Τῶν δυνατῶν τι κέλευ' οὐ γὰρ παρὰ Κενταύροις
order something that is possible -- for [you are] not among Centaurs
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Translation
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Τῶν δυνατῶν τι κέλευ'· οὐ γὰρ παρὰ Κενταύροις.
Betacode
*tw=n dunatw=n ti ke/leu': ou) ga\r para\ *kentau/rois.
Notes
- The headword phrase, for which cf. already tau 18, is a proverb which appears in the paroemiographic collections both in this form and in the shorter variant "your brain is amongst the Centaurs" (cf. nu 525). The standard gloss is that it applies to forgetful people, but Diogenianus 6.84 says "forgetful and greedy".
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Neighbouring entries
τ862Τῶν γὰρ ὑστάτων χωρίςfor apart from the last thingsτ863Τῶν δ' ὄνων οὔ μοι μέλειI don't care about the donkeysτ864Τῶν δυνατῶν τι κέλευ' οὐ γὰρ παρὰ Κενταύροιςorder something that is possible -- for [you are] not among Centaursτ865υνκνοων—Τῶν ἐαρινῶν φύλλων πλείονές εἰσιν οἱ συκοφαντοῦντεςthose engaged in blackmail are more numerous than the spring leavesτ866Τῶν ἑκτικῶνof the hectic, of the consumptive
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