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Headword: *th\n *)akesai/ou selh/nhn
Adler number: tau,512
Translated headword: Akesaios' moon
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A proverb. It is applied to those who are lingering and being slow. Akesaios was Neleus' helmsman.
Greek Original:
*th\n *)akesai/ou selh/nhn: paroimi/a. le/getai de\ e)pi\ tw=n diameno/ntwn kai\ braduno/ntwn. h)=n de\ *nei/lew kubernh/ths o( *)akesai=os.
Notes:
Entry also in Photius (tau256 Theodoridis), taken to come from Pausanias the Atticist (tau26), and cf. Apostolius 16.44. The headword phrase is in the accusative case.
For Neleus see nu 312.
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; mythology; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 7 May 2003@08:46:28.
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Catharine Roth on 7 May 2003@18:38:04.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 1 May 2011@06:15:23.
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