Suda On Line
Search
|
Search results for alpha,888 in Adler number:
Headword:
*)aki/nhta
kinei=n
Adler number: alpha,888
Translated headword: to move the unmoveable
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things [being done] to excess. Because one should not even move altars, or tombs.
Greek Original:*)aki/nhta kinei=n: e)pi\ tw=n kaq' u(perbolh/n. o(/ti mh\ dei= mhde\ bwmou\s kinei=n, h)\ ta/fous.
Note:
From the comment of a scholiast on the discussion of movement,
kinesis, in
Plato,
Theaetetus 180-1. See also
Zenobius 1.55 and other paroemiographers, and cf.
mu 905.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 February 2000@22:25:29.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keyword) on 26 January 2001@03:42:12.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 26 January 2012@04:48:23.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 5 May 2012@20:35:04.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 11 May 2015@11:18:17.
No. of records found: 1
Page 1
End of search