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Headword:
Aniptois
posin
Adler number: alpha,2477
Translated headword: with unwashed feet
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning with unready [feet], and without any preparation.[1]
And [there is] a proverb: 'climbing up the roof with unwashed feet',[2] in reference to those coming ignorantly to some deeds and transactions.[3]
And
Homer [writes]: "feet-unwashed, ground-sleepers."[4]
Greek Original:Aniptois posin: anti tou anetoimois, kai chôris tinos paraskeuês. kai paroimia: Aniptois posin anabainôn epi to stegos, epi tôn amathôs epi tina erga kai praxeis aphiknoumenôn. kai Homêros: aniptopodes, chamaieunai.
Notes:
[1] Similarly ('without any care') in other lexica; references in
Photius alpha2007 Theodoridis.
[2] See e.g. Lucian,
Pseudologista 4.
[3]
Zenobius 1.95, etc.; Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.651, with lavish parallels.
[4]
Homer,
Iliad 16.235 (of the Selloi: web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; definition; epic; ethics; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 July 2000@08:55:14.
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