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Headword:
Akonê
Adler number: alpha,922
Translated headword: whetstone
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a particular kind of] stone.[1]
And [there is] a proverb: "you are feeding a whetstone", in reference to those consuming food but deriving no benefit to the body.[2]
Greek Original:Akonê: lithos. kai paroimia: Akonên sitizeis, epi tôn trophêi men chrômenôn, mêden de eis to sôma epididontôn.
Notes:
[1] Same glossing, according to Adler, in the
Ambrosian Lexicon (987).
[2]
Zenobius 1.58, etc.
Keywords: daily life; definition; food; imagery; medicine; proverbs; science and technology
Translated by: Clayton Lehmann on 20 October 2000@15:22:17.
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