Ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν
to make an elephant out of a fly
Translated by David Whitehead21 Apr 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those whose words exalt trivial things and make them great. In Lucian's In Praise of a Fly: "in case I seem, as the proverb has it, to be making an elephant out of a fly."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν· ἐπὶ τῶν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ἐπαιρόντων τῷ λόγῳ καὶ μεγάλα ποιούντων. Λουκιανοῦ Μυίας ἐγκωμίῳ· μὴ καὶ δόξω κατὰ τὴν παροιμίαν ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν.
Betacode
*)ele/fanta e)k mui/as poiei=n: e)pi\ tw=n ta\ e)la/xista e)pairo/ntwn tw=| lo/gw| kai\ mega/la poiou/ntwn. *loukianou= *mui/as e)gkwmi/w|: mh\ kai\ do/cw kata\ th\n paroimi/an e)le/fanta e)k mui/as poiei=n.