Εἰς παραβολήν

for a parable

Translated by David Whitehead9 Aug 2005Vetting: high6 revisions

7 words

[Meaning] for a laugh, for a story.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εἰς παραβολήν· εἰς γέλωτα, εἰς διήγημα.

Betacode

*ei)s parabolh/n: ei)s ge/lwta, ei)s dih/ghma.

Same or very similar entry in other lexica. The headword phrase has been taken to be quoted from the Septuagint (e.g. Psalms 43.15, 48.5, 68.12).
cf. generally pi 293, pi 294, pi 295. (pi 294 and sigma 97 include this phrase.)