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Headword: *xrusw=| katapa/ttwn h(ma=s ou) ginw/skeis
Adler number: chi,588
Translated headword: you don't know that you are showering us with gold
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those being verbally abused in vain. For he adds: "now this is an ornament to me." That is, to hear such things.
Greek Original:
*xrusw=| katapa/ttwn h(ma=s ou) ginw/skeis: e)pi\ tw=n ei)kh= dialoidoroume/nwn. e)pife/rei ga/r: nu=n de\ ko/smos tou=t' e)sti/ moi. toute/sti to\ toiau=t' a)kou/ein.
Note:
An approximation -- here and in some of the paroemiographers (e.g. Apostolius 18.40) -- of Aristophanes, Clouds 912 (the original has the uncompound participle pa/ttwn, and 'me' instead of 'us'), with 914 also quoted. See web address 1.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; imagery; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 1 April 2008@08:09:25.
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Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 2 April 2008@16:14:03.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 3 April 2008@02:59:28.
David Whitehead on 14 November 2013@05:12:27.
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