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Headword:
*pra/sou
fu/llw|
to\
tw=n
e)rw/twn
de/detai
bala/ntion
Adler number: pi,2228
Translated headword: with a leek's leaf the purse of loves is tied up
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who spend a lot because of love, and live a profligate life.[1]
See under basani/sas ["testing"].[2]
Greek Original:*pra/sou fu/llw| to\ tw=n e)rw/twn de/detai bala/ntion: e)pi\ tw=n di' e)/rwta polla\ a)nalisko/ntwn, kai\ a)swteuome/nwn. zh/tei e)n tw=| basani/sas.
Notes:
[1] The headword phrase is deemed to come from Attic comedy (
Comica adespota fr. 197 Kock, now 731 K.-A.), quoted by
Plutarch,
Moralia 622D; proverbial in
Diogenianus 3.66 and other paroemiographers.
[2]
beta 137 (end), where the phrase 'with a leek's leaf' -- not the whole proverb -- has already been given.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 April 2013@01:38:57.
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