Πρὸς σῆμα μητρυιᾶς κλαίεις

you are weeping at a stepmother's tomb

Translated by Catharine Roth12 Jul 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 16 words
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to something unexpected, or pretended.1
In reference to impossible things.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρὸς σῆμα μητρυιᾶς κλαίεις· ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀφροντίστου, ἢ προσποιουμένου. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδυνάτων.

Betacode
*pro\s sh=ma mhtruia=s klai/eis: e)pi\ tou= a)fronti/stou, h)\ prospoioume/nou. e)pi\ tw=n a)duna/twn.

Notes (2)

  1. Entry lacking, Adler reports, in ms F.
  2. 1cf. Apostolius 14.99, etc. ↩
  3. 2Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in mss AV but a marginal addition in A. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π2681Προσήλυτοιproselytesπ2682Προσήλυτοιproselytes, strangersπ2683Πρὸς σῆμα μητρυιᾶς κλαίειςyou are weeping at a stepmother's tombπ2684ΠροσημπόλησαI gained by traffic besidesπ2685Πρὸς ἠῶtowards dawn
Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Nov 2021
  1. another keyword — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaks — David Whitehead
  4. added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

“you are weeping at a stepmother's tomb.” Suda On Line. Tr. Catharine Roth. 12 July 2004. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/2683>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/2683>.

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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