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Headword: *)apo\ braduskelw=n o)/nwn i(/ppous
Adler number: alpha,3258
Translated headword: from slow-legged donkeys [to] horses
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those leaping from cheap things to better ones.
Greek Original:
*)apo\ braduskelw=n o)/nwn i(/ppous: e)pi\ tw=n a)po\ eu)telw=n e)pi\ mei/zona metaphdw/ntwn.
Note:
Zenobius 2.5 and other paroemiographers.
Keywords: daily life; economics; medicine; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 18 March 2002@23:34:16.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords) on 19 March 2002@05:38:10.
David Whitehead (note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 1 April 2012@09:37:56.
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