Ἀκίνητα κινεῖν
to move the unmoveable
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Feb 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to things [being done] to excess. Because one should not even move altars, or tombs.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀκίνητα κινεῖν· ἐπὶ τῶν καθ' ὑπερβολήν. ὅτι μὴ δεῖ μηδὲ βωμοὺς κινεῖν, ἢ τάφους.
Betacode
*)aki/nhta kinei=n: e)pi\ tw=n kaq' u(perbolh/n. o(/ti mh\ dei= mhde\ bwmou\s kinei=n, h)\ ta/fous.
Notes
- From the comment of a scholiast on the discussion of movement, kinesis, in Plato, Theaetetus 180-1. See also Zenobius 1.55 and other paroemiographers, and cf. mu 905.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 11 May 2015
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- modified translation; added note and keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict