Ἔαρος χρῄζει
is in want of spring
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Jun 2002Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Because [he] has an old tunic. And Aristophanes [writes]: "he seems to be in need of not a few swallows." For one swallow does not make a spring.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔαρος χρῄζει· ἐπειδὴ παλαιὸν χιτῶνα ἔχει. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· δεῖσθαι δ' ἔοικεν οὐκ ὀλίγων χελιδόνων. μία γὰρ χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ.
Betacode
*)/earos xrh/|zei: e)peidh\ palaio\n xitw=na e)/xei. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: dei=sqai d' e)/oiken ou)k o)li/gwn xelido/nwn. mi/a ga\r xelidw\n e)/ar ou) poiei=.