Ἐπετείους ὑμᾶς ὄντας
you being yearly
Translated by Emily Rossow27 Sep 2006Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
He made a metaphor from those birds that do not stay in one place, but are borne in flight. That is, [they are] fickle, lightly-esteeming, not always remaining in the same circumstances, fastidious.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπετείους ὑμᾶς ὄντας· ἀπὸ τῶν οἰωνῶν μετήνεγκε τῶν μὴ μονίμων ὄντων, ἀλλὰ φερομένων τῇ πτήσει. τουτέστιν εὐμεταβλήτους, ὀλιγώρους, μὴ διαμένοντας ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀεί, ἁψικόρους.