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Headword:
Xungnômê
prôton
peirôi
Adler number: xi,86
Translated headword: forgiveness on a first attempt
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those failing at the beginnings of something.
Greek Original:Xungnômê prôton peirôi: epi tôn en prôtois tinos diamartanontôn.
Note:
The paroemiographers (e.g.
Diogenianus 6.93) have not
prw=ton pei/rw| but a single word,
prwtopei/rw|.
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; proverbs
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica â on 17 February 2000@14:32:15.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (internal rearrangement; added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 4 July 2001@09:15:47.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; raised status) on 16 September 2007@10:10:34.
David Whitehead on 19 June 2013@04:38:01.
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