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Headword:
*au)to\n
ke/kroukas
to\n
bath=ra
th=s
qu/ras
Adler number: alpha,4511
Translated headword: you have hit the very threshold of the door
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those speaking truthfully; in effect, you have come to the truth itself.
Greek Original:*au)to\n ke/kroukas to\n bath=ra th=s qu/ras: e)pi\ tw=n a)lhqeuo/ntwn: oi(=on e)p' au)th\n e)lh/luqas th\n a)lh/qeian.
Notes:
Roughly equivalent to "You have hit the nail on the head". Again at
beta 181.
Taken to be, in origin, from comedy (
Comica adespota fr. 570c Kock, but now
Amipsias fr. 25 Kassel-Austin), and glossed likewise or similarly in several of the paroemiographers. See generally Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.736.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 1 August 2001@16:43:07.
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