κ171Κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόν
bad crow's bad egg
Some say this proverb derives from the winged creature [of this name], because it is not edible itself, and nor is the egg which it lays. But others say it comes from Corax [Crow] the Syracusan, who was the first to…
Κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόν· ταύτην τὴν παροιμίαν οἱ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ πτηνοῦ ζῴου φασὶν εἰρῆσθαι, ὅτι οὔτε αὐτὸ βρωτόν ἐστιν οὔτε τὸ ᾠόν, ὃ ἔχει. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κόρακος τοῦ Συρακουσίου…