Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for iota,284 in Adler number:
Headword:
*)/iktinos
Adler number: iota,284
Translated headword: kite
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A kind of bird.[1]
"For I do not think it is easy for one who is changed by old age to escape the story which they tell about the kite: which, [they say] being a bird, attempting to whinny, missed both things, boorishness and cleverness at the same time."[2]
Greek Original:*)/iktinos: ei)=dos o)rne/ou. ou) ga\r oi)=mai r(a/|dion e)n gh/ra| metatiqeme/nw| diafugei=n to\n lego/menon u(pe\r tou= i)kti/nou mu=qon: o(\s o)/rnis w)/n, e)piqe/menos tw=| xremeti/zein a)mfoi=n a(martei=n, a)groiki/as te a(/ma kai\ decio/thtos.
Notes:
[1] cf.
iota 283.
[2] Julian,
Misopogon 366A.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 6 April 2006@00:26:01.
Vetted by:
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search