Ἀπὸ βραδυσκελῶν ὄνων ἵππους
from slow-legged donkeys [to] horses
Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Mar 2002Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those leaping from cheap things to better ones.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀπὸ βραδυσκελῶν ὄνων ἵππους· ἐπὶ τῶν ἀπὸ εὐτελῶν ἐπὶ μείζονα μεταπηδώντων.
Betacode
*)apo\ braduskelw=n o)/nwn i(/ppous: e)pi\ tw=n a)po\ eu)telw=n e)pi\ mei/zona metaphdw/ntwn.