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Headword:
*mh/rinqos
Adler number: mu,978
Translated headword: line
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] rope, or cord, bond, noose.[1]
"Now this line brought in nothing." [sc. A saying] in reference to those who try something and fail.[2]
"The line certainly brought in nothing good for them; for not much later clouds of locusts flowing over them ate up their crops."[3]
Greek Original:*mh/rinqos: spa/rtos, h)/toi sxoini/on, desmo/s, bro/xos. au(/th me\n h( mh/rinqos ou)de\n e)/spasen. e)pi\ tw=n e)pixeirou/ntwn kai\ a)potugxano/ntwn. ou) mh\n ou)de\ h( mh/rinqos e)/spase/ ti a)gaqo\n au)toi=s: ou) ga/r toi meta\ makro\n ne/fh a)kri/dwn e)pirreu/santa tou\s karpou\s kate/fagen au)toi=s.
Notes:
cf.
sigma 737.
[1] =
Synagoge mu202, and likewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at
Photius mu413 Theodoridis.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazusae 928, with scholion; already at
alpha 4475 (=
Lexica Segueriana 165.13 Bachmann);
Diogenianus 3.35.
[3]
Aelian fr. 293 Domingo-Forasté (296 Hercher); cf. fr. 67 D-F (64 Hercher). For other applications of the proverb see
omicron 292;
Eustathius,
On the Taking of Thessalonica 42.
Translated by: William Hutton on 17 July 2009@21:56:06.
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