Οὐδεὶς δυσώνης χρηστὸν ὀψωνεῖ κρέας
no hard-bargainer buys a good piece of meat
Translated by David Whitehead28 May 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐδεὶς δυσώνης χρηστὸν ὀψωνεῖ κρέας.
Betacode
*ou)dei\s dusw/nhs xrhsto\n o)ywnei= kre/as.
Notes
- Comica adespota fr. 277 Kock = Plato Comicus fr. 246 K.-A.
Same entry in Photius, Lexicon omicron607 Theodoridis, and cf. Pollux 3.126 and Apostolius 13.30; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1827.
Neighbouring entries
ο818υνκνοων—Οὐδὲ χαίρω βατίσιν οὐδ' ἐγχέλυσιν ἀλλ' ἥδιον ἂν δικίδιον σμικρὸν φάγοιμ' ἂν ἐν λοπάδι πεπνιγμένονnor do I take pleasure in skates and eels but I would rather eat a tiny little lawsuit baked in a casseroleο819Οὔδειon the thresholdο820Οὐδεὶς δυσώνης χρηστὸν ὀψωνεῖ κρέαςno hard-bargainer buys a good piece of meatο821Οὐδεὶς κομήτης ὅστις οὐ περαίνεταιno long-haired man is not buggeredο822υνκνοων—Οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὸν θησαυρὸν τὸν ἐμὸν πλὴν εἴ τις ἄρ' ὄρνιςno one knows my treasure unless some bird [knows]
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