Λύκος χανών
a wolf gaping
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Aug 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to unsuccessful [persons/things].1
Aelian [writes]: "he begged the god to assist him and to reveal as gaping wolves those who were trying to record his property for themselves, so that he would not be a laughing-stock for others but they for him."2
Interpretation of a dream: "a wolf gaping shows a babbling character."3
Aelian [writes]: "he begged the god to assist him and to reveal as gaping wolves those who were trying to record his property for themselves, so that he would not be a laughing-stock for others but they for him."2
Interpretation of a dream: "a wolf gaping shows a babbling character."3
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λύκος χανών· ἐπὶ τῶν ἀπράκτων. Αἰλιανός· ὁ δὲ ἐδεῖτο τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπικουρῆσαί τε αὐτῷ καὶ λύκους κεχηνότας ἀναφῆναι τοὺς τὰ ἐκείνου ἑαυτοῖς καταγράφοντας, ἵνα μὴ αὐτὸς ὄφλῃ γέλωτα ἄλλοις, ἀλλ' ἐκεῖνοι αὐτῷ. λύσις ὀνείρου· λύκος κεχηνὼς φληνάφους δηλοῖ τρόπους.
Betacode
*lu/kos xanw/n: e)pi\ tw=n a)pra/ktwn. *ai)liano/s: o( de\ e)dei=to tou= qeou= e)pikourh=sai/ te au)tw=| kai\ lu/kous kexhno/tas a)nafh=nai tou\s ta\ e)kei/nou e(autoi=s katagra/fontas, i(/na mh\ au)to\s o)/flh| ge/lwta a)/llois, a)ll' e)kei=noi au)tw=|. lu/sis o)nei/rou: lu/kos kexhnw\s flhna/fous dhloi= tro/pous.
Notes (3)
- 1cf. Gregorius [Gregory of Cyprus] 2.95, and other paroemiographers); and cf. already lambda 816. ↩
- 2Aelian fr. 109d Domingo-Forasté (part of 106 Hercher). The individual involved is not named, but the deity is Sarapis. ↩
- 3From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251). ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Jun 2013
- updated reference — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- typo — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth