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Headword: Ξυγγνώμη πρῶτον πείρῳ
Adler number: xi,86
Translated headword: forgiveness on a first attempt
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
In reference to those failing at the beginnings of something.
Greek Original:
Ξυγγνώμη πρῶτον πείρῳ: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν πρώτοις τινὸς διαμαρτανόντων.
Note:
The paroemiographers (e.g. Diogenianus 6.93) have not πρῶτον πείρῳ but a single word, πρωτοπείρῳ .
Keywords: daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; proverbs
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica † on 17 February 2000@14:32:15.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (internal rearrangement; added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 4 July 2001@09:15:47.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords; raised status) on 16 September 2007@10:10:34.
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