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Headword: *ai)gw=n o)no/mata
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:
*ai)gw=n o)no/mata: oi(=on a)/xrhsta pra/gmata: o(/moiai ga\r ai( ai)=ges. e)pi\ de\ toi=s diafe/rousin w(s xarakthristika\ ti/qetai ta\ o)no/mata.
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.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 30 October 2002@03:40:41.
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