Τὴν θύραν ἔχων τετρημένην ὥσπερ αἱ ποῖμναι
keeping the door worn-out just like flocks [do]
Translated by David Whitehead26 Apr 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[A proverb] applied to someone inhuman and unapproachable.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τὴν θύραν ἔχων τετρημένην, ὥσπερ αἱ ποῖμναι· ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀπανθρώπου καὶ ἀπροσπελάστου.
Betacode
*th\n qu/ran e)/xwn tetrhme/nhn, w(/sper ai( poi=mnai: e)pi\ tou= a)panqrw/pou kai\ a)prospela/stou.
Notes
- Also in some of the paroemiographers (Diogenianus 8.56, Apostolius 16.48), where the participle is
tetrimme/nhn .
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Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Jan 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note; another keyword; tweaks — David Whitehead
- typo; cosmetic — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead