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Headword: Ἀγροῦ πυγή
Adler number: alpha,371
Translated headword: rump of the country, fat of the land
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to the rich and those who pay close attention to some kind of work and drag it out.

Greek Original:

Ἀγροῦ πυγή: ἐπὶ τῶν λιπαρῶν καὶ ἐπιμόνως ᾡτινιοῦν ἔργῳ προσκαθημένων.

Note:

The first part of this explanation makes more obvious sense than the second. (Appendix Proverbiorum 1.4 has only the first, and explains it in terms of the anatomy of birds.)

Keywords: agriculture; daily life; economics; imagery; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 7 December 1998@18:47:51.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 16 July 2001@09:56:18.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 14 April 2004@08:54:17.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 7 October 2005@06:05:20.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 8 January 2012@10:34:36.

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