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Headword: *sofi/a mwrou=
Adler number: sigma,808
Translated headword: wisdom of a dullard
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Speeches[1] that lead nowhere.
Greek Original:
*sofi/a mwrou=: a)dieco/deutoi lo/goi.
Notes:
cf. Gregorius 3.69 ("in reference to those chattering witlessly"). Hence the folk-etymology of "sophomore" -- which in reality derives from sophumer, a (now) obsolete variant of sophister.
[1] Or words.
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; proverbs; rhetoric
Translated by: Marisa Divenosa on 14 January 2000@21:18:25.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified headword, translation, keywords) on 22 May 2001@08:03:41.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 21 June 2004@07:59:39.
Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 3 December 2006@12:01:59.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 4 December 2006@03:28:20.
David Whitehead on 19 August 2011@04:14:47.
David Whitehead on 30 December 2013@07:22:55.

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