Ἔξω βελῶν καθῆσθαι
to stay out of missile-range
Translated by David Whitehead21 Apr 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[This proverb] is advising [one] to be out of danger.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔξω βελῶν καθῆσθαι· παραινεῖ ἔξω κινδύνου εἶναι.
Betacode
*)/ecw belw=n kaqh=sqai: parainei= e)/cw kindu/nou ei)=nai.
Notes
- Apostolius 7.54, etc.
For "out of missile-range" see e.g. Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4,15; Cyropaedia 3.3.58, 3.3.70, 4.1.3.