β 459Βοῦς ἐν αὐλίῳ κάθῃ you are an ox sitting in a courtyard
Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 4 Jun 2002 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions
English Greek Side by side
Translation A proverb in reference to useless people.
Greek original Βοῦς ἐν αὐλίῳ κάθῃ· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ἀχρήστων.
Betacode *bou=s e)n au)li/w| ka/qh|: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n a)xrh/stwn. Copy Greek Notes In
Cratinus fr. 32 Kock, now 34 K.-A. Same or similar entry in
Hesychius and some of the paroemiographers. (The modern equivalent might be: a square peg in a round hole.)
cf.
beta 458 (end).
Neighbours in Adler order Revisions (6) 23 Sep 2015 David Whitehead 23 Dec 2014 David Whitehead 3 Jun 2012 David Whitehead tweaked hw and tr; more keywords 5 Jun 2002 David Whitehead modified headword; added notes and keywords 4 Jun 2002 Jennifer Benedict translated Cite Suda On Line, s.v. Βοῦς ἐν αὐλίῳ κάθῃ (Adler number beta 459), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 4 Jun 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/459
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