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Headword: *ei)s ou)rano\n toceu/ein
Adler number: epsiloniota,300
Translated headword: to shoot arrows into heaven
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those stubbornly doing something useless.
Greek Original:
*ei)s ou)rano\n toceu/ein: e)pi\ tw=n diakenh=s kat' au)qa/deian ti\ poiou/ntwn.
Note:
More usually (Zenobius 3.46, etc.) second-personal singular than this infinitive (a change of a single letter in the Greek).
Keywords: daily life; imagery; military affairs; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 23 November 2000@06:50:20.
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Catharine Roth (added note) on 30 July 2003@01:22:29.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 30 July 2003@03:13:37.
David Whitehead on 28 November 2012@03:49:03.
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