Πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζεις

you are kicking against the pricks

Translated by David Whitehead3 Mar 2004Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

Translation

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζεις.

Betacode
*pro\s ke/ntra lakti/zeis. 

Notes

  1. Apostolius 14.100, etc. (and see LSJ s.v. lakti/zw, 2 for earlier instances in Pindar and tragedy). Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1881.
    cf. generally kappa 1331, kappa 1335, kappa 1336, kappa 1338, kappa 1341, kappa 1343.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 17 Aug 2012
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
  3. x-refs — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“you are kicking against the pricks.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 3 March 2004. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/pi/2725>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/pi/2725>.

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

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