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Headword:
*mh\
lo/gous
a)nt'
a)lfi/twn
Adler number: mu,932
Translated headword: not words instead of barley
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who think it right to take deeds and not words.
Greek Original:*mh\ lo/gous a)nt' a)lfi/twn: e)pi\ tw=n e)/rga a)lla\ mh\ lo/gous a)ciou/ntwn labei=n.
Notes:
The headword phrase is apparently the latter part of an iambic trimeter (
Comica adespota fr. 687 Kock, but not in K.-A.), taken up by the paroemiographers (e.g.
Diogenianus 6.60,
Apostolius 11.55).
For 'barley' cf.
alpha 1451,
alpha 1452,
alpha 1453,
alpha 1454,
alpha 1455,
alpha 1456.
In ms V, Adler reports, this entry appears after
mu 933.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 April 2008@06:41:40.
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