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Headword: *au)to\s e)/fa
Adler number: alpha,4523
Translated headword: he himself said; ipse dixit
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"This proverbial [phrase], in reference to Pythagoras the philosopher, entered into [usage in everyday] life."[1] For this man, glorifying his own word and life in his lectures, used to say "he said himself"; meaning he spoke. The word is not mine, he is saying, but [that of] the god.
Greek Original:
*au)to\s e)/fa: tou=to paroimiako\n e)pi\ *puqago/rou tou= filoso/fou ei)sh=lqen ei)s to\n bi/on. ou(=tos ga\r a)posemnu/nwn to\n e(autou= lo/gon kai\ bi/on e)n tai=s o(mili/ais e)/legen, au)to\s e)/fa: a)nti\ tou= ei)=pen. ou)k e)mo\s o( lo/gos, fhsi\n, a)lla\ tou= qeou=.
Notes:
cf. epsilon 428.
[1] Diogenes Laertius 8.46; also in some of the paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2023.
Keywords: biography; daily life; ethics; philosophy; proverbs; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 2 August 2001@18:27:18.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 3 August 2001@05:04:54.
David Whitehead (expanded note; tweaking) on 3 May 2012@08:24:14.
David Whitehead on 17 August 2012@07:12:58.
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