κ2691Κύνα δέρειν δεδαρμένην
to flay flayed skin
As Pherekrates says. A licentious figure [relating] to the genitals. The proverb is [also] said of those suffering afresh what they have already suffered.
Κύνα δέρειν δεδαρμένην· τὸ τοῦ Φερεκράτους. σχῆμα δέ ἐστιν ἀκόλαστον εἰς τὸ αἰδοῖον. εἴρηται δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλο πασχόντων αὖθις ἐφ' οἷς πεπόνθασιν ἡ παροιμία.
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