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Headword: *)ek lu/kou sto/matos
Adler number: epsilon,490
Translated headword: out of a wolf's mouth
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those unexpectedly taking something from some people, in accordance with the story of the wolf and the crane.
Greek Original:
*)ek lu/kou sto/matos: e)pi\ tw=n a)nelpi/stws para/ tinw/n ti lambano/ntwn, kata\ to\n mu=qon tou= lu/kou kai\ tou= gera/nou.
Notes:
Apostolius 6.99, etc.
For the story of the injured fox and the crane see e.g. Fabulae Aphthonii rhetoris (ed. Hausrath and Hunger) fab.25.
Keywords: daily life; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 14 May 2003@07:25:59.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (added keyword, set status) on 6 June 2003@06:04:48.
David Whitehead (modified translation and keywords; augmented notes) on 6 June 2003@07:30:43.
David Whitehead on 6 August 2012@08:45:21.
David Whitehead on 27 August 2015@03:10:02.
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