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Headword:
*bi/os
a)kanqw/dhs
Adler number: beta,295
Translated headword: a thorny life
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] one which is harsh and difficult, the ancient [way of life].[1] Also [sc. attested is] bi/os a)lhlesme/nos ["a civilized life"], [meaning] one which is easy and sweet. In reference to those with an abundance of what they need.[2]
Also [sc. attested is] bi/os e)chulhme/nos ["a worn-out life"], in reference to those who are useless. Out of a metaphor of pipes [auloi] that do not work.[3]
Also [sc. attested is] bi/os memagme/nos ["a ready-kneaded life"], in reference to those brought up with ready cash and without toil.[4]
Greek Original:*bi/os a)kanqw/dhs: o( traxu\s kai\ sklhro\s, o( palaio/s. kai\ *bi/os a)lhlesme/nos, o( eu)xerh\s kai\ h(du/s. e)pi\ tw=n e)n a)fqoni/a| tw=n e)pithdei/wn o)/ntwn. kai\ *bi/os e)chulhme/nos, e)pi\ tw=n a)xrh/stwn. e)k metafora=s tw=n a)xrei/wn au)lw=n. kai\ *bi/os memagme/nos, e)pi\ tw=n e)c e(toi/mou kai\ a)po/nws trefome/nwn.
Notes:
[1] The headword phrase sounds proverbial, like the others assembled for this entry, but it does not feature in the paroemiographers, and is indeed not otherwise attested.
[2] For this and "a ready-kneaded life" (below), see already at
beta 293; and cf. also
alpha 1183.
[3]
Zenobius 2.64.
[4] See n.2 above.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 12 December 2001@13:43:08.
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