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Headword: *mhde\ ka/rfos kinei=n
Adler number: mu,872
Translated headword: not to stir even a twig
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to [someone/something] at rest.
Greek Original:
*mhde\ ka/rfos kinei=n: e)pi\ tou= h(su/xou.
Note:
For this proverbial phrase see e.g. Aristophanes, Lysistrata 474 (web address 1), with Henderson ad loc.
Reference:
Aristophanes, Lysistrata, edited with introduction and commentary by Jeffrey Henderson (Oxford 1987)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: botany; comedy; daily life; imagery; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 September 2001@07:20:13.
Vetted by:
William Hutton (modified headword phrase, cosmetics, added link set status) on 2 October 2003@15:57:44.
David Whitehead (modified bibliography; cosmetics) on 3 October 2003@03:21:18.
Catharine Roth (added keyword, upgraded link) on 8 July 2009@01:23:48.
David Whitehead on 20 May 2013@09:36:34.
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