Ἐνδυμίωνος ὕπνον καθεύδεις
you are sleeping Endymion's sleep
Translated by David Whitehead21 Apr 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
The proverb is applied to somnolent people; [it arose] because Sleep became enamoured of Endymion while he was still sleeping, and they say that he was intimate with him [in that state].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐνδυμίωνος ὕπνον καθεύδεις· ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπνηλῶν εἴρηται ἡ παροιμία· διὰ τὸ τὸν Ὕπνον ἐρασθῆναι Ἐνδυμίωνος καὶ ἔτι καθεύδειν, καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ εἶναι φασί.
Betacode
*)endumi/wnos u(/pnon kaqeu/deis: e)pi\ tw=n u(pnhlw=n ei)/rhtai h( paroimi/a: dia\ to\ to\n *(/upnon e)rasqh=nai *)endumi/wnos kai\ e)/ti kaqeu/dein, kai\ su\n au)tw=| ei)=nai fasi/.
Notes
- cf. Zenobius 3.76, etc.
On Endymion -- of whom a variety of stories were told -- see OCD(4) s.v.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history4 revisions · last 3 Aug 2014
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