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Headword: *(/opou ai( e)/lafoi ta\ ke/rata a)poba/llousi
Adler number: omicron,477
Translated headword: where the hind shed their antlers
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
That is, in inaccessible and rough places. They say the hind shed their antlers by rubbing them against shrubs. Hence the proverb is uttered in the case of people passing their lives in difficulties.
Greek Original:
*(/opou ai( e)/lafoi ta\ ke/rata a)poba/llousi: toute/stin e)n dusba/tois kai\ traxe/si to/pois. fasi\ ta\s e)la/fous paratribou/sas ta\ ke/rata a)poba/llein pro\s qa/mnous. o(/qen e)pi\ tw=n e)rgw/deis ta\s diatriba\s poioume/nwn ei)rh=sqai th\n paroimi/an.
Note:
cf. Zenobius 5.52.
Keywords: botany; daily life; geography; medicine; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Ross Scaife ✝ on 4 December 2001@19:56:32.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 5 December 2001@04:44:26.
David Whitehead (note; more keywords) on 5 July 2013@07:49:15.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 30 January 2021@01:22:00.
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