Ἅλας ἄγων καθεύδεις

you are asleep while carrying salt

Translated by Jennifer Benedict8 Nov 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

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[sc. A proverb] in reference to those sleeping or being idle in great danger. For when some merchant-shipper has filled the ship with salt, the bilge water comes up and the salt is dissolved. Whence also the [related] proverb, "a cargo of salt, whence it comes, there it goes".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἅλας ἄγων καθεύδεις· ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν μεγάλῳ κινδύνῳ καθευδόντων καὶ ῥᾳστωνευομένων. ἐμπόρου γάρ τινος τὴν ναῦν ἁλῶν πληρώσαντος, τὴν ἀντλίαν ἐπαναβῆναι καὶ ἐκτῆξαι τοὺς ἅλας. ὅθεν καὶ ἡ παροιμία, ἁλῶν δὲ φόρτος, ἔνθεν ἦλθεν, ἔνθ' ἔβη.

Betacode

*(/alas a)/gwn kaqeu/deis: e)pi\ tw=n e)n mega/lw| kindu/nw| kaqeudo/ntwn kai\ r(a|stwneuome/nwn. e)mpo/rou ga/r tinos th\n nau=n a(lw=n plhrw/santos, th\n a)ntli/an e)panabh=nai kai\ e)kth=cai tou\s a(/las. o(/qen kai\ h( paroimi/a, a(lw=n de\ fo/rtos, e)/nqen h)=lqen, e)/nq' e)/bh.

Notes (1)

Zenobius 1.23 and 2.20; and Photius s.v.
1This has its own lemma (alpha 1381). ↩

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α1381Ἁλῶν δὲ φόρτος ἔνθεν ἦλθεν ἔνθ' ἔβηa cargo of salt, whence it comes, there it goes[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those using their possessions for themselves and sharing with no one.

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α1075Ἀλλαρίοις(with) victuals α1076Ἀλλᾶς ἀλλᾶντοςsausage, of a sausage α1077Ἅλας ἄγων καθεύδειςyou are asleep while carrying salt α1078Ἅλας θυμίταςthymed salts α1079Ἄλαστεinconsolable

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2 Feb 2012more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
10 Jun 2002added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2000added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2000Translated — Jennifer Benedict

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