Ἐκδεδαρμένον δέρεις

you are flaying the flayed

Translated by David Whitehead7 Sep 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

11 words

[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those striving in vain.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκδεδαρμένον δέρεις· ἐπὶ τῶν μάτην πονούντων.

Betacode

*)ekdedarme/non de/reis: e)pi\ tw=n ma/thn ponou/ntwn.

Or, beating the beaten; in either case, flogging a dead horse; cf. kappa 2691.
Apostolius 6.87, etc.