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Headword: *pro\ th=s ni/khs to\ e)gkw/mion a)/|deis
Adler number: pi,2880
Translated headword: you are singing a song of praise before the victory
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those anticipating matters.
Greek Original:
*pro\ th=s ni/khs to\ e)gkw/mion a)/|deis: e)pi\ tw=n ta\ pra/gmata prolambano/ntwn.
Note:
The proverb is found in e.g. Plato, Lysis 205D (web address 1), eliciting comment from scholiasts there; also e.g. Apostolius 14.87, who cites a similar one, about fish and boiling water, which appears in the Suda under pi 2289.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: daily life; military affairs; meter and music; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 28 June 2001@09:33:46.
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Catharine Roth (added link) on 2 July 2001@12:55:38.
David Whitehead (augmented note) on 30 June 2004@07:39:34.
David Whitehead on 28 November 2011@09:22:29.
David Whitehead on 18 October 2013@06:22:22.
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