α3459Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσών
having fallen from a donkey
A proverb [deriving] from those who attempt horsemanship when they are not even able to handle donkeys. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "why, pray, are you talking nonsense, as if you had fallen from a donkey?" But the…
Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσών· παροιμία ἀπὸ τῶν ἱππικῇ ἐπιχειρούντων, μὴ δυναμένων δὲ μηδὲ ὄνοις χρῆσθαι. Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· τί δῆτα ληρεῖς, ὥσπερ ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσών; ὁ δὲ φιλόσοφος…