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Headword:
Apo
pente
hallesthai
petrôn
eis
kuma
Adler number: alpha,3471
Translated headword: to leap from five rocks into a wave
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who because of what they are suffering prefer to throw themselves into some difficulty.
Greek Original:Apo pente hallesthai petrôn eis kuma: epi tôn di' ha paschousin hairoumenôn mallon heautous emballein eis tina duskolian.
Note:
cf.
Diogenianus 1.80, where however the proverb itself ends (improbably) "into a cudgel".
Keywords: daily life; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 June 2001@12:10:55.
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