[Something said] in reference to the rich and powerful. It should be read as separate words.
*ba/ta *ka/ras: e)pi\ tw=n paxe/wn kai\ dunatw=n. kata\ diastolh\n de\ a)nagnwste/on.
Likewise in
Apostolius 4.75.
Hesychius (beta312) and
Appendix Proverbiorum 1.49 provide more detail: this proverbial expression was reportedly inscribed on a votive offering in the temple of Hera on
Samos. All four sources allude to a controversy over whether the saying consists of one word or two, with the latter view prevailing. (The
Appendix Proverbiorum interprets "Bata Karas" as meaning "Karas, son of Bata," which name--he says--appears in the actual inscription.)
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