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Headword: *)aki/nhta kinei=n
Adler number: alpha,888
Translated headword: to move the unmoveable
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things [being done] to excess. Because one should not even move altars, or tombs.
Greek Original:
*)aki/nhta kinei=n: e)pi\ tw=n kaq' u(perbolh/n. o(/ti mh\ dei= mhde\ bwmou\s kinei=n, h)\ ta/fous.
Note:
From the comment of a scholiast on the discussion of movement, kinesis, in Plato, Theaetetus 180-1. See also Zenobius 1.55 and other paroemiographers, and cf. mu 905.
Keywords: daily life; ethics; philosophy; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 February 2000@22:25:29.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keyword) on 26 January 2001@03:42:12.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 26 January 2012@04:48:23.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 5 May 2012@20:35:04.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 11 May 2015@11:18:17.

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