Ἐν ἅλῳ κρύπτῃ

you would hide on a threshing-floor

Translated by David Whitehead21 Apr 2003Vetting: high2 revisions

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[A proverbial phase] in reference to those unable to escape notice, inasmuch as a threshing-floor [is] visible all round.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐν ἅλῳ κρύπτῃ· ἐπὶ τῶν μὴ δυναμένων λαθεῖν, παρόσον περίοπτος ἡ ἅλως.

Betacode

*)en a(/lw| kru/pth|: e)pi\ tw=n mh\ duname/nwn laqei=n, paro/son peri/optos h( a(/lws.