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Headword:
*seli/nou
dei=tai
o(
nosw=n
Adler number: sigma,211
Translated headword: the sick man is in need of celery
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those breathing their last, because when people were about to lay out the dead they would spread celery on the tombs.
Greek Original:*seli/nou dei=tai o( nosw=n: e)pi\ tw=n e)n e)sxa/tais pnoai=s o)/ntwn, e)peidh\ tou\s ta/fous, o(/te e)/mellon tou\s nekrou\s tiqe/nai, seli/nois e)strw/nnuon.
Note:
In several of the paroemiographers (e.g. Gregorius 3.84). See also e.g.
Plutarch,
Timoleon 26; and cf.
tau 832.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 31 October 2001@05:40:26.
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