κ2467Κρονικαὶ λῆμαι
old-fashioned blindspots, old-fashioned eye-rheums
A proverbial saying, just like the [sc. one which says] "having one's eyes running with cooking-pots and pumpkins." Used of people who are dim-sighted. "Being purblind in the mind with old-fashioned opinions", or…
Κρονικαὶ λῆμαι· παροιμία· ὥσπερ τό, χύτραις λημῶν καὶ κολοκύνταις. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀμβλυωπούντων. κρονικαῖς γνώμαις λημῶν τὴν φρένα, ἤγουν ἀρχαίαις μωρίαις ἐσκοτισμένε τὸ φρονεῖν,…
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