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Headword: *)en *kari\ to\n ki/ndunon
Adler number: epsilon,1377
Translated headword: the risk in a Carian
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[A proverb] in reference to those selling their own woes for a wage. Because of the fact that the Carians were the first men to serve as mercenary soldiers. So the proverb is said of those taking risks in other people's [circumstances].
Greek Original:
*)en *kari\ to\n ki/ndunon: e)pi\ tw=n misqou= pwlou/ntwn ta\ oi)kei=a dusxerh=. dia\ to\ tou\s *ka=ras prw/tous a)nqrw/pwn misqou= strateu/sasqai. ei)/rhtai ou)=n h( paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n e)n a)llotri/ois kinduneuo/ntwn.
Notes:
From the scholia to Plato, Laches 187B, where the headword phrase occurs (but in the nominative case).
cf. Zenobius 3.58, and see further epsilon 1378.
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; geography; military affairs; philosophy; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 January 2007@05:24:13.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 27 January 2007@12:25:49.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 28 January 2007@04:10:35.
David Whitehead on 28 August 2012@03:48:30.
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