Μὴ τοῦ λέγοντος ἴσθι

do not know from the one speaking

Translated by Catharine Roth17 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

6 words

Translation

[Meaning] do not believe the slanderers.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μὴ τοῦ λέγοντος ἴσθι· μὴ πείθου τοῖς διαβάλλουσι.

Betacode
*mh\ tou= le/gontos i)/sqi: mh\ pei/qou toi=s diaba/llousi. 

Notes

  1. Aristophanes, Knights 860 (web address 1), with fuller scholia; cf. Phrynichus 115.7.

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Revision history3 revisions · last 22 May 2013
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

“do not know from the one speaking.” Suda On Line. Tr. Catharine Roth. 17 July 2009. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/mu/1001>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/mu/1001>.

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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