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Headword:
*mh\
paidi\
ma/xairan
Adler number: mu,971
Translated headword: don't [sc. give] a knife to a child
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those delegating recklessly.[1] Also
Eupolis in
Demes [writes]: "don't [sc. entrust] public matters to a child."[2]
*mh\ paidi\ ma/xairan: e)pi\ tw=n ei)kh= e)gxeirizo/ntwn. kai\ *eu)/polis *dh/mois: mh\ paidi\ ta\ koina/.
Notes:
Also in
Photius (mu412 Theodoridis), and similarly elsewhere.
[1] cf.
Apostolius 11.51, etc.; Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.686.
[2]
Eupolis fr. 121 Kock (133 K.-A.).
Translated by: Richard Rodriguez on 14 July 2009@01:10:52.
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