Τοῦ Βάϋνος χορός

Baun's dance

Translated by David Whitehead27 Apr 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

12 words

Translation

The proverb is applied to those who are rather unfit and ignorant.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τοῦ Βάϋνος χορός· ἐπὶ τῶν ἁπλουστέρων καὶ ἀμαθῶν εἴρηται ἡ παροιμία.

Betacode
*tou= *ba/u+nos xoro/s: e)pi\ tw=n a(plouste/rwn kai\ a)maqw=n ei)/rhtai h( paroimi/a. 

Notes

  1. cf. Apostolius 17.13, explaining it by a bad teacher called Baun.

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Revision history3 revisions · last 15 Aug 2011
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. set status — Catharine Roth
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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