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Headword: *deu/teros plou=s
Adler number: delta,295
Translated headword: second voyage
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[This is said] when someone who has missed a favourable wind sails with oars.
Greek Original:
*deu/teros plou=s: o(/te a)potuxw/n tis ou)ri/ou kw/pais plei=.
Notes:
And in figurative equivalents of that situation. See LSJ s.v. plo/os, para.3; and cf. epsilon 1818.
Same or similar entry elsewhere; references at Photius delta224, where Theodoridis (following Nauck: see Adler's addenda) cites Menander fr. 205 Koerte, now 183 K.-A.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; imagery; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 28 July 2002@10:48:16.
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David Whitehead (added note; cosmetics) on 5 September 2002@11:24:11.
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