Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκα
for a starving hare even flatcakes [serve] as figs
Translated by David Whitehead4 Jul 2004Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λαγῷ πεινῶντι καὶ πλακοῦντες εἰς σῦκα· παροιμία πρὸς τοὺς τὰ ἐν ἀνάγκῃ πολυτελῆ λογιζομένους. λύσις ὀνείρου· φανεὶς λαγωὸς δυστυχεῖς ποιεῖ τρίβους.
Betacode
*lagw=| peinw=nti kai\ plakou=ntes ei)s su=ka: paroimi/a pro\s tou\s ta\ e)n a)na/gkh| polutelh= logizome/nous. lu/sis o)nei/rou: fanei\s lagwo\s dustuxei=s poiei= tri/bous.
Notes (2)
- 1Though this iambic trimeter is classified here as a proverb it does not appear in the paroemiographers; cf. generally nevertheless Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1406. (For hares in proverbs cf. lambda 29, lambda 30.) ↩
- 2From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychos (alpha 4251). ↩
Linked from6 entries
- κ1041Κατηγορῶ σουI accuse you, I prosecute youWith [sc. as indicated] a genitive. But kathgorw= [meaning] I display [is used] with an accusative. "The hare displays his own lair".
- κ2337Κρατεῖνto prevail [over][Meaning] to be victorious [over]. "[The story goes that?] the hare prevails in the race over its pursuers".
- λ15Λάγειον αἷμαhare's bloodThat of a hare.
- λ16Λαγίδηςhare-ish, leveret; LagidThe [sc. offspring] of the hare.
- λ29Λαγὼς καθεύδωνa sleeping hare[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pretending to sleep. The form lagwo/s, lagwou= is also used. And in the Epigrams: "while I was still a swift-footed child, torn straight from the breast of her who bore…
- μ1419Μύξοςmyxos; dormouseWhat we call a lagogeros. A spell: "a cock drinks and does not pass water, a myxos does not drink and passes water." It is said when a donkey has difficulty passing water. And [sc. there is a proverb]: Hey Myxos! [Used]…
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Revision history6 revisions · last 27 Mar 2013
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- attempted an interpretation; cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- augmented note 1 and keywords — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead