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Headword: *(raxi/as lali/steros
Adler number: rho,60
Translated headword: more loquacious than a beach
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to chatterers. Inasmuch as the waves continually strike against the beach and make a noise.

Greek Original:

*(raxi/as lali/steros: e)pi\ tw=n a)dole/sxwn. par' o(/son th=| r(axi/a| sunexw=s e)piba/llontai ta\ ku/mata kai\ yo/fon a)potelei=.

Notes:

Diogenianus 7.99, etc.; for r(axi/a, cf. rho 59.
cf. generically tau 1094.

Keywords: daily life; geography; imagery; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 April 2003@03:39:47.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (added cross-reference, set status) on 5 April 2004@01:41:39.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 5 April 2004@03:23:27.
David Whitehead on 24 August 2011@04:50:05.
Catharine Roth (added keyword) on 24 August 2011@14:10:10.
David Whitehead on 27 October 2013@08:51:20.

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