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Headword:
Aphentes
tên
huperan
ton
poda
diôkousin
Adler number: alpha,4582
Translated headword: they let go the brace and chase the sheet
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who abandon necessities and favour superfluities instead.[1]
In
Hyperides.[2]
Aphentes tên huperan ton poda diôkousin: epi tôn ta anankaia men paralimpanontôn, ta peritta de protimômenôn. para Huperidêi.
Notes:
[1] A proverb using nautical terminology, as is made explicit in Harpokration s.v. (from which the present entry derives).
[2]
Hyperides fr. 181 Jensen (from the first of the two speeches
For Chairephilos, on the salt fish); cf.
alpha 4599,
upsilon 213 (end).
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 August 2001@01:00:36.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword; augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics) on 2 August 2001@05:11:00.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 28 August 2002@08:09:12.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 6 May 2012@10:07:13.
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