Ἡ Συρακουσῶν δεκάτη
the Syracusans' tithe
Translated by David Whitehead2 Aug 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the extremely rich.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἡ Συρακουσῶν δεκάτη· ἐπὶ τῶν σφόδρα πλουσίων.
Betacode
*(h *surakousw=n deka/th: e)pi\ tw=n sfo/dra plousi/wn.
Notes
- Strabo 6.2.4 : "it came to pass that the Crotoniates took up residence in so healthy a city, as we said before [6.1.12], and that Syracuse fell into such wealth that the name of the Syracusans was spread abroad in a proverb applied to those who are extremely rich: 'the tithe of the Syracusans would not be sufficient for them'".
Appendix Proverbiorum 3.14, etc.
cf. delta 186, sigma 1659.