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Headword:
*)af'
i(era=s
Adler number: alpha,4613
Translated headword: from a holy
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proverb: "I will move the [sc. stone] from a holy." Among those who play checkers there is something called a 'holy line'.[1] Thus
Epicharmus.[2]
Look under 'I will move the [sc. stone] from a holy.'[3]
Greek Original:*)af' i(era=s: paroimi/a: kinh/sw to\n a)f' i(era=s. le/getai de/ tis para\ toi=s pesseu/ousin i(era\ grammh/. ou(/tws *)epi/xarmos. zh/tei e)n tw=| kinh/sw to\n a)f' i(era=s.
Notes:
Similar entry in
Hesychius, and cf. also the
scholia to
Plato,
Laws 739A and 820C.
[1] The last line on the board. See LSJ s.v.
i(ero/s IV.4.
[2]
Epicharmus fr. 225 Kaibel, now 202 K.-A.; more fully at
Photius,
Lexicon alpha3354 Theodoridis.
[3]
kappa 1642, which actually has two explanations, this one (again at
tau 758) and one deriving from sailors in peril.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; imagery; proverbs
Translated by: William Hutton on 23 November 2000@05:36:12.
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