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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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Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 14 April 2004@00:54:53.
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