Εἰς κόπρον θυμιᾷς
you are burning incense for shit
Translated by David Whitehead17 Apr 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. This proverb] is said by Attic writers in reference to things ineffectual and non-existent.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἰς κόπρον θυμιᾷς. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνηνύτων καὶ μὴ ὄντων λέγεται ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀττικῶν.
Betacode
*ei)s ko/pron qumia=|s. e)pi\ tw=n a)nhnu/twn kai\ mh\ o)/ntwn le/getai u(po\ tw=n *)attikw=n.
Notes
- cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 2.22 (with a slightly different gloss)
See omicron 399, where four other ways of expressing the same thing are listed.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 22 Apr 2016
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