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Headword:
Alôpêx
ton
boun
elaunei
Adler number: alpha,1392
Translated headword: a fox drives the ox
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The proverb is applied to things which do not happen in accordance with reason.[1]
"When associating with a fox, expect foxiness."[2]
Greek Original:Alôpêx ton boun elaunei: tattetai hê paroimia epi tôn mê kata logon apobainontôn. kerdoi sunôn te kerdosunên men prosdoka.
Notes:
[1] So too in
Photius,
Lexicon alpha1089 Theodoridis, and cf.
Diogenianus 1.75; Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.1886.
[2] A line of iambic verse, apparently oracular. (Adler cites
Astrampsychus, ed. Opsopoeus in
Oraculis metricis Iovis, Paris 1507.) For the vocabulary cf.
kappa 1390 and LSJ s.v.
kerdw/.
Keywords: daily life; dreams; meter and music; poetry; proverbs; religion; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 1 June 2000@12:23:05.
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