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Headword:
*tri\s
e(/c
Adler number: tau,1005
Translated headword: triple six
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A winning throw.
And another proverb: "triple six or three 'ones'." For this is what Ionians call the aces.
Greek Original:*tri\s e(/c: nikhth/rios bo/los. kai\ e(te/ra paroimi/a: tri\s e(\c h)\ trei=s oi)/nas. ou(/tw ga\r kalou=sin *)/iwnes tou\s ku/bous.
Note:
This phrase is used by the watchman in the prolog of
Aeschylus,
Agamemnon (33) to express his joy at the beacon fire announcing the fall of
Troy (see
tau 934). For the meaning of the proverb see
tau 1006. The word
oi)/nas is the accusative plural of the word in the Ionian dialect for 'one', and has its own heading with this proverb at
omicroniota 106.
Translated by: Robert Dyer on 8 December 2000@07:52:53.
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