Πολύποδος δίκην
in an octopus' manner
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Aug 2009Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[sc. Used of someone] devouring himself.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πολύποδος δίκην· αὐτὸς ἑαυτὸν καταφαγών.
Betacode
*polu/podos di/khn: au)to\s e(auto\n katafagw/n.
Notes
- Identical entry in Hesychius (pi2913) and Photius (pi1054 Theodoridis); and the paroemiographer Macarius Chrysocephalus has (7.27)
polu/podos tro/pon , unglossed.
Autophagy in octopuses is still, to this day, a subject of scientific research (and speculation). See article by B.U. Budelmann at web address 1.
For octopuses cf. pi 1996, pi 1997.
External resources
- Web address 1 doi.org
Linked from2 entries
- π1996Πολύπουςmany-footed [creature], octopus[Note] that when the octopus is caught, it is beaten many times to make it tender. And [there is] a proverb: "the octopus beaten with twice seven blows."
- π1997Πολύποδος ὁμοιότηςan octopus' likeness[sc. Addressed] to those who liken themselves to certain [people].
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