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Headword: Aigôn onomata
Adler number: alphaiota,73
Translated headword: nanny-goats' names
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
That is, useless things; for [all] nanny-goats [are] alike.[1] But names are applied to things that differ as a means of distinguishing them.
Greek Original:
Aigôn onomata: hoion achrêsta pragmata: homoiai gar hai aiges. epi de tois diapherousin hôs charaktêristika tithetai ta onomata.
Note:
[1] Also, thus far, in Appendix Proverbiorum 1.8.
Keywords: daily life; philosophy; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: William Hutton on 29 October 2002@07:40:21.
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