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Headword: *)anh\r e)/oike nau=s i(keteu/ein pe/tran
Adler number: alpha,2430
Translated headword: a man (who is) like a ship supplicating a rock
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proverb in reference to those without feeling, from a metaphor of the ship running aground.
Against the rock.[1]
Greek Original:
*)anh\r e)/oike nau=s i(keteu/ein pe/tran: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n a)naisqh/twn, a)po\ metafora=s th=s e)pokellou/shs new/s. pro\s th=| pe/tra|.
Notes:
cf. Gregorius 3.14 and other paroemiographers; and again nu 72.
[1] Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in some of the manuscripts.
Keywords: daily life; imagery; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 29 May 2001@02:57:36.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 29 May 2001@05:14:06.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 28 November 2005@10:21:47.
David Whitehead (augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics) on 13 March 2012@07:23:11.
David Whitehead on 17 July 2015@08:17:47.
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