Οὐδ' ἴκταρ βάλλει

strikes nowhere near

Translated by Catharine Roth28 Apr 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

1 note · 20 words

It is said in dialect; just like diwlu/gion.
Meaning it is not even a little bit equal, not at all.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὐδ' ἴκταρ βάλλει· εἴρηται δὲ κατὰ γλῶτταν· ὥσπερ τὸ διωλύγιον. ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐδὲ μικρὸν ἐξισάζει, οὐδόλως.

Betacode

*ou)d' i)/ktar ba/llei: ei)/rhtai de\ kata\ glw=ttan: w(/sper to\ diwlu/gion. a)nti\ tou= ou)de\ mikro\n e)cisa/zei, ou)do/lws.

Notes (1)

See iota 277, delta 1233.
1This addendum is lacking, Adler reports, in mss AFS. ↩

Linked from1 entry

ι277Ἶκταρclose together[Meaning] near. [Meaning] close by: it is said from arriving [e)f-iknei=sqai]. And [there is] a proverb: "strikes nowhere near." This is said in dialect like diwlu/gion.

Neighbouring entries

ο823Οὐ δήπου μ' ἀφελέσθαι διανοῇyou are surely not thinking of taking away from me what you yourself gave? Not soon, I'm doing it now!ο824Οὐ διαφρήσετεyou will not let pass through ο825Οὐδ' ἴκταρ βάλλειstrikes nowhere near ο826Οὐδόςthreshold ο827Οὐδὸς ἐς λαύρηνentrance to an alley

Revision history2 revisions · last 31 Jul 2013

31 Jul 2013another note; tweaking — David Whitehead
28 Apr 2006modified keywords — David Whitehead
28 Apr 2006Translated — Catharine Roth