Πτολεμαῒς δίκη
Ptolemais' justice
Translated by David Whitehead21 Feb 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Ptolemais was a wise old woman in olden days; she was pronouncing on lawsuits up until the time of her death, because of always postponing and never wanting to stop being a judge.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πτολεμαῒς δίκη· πρεσβύτις ἦν ἡ Πτολεμαῒς ἀρχαία, ἄχρις οὗ ἀποθάνοι δίκας λέγουσα, διὰ τὸ ἀεὶ ὑπερτίθεσθαι καὶ μήποτε βούλεσθαι ἀπαλλαγῆναι τοῦ δικάζεσθαι.
Betacode
*ptolemai\+s di/kh: presbu/tis h)=n h( *ptolemai\+s a)rxai/a, a)/xris ou(= a)poqa/noi di/kas le/gousa, dia\ to\ a)ei\ u(perti/qesqai kai\ mh/pote bou/lesqai a)pallagh=nai tou= dika/zesqai.
Notes
- The paroemiographers make explicit what is left implicit here: this proverbial phrase was used of things being put off.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 30 Nov 2011
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword; typo — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead