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Headword: *mh\ pro\s le/onta dorka\s a(/yomai ma/xhs
Adler number: mu,977
Translated headword: I a gazelle will not pick a fight with a lion
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those of unequal strength.
Greek Original:
*mh\ pro\s le/onta dorka\s a(/yomai ma/xhs: e)pi\ tw=n th\n i)sxu\n a)ni/swn.
Note:
Diogenianus 6.59 (with the preferable subjunctive a(/ywmai); cf. delta 1386 and pi 2751.
Keywords: daily life; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 29 October 2001@03:46:34.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth on 30 October 2001@00:59:12.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 7 April 2008@07:41:55.
David Whitehead on 22 May 2013@04:33:23.
David Whitehead on 18 May 2016@06:52:10.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 2 September 2020@23:15:43.
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