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Headword:
*dasu/pous
Adler number: delta,86
Translated headword: shaggy-foot, furry-foot
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning a] hare.
And [there is] a proverb: "sooner will a tortoise outrun a shaggy-foot [sc. than a certain thing will happen];" in reference to the impossible.
Greek Original:*dasu/pous: lagw/s. kai\ paroimi/a: *pro/teron xelw/nh paradramei=tai dasu/poda: e)pi\ tou= a)duna/tou.
Notes:
Comica adespota fr. 555 Kock, now 828 K.-A.;
Diogenianus 7.57 and other paroemiographers. Compare generically
pi 2875.
For hares and proverbs see also
delta 87.
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 July 2002@21:22:38.
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