Ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων χρηστὸν οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοις
but by drinking water you would never produce anything good
Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων χρηστὸν οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοις· τοῦτο ἐξ ἐπιγράμματος εἶναι μέρος, οἱ μὲν Ἀσκληπιάδου, οἱ δὲ Θεαιτήτου φασίν.
Betacode
*(/udwr de\ pi/nwn xrhsto\n ou)de\n a)\n te/kois: tou=to e)c e)pigra/mmatos ei)=nai me/ros, oi( me\n *)asklhpia/dou, oi( de\ *qeaith/tou fasi/n.
Notes (1)
- Same entry in Photius (upsilon27 Theodoridis), and later proverbial: Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1434.
- 1Greek Anthology 13.29.2 (attributed to Nicaenetus, quoted approximately); Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.39C (2.9 Kaibel). Said of Cratinus, on whose fondness for wine see kappa 2344. ↩
Neighbouring entries
υ51Ὕδωρ αὐτοπαγέςself-created waterυ52Ὕδωρ βορὸν καὶ ἀγρυπνίῃ βορόνappetite-inducing water is appetite-inducing in insomniaυ53Ὕδωρ δὲ πίνων χρηστὸν οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοιςbut by drinking water you would never produce anything goodυ54Ὕδωρ διαπορευόμενονwater travelling alongυ55Ὕδωρ παραρρέει(if) water flowed by
Revision history5 revisions · last 6 Nov 2022
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