Ὀστράκου περιστροφή

a potsherd's spin

Translated by David Whitehead16 Apr 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 23 words
A proverb in reference to those doing something quickly.1
Eunapius [writes]: "as if on a potsherd's fall [he] advantageously advanced against [the] Romans".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀστράκου περιστροφή· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ταχέως τι ποιούντων λεγομένη. Εὐνάπιος· ὥσπερ ὀστράκου μεταπεσόντος ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ἐχώρησε Ῥωμαίοις.

Betacode
*)ostra/kou peristrofh/: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n taxe/ws ti poiou/ntwn legome/nh. *eu)na/pios: w(/sper o)stra/kou metapeso/ntos e)pi\ to\ be/ltion e)xw/rhse *(rwmai/ois.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Likewise or similarly elsewhere (including several of the paroemiographers); references at Photius, Lexicon omicron571 Theodoridis. The phrase occurs in Plato, Republic 521C. ↩
  2. 2Eunapius, Fragmenta historica (Dindorf) 1.216.14-16. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 May 2016
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented notes and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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