the others were refusing them bowls." In reference to those who demand some things and insist on not having anything else.[2]
Greek Original:*)/amh: tektoniko\n e)rgalei=on, o(\ h(mei=s pura/mhn le/gomen ou)k o)rqw=s. kai\ paroimi/a: *)/amas a)ph/|toun, oi( d' a)phrnou=nto ska/fas. e)pi\ tw=n a)/lla me\n a)paitoume/nwn, e(/tera de\ mh\ e)/xein i)sxurizome/nwn.
Notes:
LSJ entry at web address 1.
[1] Again at
pi 3190.
[2] cf.
Zenobius 1.83. See already
alpha 1504, where the gloss is more intelligible.
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; definition; proverbs; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 29 July 2000@18:15:21.
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