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Headword:
*(/udwr
pararre/ei
Adler number: upsilon,55
Translated headword: (if) water flowed by
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. A proverbial phrase used] in reference to those promising to be zealous with all their might, as if they had not hesitated even to embark on ships in motion.[1]
Also [sc. attested is] a[nother] proverb: 'water remains'; see in the a)napolei= [entry]. So the proverb is used in reference to those labouring endlessly.[2]
Greek Original:*(/udwr pararre/ei: e)pi\ tw=n e)paggellome/nwn panti\ sqe/nei spouda/sein, w(s ka)\n ei)s r(e/onta ploi=a e)mbh=nai ou)k o)knhsa/ntwn. kai\ paroimi/a: u(/dwr me/nei: zh/tei e)n tw=| a)napolei=. ei)/rhtai ou)=n h( paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n a)nh/nuta ponou/ntwn.
Notes:
[1] =
Photius upsilon28 Theodoridis (taken to come from
Pausanias the Atticist), and cf.
Zenobius 6.24 and other paroemiographers. The ultimate source of the headword phrase is
Cratinus fr.60 Kock, 64 K.-A.
[2] From
alpha 2031.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 August 2008@08:20:11.
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