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Headword: *pro/blhma
Adler number: pi,2340
Translated headword: problem, proverbial saying, riddle
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[A problem is] a theorem which leads toward theory and knowledge.[1]
"I will utter proverbial sayings [sc. that have existed] from the beginning."[2]
Greek Original:
*pro/blhma: qew/rhma suntei=non pro\s qewri/an kai\ gnw=sin. fqe/gcomai problh/mata a)p' a)rxh=s.
Notes:
See also pi 2341, pi 2342.
[1] George the Monk, Chronicon 150.22-23; cf. Aristotle, Topics 104b19-20, and theta 213.
[2] Psalms 77:2 LXX.
Keywords: Christianity; definition; historiography; philosophy; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 26 June 2004@14:02:59.
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Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 27 June 2004@00:39:30.
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