Ὄνον ἀπότρεψαι κνώμενον
to stop a donkey scratching
Translated by David Whitehead4 May 2003Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[no gloss]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄνον ἀπότρεψαι κνώμενον.
Betacode
*)/onon a)po/treyai knw/menon.
Notes
- Part of a proverb found in full at Macarius Chrysocephalus 4.14, 'it's a job to stop a donkey scratching', and glossed there as illustrating the difficulty of stopping people doing things they want to do.
Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Jul 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented note; another keyword; cosmetic — David Whitehead
- set status — William Hutton
- Translated — David Whitehead