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Headword:
*paroimi/a
Adler number: pi,733
Translated headword: proverb, saying
Vetting Status: high
Translation: What is a proverb [paroimia]?
[Meaning] a useful story. But by misuse of language [sc. it has come to mean] any narrative which goes down a byroad [parodikon]; for oimos [is] a road [hodos].[1]
Alternatively a proverb is a story with a hidden meaning, signifying [it] through something else that is clear.[2]
Greek Original:*paroimi/a: ti/ e)sti paroimi/a; lo/gos w)fe/limos. kataxrhstikw=s de\ pa=n parodiko\n dih/ghma: oi)=mos ga\r h( o(do/s. h)\ *paroimi/a e)sti\ lo/gos a)po/krufos, di' e(te/rou prodh/lou shmaino/menos.
Notes:
[1] (cf.
omicroniota 97.) Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at
Photius pi424 Theodoridis.
[2] George the Monk,
Chronicon 151.2-3.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 23 April 2003@09:07:49.
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