Δαφνίνην φορῶ βακτηρίαν
I am carrying a laurel staff
Translated by Jennifer Benedict21 Jul 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
This is what those being conspired against by certain people were accustomed to say, inasmuch as laurel [is] an antidote.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δαφνίνην φορῶ βακτηρίαν· τοῦτο λέγειν εἰώθασιν οἱ ὑπό τινων ἐπιβουλευόμενοι, παρόσον ἀλεξιφάρμακον ἡ δάφνη.
Betacode
*dafni/nhn forw= bakthri/an: tou=to le/gein ei)w/qasin oi( u(po/ tinwn e)pibouleuo/menoi, paro/son a)lecifa/rmakon h( da/fnh.