Οὐ στήσομαι λέαινα ἐπὶ τυροκνήστιδος

I will not stand like a lioness on a cheese-grater

Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 3 words

See under "cheesegrater".¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Οὐ στήσομαι λέαινα ἐπὶ τυροκνήστιδος· ζήτει ἐν τῷ τυρόκνηστις.

Betacode

*ou) sth/somai le/aina e)pi\ turoknh/stidos: zh/tei e)n tw=| turo/knhstis.

Notes (1)

Entry lacking, Adler reports, in ms V.
1tau 1197, q.v. ↩

Linked from1 entry

κ2666Κύλιξ ῥοπαλωτήclub-shaped cup, kylix rhopalote[Meaning] the refreshment vessel for the many. "Commodus, the Romans' emperor, when he had tired himself out in the performance, took from a woman some sweet chilled wine in a cup shaped like a club and drank it in one…

Neighbouring entries

ο965Οὐσιῶσαιto give substance to ο966Οὐ σταθμητήnot measurable ο967Οὐ στήσομαι λέαινα ἐπὶ τυροκνήστιδοςI will not stand like a lioness on a cheese-grater ο968Οὐτάσαςhaving wounded ο969Οὔτε σὺν πανωλέθροισιν οὐδ' ἄνευ πανωλέθρωνneither with utter ruin nor without utter ruin

Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Aug 2013

2 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
30 May 2003added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 May 2003Revised — Catharine Roth
5 Oct 2001Translated — David Whitehead