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Headword: *bou=s *ku/prios
Adler number: beta,462
Translated headword: Cypriot ox
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the coarse and unperceptive man. For they say that Cypriot oxen eat dung.
Greek Original:
*bou=s *ku/prios: e)pi\ tou= xudai/ou kai\ a)naisqh/tou. fasi\ ga\r tou\s *kupri/ous bo/as koprofagei=n.
Notes:
(Again at kappa 2738, end.)
cf. Apostolius 4.100.
Keywords: daily life; ethics; food; geography; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 August 2001@09:32:16.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead on 2 September 2002@07:04:53.
William Hutton (set status) on 7 July 2003@07:23:02.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 7 July 2003@07:30:54.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 3 June 2012@05:42:40.
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