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Headword: *pri\n laxei=n ta\ koina\ katesqi/eis
Adler number: pi,2293
Translated headword: you are devouring public property before being allocated it
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
That is, you are snatching [it] before it has been allotted, before distribution. The metaphor [comes] from those who, at dinners, snatch [food] before distribution.
Greek Original:
*pri\n laxei=n ta\ koina\ katesqi/eis: toute/sti pri\n klhrwqh=nai pro\ dianomh=s a(rpa/zeis. h( metafora\ a)po\ tw=n e)n toi=s dei/pnois a(rpazo/ntwn pro\ dianomh=s.
Note:
Aristophanes, Knights 258, with comment from the scholia there. See text at web address 1.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; economics; ethics; food; imagery; politics
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 April 2003@06:42:26.
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Catharine Roth (added link, set status) on 12 August 2004@19:15:16.
David Whitehead on 16 August 2004@03:40:28.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 18 October 2005@06:48:33.
David Whitehead on 14 October 2013@05:50:30.
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