λ816Λύκος ἔχανεν
a wolf gaped
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those hoping to have something, but failing to attain their hope. They say that the wolf, when he wishes to seize something, attacks it gaping. So when he does not take what he…
Λύκος ἔχανεν· ἐπὶ τῶν ἐλπιζόντων μέν τι ἕξειν, διαμαρτόντων δὲ τῆς ἐλπίδος. λέγουσι δὲ τὸν λύκον, ἐπειδὰν ἁρπάσαι τι βούληται, κεχηνότα παραγίνεσθαι ἐπ' αὐτό. ὅταν οὖν μὴ λάβῃ ὃ…