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Headword:
Aithiopa
smêchein
Adler number: alphaiota,125
Translated headword: to wash an Ethiopian white
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those exerting vain efforts.
Greek Original:Aithiopa smêchein: epi tôn matên ponountôn.
Notes:
First attested -- as already proverbial -- in Lucian,
To the Ignorant Book-buyer 28. See also the paroemiographers:
Zenobius 1.46,
Diogenianus 1.45,
Macarius 1.62. See generally Tosi [cited under
alpha 378] no.1893.
For this type of proverb see the cross-references under
alphaiota 114.
Keywords: daily life; geography; proverbs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 November 2002@22:49:30.
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