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Headword:
Σιωπή
Adler number: sigma,469
Translated headword: silence
Vetting Status: low
Translation: [There is] a proverb:[1] "and I will be more silent even than the initiated Pythagoreans." In reference to those who are too silent. Inasmuch as the associates of
Pythagoras had a precept to spend a period of five years practicing silence.[2]
Σιωπή: παροιμία: καὶ σιωπηλότερος ἔσομαι καὶ τῶν Πυθαγόρᾳ τελεσθέντων. ἐπὶ τῶν πάνυ σιγώντων: παρόσον οἱ Πυθαγόρου φοιτηταὶ παράγγελμα εἶχον σιγὴν ἀσκεῖν πενταετῆ χρόνον.
Notes:
[1] The headword is unglossed; the word "proverb" is lacking in manuscripts AFV.
[2] Julian,
Orations 4(8).251c. See already at
pi 3124 (end).
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 March 2010@14:59:09.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (supplemented tr; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 17 March 2010@04:32:34.
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