Οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις

you are saying nothing out of the countryside

Translated by David Whitehead24 May 2010Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words
Meaning nothing cheap, or common.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγεις· ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐδὲν εὐτελές, ἢ κοινόν.

Betacode
*ou)de\n e)c a)grou= le/geis: a)nti\ tou= ou)de\n eu)tele/s, h)\ koino/n.

Notes

  1. cf. Apostolius 13.43 and other paroemiographers. Possibly a corruption of (or a development from) Aristophanes, Knights 464, ou)de\n e)c a(maxourgou= le/geis.

Neighbouring entries

ο786Οὐδὲν δὲ οἷον ἔστ' ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἐπῶνthere is nothing like hearing the versesο787Οὐδὲν ἔλαττονnot lessο788Οὐδὲν ἐξ ἀγροῦ λέγειςyou are saying nothing out of the countrysideο789Οὐδέν ἐστ' ἄμεινον οὐδ' ἥδιον ἢ φῦσαι πτεράnothing is better or sweeter than to grow wingsο790Οὐδένειαnobodies
Revision history3 revisions · last 31 Jul 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented note; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“you are saying nothing out of the countryside.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 24 May 2010. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/omicron/788>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/omicron/788>.

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

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