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Headword: Δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχεις
Adler number: delta,1419
Translated headword: [although] being a slave you have [long] hair
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
In reference to those who do something unexpected; inasmuch as [it is characteristic] of free men to have long hair.[1]
One can also say δουλότερος ["more slavish, more severely enslaved"] in the comparative.[2]
Greek Original:
Δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχεις: ἐπὶ τῶν παραλόγως τι πραττόντων: παρόσον ἐλευθέρων τὸ κομᾶν. λέγεται καὶ Δουλότερος κατὰ σύγκρισιν.
Notes:
[1] Aristophanes, Birds 911 (web address 1) and scholion.
[2] As at Herodotus 7.7.1 (web address 2), of Egypt after Xerxes' punitive invasion. Note also the proverb 'more enslaved than the Messenians'.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1
Web address 2
Keywords: clothing; comedy; daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; proverbs
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 27 June 2004@01:25:25.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 27 June 2004@06:11:00.
Catharine Roth (tweaked links) on 1 August 2011@21:39:22.
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