Zenobius 1.53
Acco
English
Proverb
Acco
Explanation
of fools. Acco was a woman notorious for foolishness, who, they say, used to look in a mirror and address her reflection as if it were another person; whence the verb "to acco-ize" (akkizesthai, "to play coy / play the fool") is said to come from her.
Greek
Proverb
Ἀκκώ
Explanation
ἐπὶ τῶν μωραινόντων. Ἡ γὰρ Ἀκκὼ γυνὴ γέγονεν ἐπὶ μωρίᾳ διαβεβοημένη, ἥν φασιν ἐςοπτριζομένην τῇ εἰκόνι ὡς ἑτέρᾳ διαλέγεσθαι· ἔνθεν καὶ τὸ Ἀκκίζεσθαι περὶ ταύτην λελέχθαι.
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