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Headword:
Apeiroi
gupes
Adler number: alpha,3137
Translated headword: inexperienced vultures, innumerable vultures
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those keeping watch upon someone for inheritance or for profit; as vultures attend upon those who are dying.
Greek Original:Apeiroi gupes: epi tôn dia klêronomian ê dia kerdos prosedreuontôn tini: paroson hoi gupes tois thnêsimaiois paredreuousin.
Notes:
Diogenianus 2.88 and other paroemiographers -- which however read
a(/per oi( gu=pes, "(you are acting) just as the vultures." The Suda's
a)/peiroi is a mistake.
See generally Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.768.
Keywords: daily life; economics; imagery; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 July 2000@23:21:23.
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