*)epeidh\ to\n oi)=non h)ci/ous piei=n, sunekpot' e)sti/ soi kai\ th\n tru/ga.
A loose quotation of
Aristophanes,
Plutus [
Wealth] 1084-5 (web address 1). The original begins
e)peidh\ kai\ to\n oi)=non, and the first word of the main clause was originally
sunekpote/' (for
sunekpote/a). The Suda's
sunekpot' works well metrically (
sunekpote/' e)sti/ requires first-foot resolution in the second dimeter), but makes little sense.
See also
sigma 1483, where the quotation is different again (but the proverbial character of the sentiment more explicit).
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