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Headword:
Anêr
eoike
naus
hiketeuein
petran
Adler number: alpha,2430
Translated headword: a man (who is) like a ship supplicating a rock
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proverb in reference to those without feeling, from a metaphor of the ship running aground.
Against the rock.[1]
Greek Original:Anêr eoike naus hiketeuein petran: paroimia epi tôn anaisthêtôn, apo metaphoras tês epokellousês neôs. pros têi petrai.
Notes:
cf. Gregorius 3.14 and other paroemiographers; and again
nu 72.
[1] Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in some of the manuscripts.
Keywords: daily life; imagery; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 29 May 2001@02:57:36.
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