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Headword:
Aporrageis
Adler number: alpha,3494
Translated headword: having been broken off
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Meaning having been cut off.[1]
And [there is] a proverb: "the string will break off if stretched." In reference to those who are doing something under force and compulsion.[2]
Greek Original:Aporrageis: anti tou apokopeis. kai paroimia: Aporragêsetai teinomenon to kalôidion: epi tôn biai ti kai anankêi poiountôn.
Notes:
[1] For this equivalence cf. generally
alpha 3176. The present headword, an aorist passive participle in the masculine nominative singular (not in other lexica), must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities are all late.
[2]
Diogenianus 2.89, etc.; Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.1491.
Translated by: William Hutton on 24 November 2000@12:08:10.
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