Οἴκοι γενοίμην
I wish I were at home
Translated by David Whitehead8 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those praying for an escape from terrors.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Οἴκοι γενοίμην· ἐπὶ τῶν ἐκφυγεῖν τὰ δεινὰ εὐχομένων.
Betacode
*oi)/koi genoi/mhn: e)pi\ tw=n e)kfugei=n ta\ deina\ eu)xome/nwn.
Notes
- Likewise in Photius, Lexicon omicron96 Theodoridis (from Pausanias the Atticist), and several of the paroemiographers (e.g. Apostolius 12.38).
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