Πρὶν καὶ λύκος ὄϊν ποιμαινεύσει
sooner will even a wolf herd a sheep
Translated by Catharine Roth11 Aug 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρὶν καὶ λύκος ὄϊν ποιμαινεύσει· ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀδυνάτου. ἢ οὕτω, πρίν κεν ὄϊν λύκος ποιμαινεύσει.
Betacode
*pri\n kai\ lu/kos o)/i+n poimaineu/sei: e)pi\ tou= a)duna/tou. h)\ ou(/tw, pri/n ken o)/i+n lu/kos poimaineu/sei.
Notes (2)
- 1For other proverbs involving wolves see lambda 815, lambda 816, lambda 817, lambda 818. For 'herd' see pi 3087. ↩
- 2In some manuscripts only: an alternative version of the proverb (also in Apostolius 14.96) with
ken instead ofkai/ and a slightly different word-order. ↩
Neighbouring entries
π2289Πρὶν ἢ πτίσαι τὰ ἄλευραbefore even having winnowed the wheatmealπ2290Πρίνινοι ἄνθρακεςoaken coals, holm-oak coalsπ2291Πρὶν καὶ λύκος ὄϊν ποιμαινεύσειsooner will even a wolf herd a sheepπ2292νονε(none)π2293Πρὶν λαχεῖν τὰ κοινὰ κατεσθίειςyou are devouring public property before being allocated it
Revision history4 revisions · last 25 Jun 2014
- added a keyword — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented and modified notes; added a keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth