Τί κυνὶ καὶ βαλανείῳ
what [is common] to a dog and a bath?
Translated by William Hutton21 Mar 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A proverb applying to things that do not fit together. Lucian uses this.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τί κυνὶ καὶ βαλανείῳ· παροιμία ἐπὶ τῶν ἀναρμοδίων. Λουκιανὸς ταύτῃ χρῆται.
Betacode
*ti/ kuni\ kai\ balanei/w|: paroimi/a e)pi\ tw=n a)narmodi/wn. *loukiano\s tau/th| xrh=tai.
Notes (1)
- Entry lacking, Adler reports, in mss AFV (but added in the margin of A by a later hand).
- 1In his adversus indoctum 5. The present elliptical headword phrase, of four words, is what Lucian uses; some of the paroemiographers make the missing adjective explicit. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Mar 2014
- another note — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- tweaked headword and tr; augmented note — David Whitehead
- added notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton