Ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις
you talk more old-fashioned than the hide
Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Apr 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those saying unsound and outdated things. For the hide is very old, [the one] on which Zeus supposedly wrote what things came into being.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις· ἐπὶ τῶν σαθρὰ καὶ παλαιὰ λεγόντων. ἡ γὰρ διφθέρα παμπάλαιος, ἐν ᾗ δοκεῖ ὁ Ζεὺς ἀπογράφεσθαι τὰ γενόμενα.
Betacode
*)arxaio/tera th=s difqe/ras le/geis: e)pi\ tw=n saqra\ kai\ palaia\ lego/ntwn. h( ga\r difqe/ra pampa/laios, e)n h(=| dokei= o( *zeu\s a)pogra/fesqai ta\ geno/mena.