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Headword:
*nekrw=|
le/gousa
mu/qous
ei)s
ou)=s
Adler number: nu,142
Translated headword: telling stories into the ears of a corpse
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are insensitive and pay no attention.[1]
Interpretation of a dream: if you see corpses, you will experience mortification of your affairs.[2]
Greek Original:*nekrw=| le/gousa mu/qous ei)s ou)=s: e)pi\ tw=n a)naisqh/twn kai\ mh\ e)pai+o/ntwn. lu/sis o)nei/rou: nekrou\s o(rw=n ne/krwsin e(/ceis pragma/twn.
Notes:
[1] See generally Tosi (cited under
alpha 378) no.1897. The version in the paroemiographers does not have the Suda's feminine participle, which must be a scribal error.
[2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to
Astrampsychus (
alpha 4251).
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 October 2005@18:23:31.
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