Δὶς κράμβη θάνατος
twice-cooked cabbage (is) death
Translated by David Whitehead27 Nov 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Δὶς κράμβη θάνατος.
Betacode
*di\s kra/mbh qa/natos.
Notes
- A Greek proverb probably better-known to modern readers in its Latin form, crambe repetita (Juvenal 7.154: text at web address 1). See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2034.
Forkra/mbh see kappa 2318, and generally the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.369E-370F (9.9-10 Kaibel).