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Headword:
*(ropiko\n
w)/nion
Adler number: rho,232
Translated headword: petty purchase
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things which are cheap and bought by many; for a r(o/pos [is] a cheap item of universal merchandise.
Greek Original:*(ropiko\n w)/nion: e)pi\ tw=n eu)telw=n me/n, polloi=s de\ pipraskome/nwn: r(o/pos ga\r o( eu)telh\s kai\ pantodapo\s fo/rtos.
Notes:
Apostolius 15.30, etc. (cf.
rho 260 and
rho 261 where these words have their correct spelling, with omega.)
See also e.g.
Plutarch,
Lycurgus 9.3: L.'s prohibition on coinage prevents the Spartans from buying trashy foreign goods,
xenika kai rhopika.
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; ethics; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 April 2003@04:50:24.
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