Ἄνωθεν
from above
Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Jul 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] out of a place or a time. Babrios [sc. uses the word].1 "Why, though we look upon the sensible birds above who take care for the sustenance of those of whom they were begotten and from whom they found advantage, do we not pay these [debts] equally?" 2 That is, "above" meaning by nature, or those things up in the air.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἄνωθεν· ἐκ τόπου ἢ χρόνου. Βάβριος. τί τοὺς ἄνωθεν φρονιμωτάτους οἰωνοὺς ἐσορώμενοι τροφῆς κηδομένους ἀφ' ὧν τε βλαστῶσιν ἀφ' ὧν τ' ὄνησιν εὕρωσι, τάδ' οὐκ ἐπίσης τελοῦμεν; τουτέστιν ἄνωθεν ἐκ φύσεως ἢ τοὺς ἐν τῷ ἀέρι.