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Headword: *ge/rwn a)lw/phc ou)x a(li/sketai pa/gh|
Adler number: gamma,202
Translated headword: an old fox is not caught in a trap
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverb] in reference to those [made] experienced and hard to catch by the passage of time.[1]
Also "an old ox [is] sorrow-free at home," in reference to those who died when their time came.[2]
Greek Original:
*ge/rwn a)lw/phc ou)x a(li/sketai pa/gh|: e)pi\ tw=n dia\ xro/nou plh=qos e)mpei/rwn kai\ dusalw/twn. kai\ *ge/rwn bou=s a)pe/nqhtos do/moisin, e)pi\ tw=n kaq' w(/ran teleuthsa/ntwn.
Notes:
[1] Zenobius 2.90, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1083; cf. gamma 203, with ape for fox.
[2] Zenobius 2.97.
Keywords: daily life; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 August 2001@05:50:12.
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