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Headword:
*)ako/nh
Adler number: alpha,922
Translated headword: whetstone
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a particular kind of] stone.[1]
And [there is] a proverb: "you are feeding a whetstone", in reference to those consuming food but deriving no benefit to the body.[2]
Greek Original:*)ako/nh: li/qos. kai\ paroimi/a: *)ako/nhn siti/zeis, e)pi\ tw=n trofh=| me\n xrwme/nwn, mhde\n de\ ei)s to\ sw=ma e)pidido/ntwn.
Notes:
[1] Same glossing, according to Adler, in the
Ambrosian Lexicon (987).
[2]
Zenobius 1.58, etc.
Keywords: daily life; definition; food; imagery; medicine; proverbs; science and technology
Translated by: Clayton Lehmann on 20 October 2000@15:22:17.
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