Κοσκινηδόν

sieve-fashion, sieve-style

Translated by David Whitehead20 Nov 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] in the manner of a sieve.¹
And [there is] a proverb: 'you are carrying water around in a sieve', in reference to impossibilities.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κοσκινηδόν· δίκην κοσκίνου. καὶ παροιμία· Κοσκίνῳ ὕδωρ περιφέρεις, ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδυνάτων.

Betacode

*koskinhdo/n: di/khn koski/nou. kai\ paroimi/a: *koski/nw| u(/dwr perife/reis, e)pi\ tw=n a)duna/twn.