λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶν
a hare [runs] for his life
A proverb: for the hare [is] a cowardly animal. Hence a man from Rhegium was called a hare; for they used to satirize the people of Rhegium for cowardice. There is a proverb: 'the hare runs [to save] his life'. In…
Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶν· παροιμία. δειλὸν γὰρ τὸ ζῷον ὁ λαγώς. ὅθεν καὶ ὁ Ῥηγῖνος λαγὼς ἐλέχθη· καὶ γὰρ τοὺς Ῥηγίνους ἐπὶ δειλίᾳ ἐκωμῴδουν. παροιμία δέ τις ἐστίν, ὁ λαγὼς τὴν περὶ…
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