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Headword: *pu=r e)pi\ puri/
Adler number: pi,3211
Translated headword: fire on top of fire
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proverb, mentioned by Plato et al. [It means] evil on top of evil.
Greek Original:
*pu=r e)pi\ puri/: paroimi/a, h(=s me/mnhtai kai\ *pla/twn. kako\n e)pi\ kakw=|.
Notes:
Plato, Laws 2.666A (where the preposition takes the accusative, not the Suda's dative: see web address 1); Zenobius 5.69, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.776. Likewise or similarly in other lexica.
cf. generally kappa 140.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; ethics; imagery; philosophy; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 30 September 2002@07:10:49.
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Catharine Roth (added link) on 6 October 2002@00:57:18.
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