Κατὰ ποδὸς βάσιν
by a foot's step
Translated by David Whitehead11 Dec 2007Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A proverb in reference to those who do something in small stages and methodically and not all at once.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κατὰ ποδὸς βάσιν· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν κατὰ μικρόν τι πραττόντων καὶ κατὰ τέχνην καὶ μὴ ἀθρόως.
Betacode
*kata\ podo\s ba/sin: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n kata\ mikro/n ti pratto/ntwn kai\ kata\ te/xnhn kai\ mh\ a)qro/ws.