Τῆς μητρὸς ὡς αἲξ καλεῖται
from his mother, like a goat, is he named
Translated by David Whitehead9 Jun 2006Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[sc. The proverb arises] because kids in herds of goats are recognised from their mothers; for [it is] impossible [to recognise them] from their fathers.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τῆς μητρὸς ὡς αἲξ καλεῖται· οἱ γὰρ ἔριφοι ἐν τοῖς αἰπολίοις ἀπὸ τῶν μητέρων γνωρίζονται· ἀπὸ πατέρων γὰρ ἀδύνατον.
Betacode
*th=s mhtro\s w(s ai)\c kalei=tai: oi( ga\r e)/rifoi e)n toi=s ai)poli/ois a)po\ tw=n mhte/rwn gnwri/zontai: a)po\ pate/rwn ga\r a)du/naton.
Notes
- Also in Photius; and cf. Apostolius 16.54. (Earliest in the grammarian Pausanias, C2 CE.)
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