Εἰς οὐρανὸν τοξεύειν
to shoot arrows into heaven
Translated by David Whitehead23 Nov 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those stubbornly doing something useless.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἰς οὐρανὸν τοξεύειν· ἐπὶ τῶν διακενῆς κατ' αὐθάδειαν τὶ ποιούντων.
Betacode
*ei)s ou)rano\n toceu/ein: e)pi\ tw=n diakenh=s kat' au)qa/deian ti\ poiou/ntwn.
Notes
- More usually (Zenobius 3.46, etc.) second-personal singular than this infinitive (a change of a single letter in the Greek).