κ346Καπνοῦ σκιά
smoke's shadow
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to exceedingly weak [people/things]. "And he does not know that he is killing a corpse or smoke's shadow, a mere phantom; for he would not have caught me if I had been strong."…
Καπνοῦ σκιά· ἐπὶ τῶν λίαν ἰσχνῶν. κοὐκ οἶδ' ἐναίρων νεκρὸν ἢ καπνοῦ σκιάν, εἴδωλον ἄλλως· οὐ γὰρ ἂν σθένοντά γε εἷλέ με. λέγεται ὁ καπνὸς καὶ ἀμενηνός. καὶ παροιμία· καπνὸν εἶναι…