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Headword: *ge/rwn pi/qhkos ou)x a(li/sketai pa/gh|
Adler number: gamma,203
Translated headword: an old ape is not caught in a trap: he is caught but it takes time for him to be caught
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverb] in reference to those who have had one unfortunate experience.[1]
Greek Original:
*ge/rwn pi/qhkos ou)x a(li/sketai pa/gh|, a(li/sketai me\n, meta\ xro/non d' a(li/sketai: e)pi\ tw=n a(/pac dustuxhsa/ntwn.
Notes:
cf. pi 1580. In Diogenes Laertius 5.93 these two iambic trimeters are lines of dialogue, with character B refining what character A has said.
[1] See already gamma 202, with fox for ape.
Keywords: daily life; meter and music; poetry; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 9 August 2001@05:43:57.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 4 July 2002@21:45:02.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 19 October 2003@07:19:20.
David Whitehead (typo) on 31 October 2005@10:09:37.
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