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Headword: *pro\s *ka=ra kari/zeis
Adler number: pi,2717
Translated headword: you are speaking Karian to a Karian
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. a proverbial saying] in reference to something identical. Just like "you are speaking Cretan to a Cretan".
Greek Original:
*pro\s *ka=ra kari/zeis: e)pi\ tou= o(moi/ou. w(s kai\ to\ pro\s *krh=ta krhti/zeis.
Notes:
Diogenianus 7.65 and other paroemiographers.
See further at pi 2745.
Keywords: daily life; geography; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 October 2001@07:38:55.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 7 September 2004@17:22:56.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 8 September 2004@04:25:38.
David Whitehead (augmented notes) on 28 November 2011@04:24:57.
David Whitehead on 18 October 2013@04:46:56.
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