Ταυτὸν πέπονθα τῷ τῆς παροιμίας
the same thing as the proverb has happened to me
Translated by James Inman6 Mar 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
"[The same thing as the proverb has happened to me:] describing your dream to you. Surely you would suppose that we do not willingly (for I hesitate to say 'unwillingly') allow a man both fair and good to depart from us [even] for a short time. Perhaps it would serve as an explanation in some small way for me and you and him, if he should be your [friend] and if I should meet you through him. But it is not fitting for me to say more about any of these things to you about him,1 [as] you surely know. For if I point him out to you now, the proverb has happened to me: describing your dream to you."
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ταυτὸν πέπονθα τῷ τῆς παροιμίας, τὸ σὸν ὄναρ σοι διηγούμενος· ὅτι μὲν οὐχ ἑκόντες [ὀκνῶ γὰρ εἰπεῖν ὡς ἄκοντες], τὸν καλόν τε καὶ ἀγαθὸν πρὸς ὀλίγον ἡμῶν ἐπετρέψαμεν χωρισθῆναι, τεκμαίρῃ δήπουθεν. ἴσως δ' ἄν μοι καὶ σοὶ γένοιτο καὶ αὐτῷ δὲ πρὸς παραμυθίαν μικρόν, εἰ σοὶ μὲν ἐκεῖνος, ἡμεῖς δὲ δι' ἐκείνου σοῦ τύχωμεν. ἔστι δέ μοι τούτων οὐδὲν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ πλέον πρός σε καθήκει λέγειν, οἶσθα δήπουθεν. εἰ γὰρ ἐγώ σοι νῦν αὐτὸν γνωρίζω, πέπονθα τὸ τῆς παροιμίας, τὸ σὸν ὄναρ σοι διηγούμενος.
Betacode
*tauto\n pe/ponqa tw=| th=s paroimi/as, to\ so\n o)/nar soi dihgou/menos: o(/ti me\n ou)x e(ko/ntes [o)knw= ga\r ei)pei=n w(s a)/kontes], to\n kalo/n te kai\ a)gaqo\n pro\s o)li/gon h(mw=n e)petre/yamen xwrisqh=nai, tekmai/rh| dh/pouqen. i)/sws d' a)/n moi kai\ soi\ ge/noito kai\ au)tw=| de\ pro\s paramuqi/an mikro/n, ei) soi\ me\n e)kei=nos, h(mei=s de\ di' e)kei/nou sou= tu/xwmen. e)/sti de/ moi tou/twn ou)de\n u(pe\r au)tou= ple/on pro/s se kaqh/kei le/gein, oi)=sqa dh/pouqen. ei) ga\r e)gw/ soi nu=n au)to\n gnwri/zw, pe/ponqa to\ th=s paroimi/as, to\ so\n o)/nar soi dihgou/menos.
Notes (1)
- This material is unidentifiable; Adler notes Bernhardy's suggested attribution to the emperor Julian. (No such 'proverb' is registered by the paroemiographers.)
See also tau 802, which reproduces the 'proverb' and the last sentence of this entry; and cf. gamma 349. - 1The syntax of this sentence seems faulty, with two finite verbs. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 14 Sep 2022
- tweaked translation, added a note — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; another keyword; tweaking; raised status — David Whitehead
- Translated — James Inman