υνκνοων—Οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὸν θησαυρὸν τὸν ἐμὸν πλὴν εἴ τις ἄρ' ὄρνις
no one knows my treasure unless some bird [knows]
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Jul 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Proverbial. [Meaning] no one knows what I said, except if some bird [knows]. In reference to unknown things. Again:1 'no one sees me, except the bird flying by'. Aristophanes [says this].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὸν θησαυρὸν τὸν ἐμὸν, πλὴν εἴ τις ἄρ' ὄρνις· παροιμιακόν. οὐδεὶς οἶδε τί ὡμίλησα, πλήν γε εἴ τις ὄρνις. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀγνώστων. πάλιν· οὐδείς με θεωρεῖ, πλὴν ὁ παριπτάμενος ὄρνις. Ἀριστοφάνης.
Betacode
*ou)dei\s oi)=de to\n qhsauro\n to\n e)mo\n, plh\n ei)/ tis a)/r' o)/rnis: paroimiako/n. ou)dei\s oi)=de ti/ w(mi/lhsa, plh/n ge ei)/ tis o)/rnis. e)pi\ tw=n a)gnw/stwn. pa/lin: ou)dei/s me qewrei=, plh\n o( paripta/menos o)/rnis. *)aristofa/nhs.
Notes (1)
- Aristophanes, Birds 601 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. already under omicron 615.
- 1Meaning a closely analogous proverb. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Neighbouring entries
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Revision history3 revisions · last 9 Aug 2013
- added a keyword — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth