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Headword: Δασύπους
Adler number: delta,86
Translated headword: rough-foot
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Hare.
And a proverb: Sooner will a tortoise outrun a hare [sc. than a certain thing will happen]; [applied] to that which is impossible.
Greek Original:
Δασύπους: λαγώς. καὶ παροιμία: Πρότερον χελώνη παραδραμεῖται δασύποδα: ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀδυνάτου.
Notes:
Diogenianus 7.57. Cf. pi 2875.
For hares and proverbs see also delta 87.
Keywords: daily life; definition; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 July 2002@21:22:38.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added notes and keyword) on 21 July 2002@05:06:38.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 25 February 2010@00:50:46.
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