Παροιμία
proverb, saying
Translated by David Whitehead23 Apr 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
What is a proverb [paroimia]?
[Meaning] a useful story. But by misuse of language [sc. it has come to mean] any narrative which goes down a byroad [parodikon]; for oimos [is] a road [hodos].1
Alternatively a proverb is a story with a hidden meaning, signifying [it] through something else that is clear.2
[Meaning] a useful story. But by misuse of language [sc. it has come to mean] any narrative which goes down a byroad [parodikon]; for oimos [is] a road [hodos].1
Alternatively a proverb is a story with a hidden meaning, signifying [it] through something else that is clear.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παροιμία· τί ἐστι παροιμία; λόγος ὠφέλιμος. καταχρηστικῶς δὲ πᾶν παροδικὸν διήγημα· οἶμος γὰρ ἡ ὁδός. ἢ Παροιμία ἐστὶ λόγος ἀπόκρυφος, δι' ἑτέρου προδήλου σημαινόμενος.
Betacode
*paroimi/a: ti/ e)sti paroimi/a; lo/gos w)fe/limos. kataxrhstikw=s de\ pa=n parodiko\n dih/ghma: oi)=mos ga\r h( o(do/s. h)\ *paroimi/a e)sti\ lo/gos a)po/krufos, di' e(te/rou prodh/lou shmaino/menos.
Notes (2)
- 1(cf. omicroniota 97.) Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi424 Theodoridis. ↩
- 2George the Monk, Chronicon 151.2-3. ↩
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