Zenobius 1.60
More fruitless than a wild olive
English
Proverb
More fruitless than a wild olive
Explanation
said of those wholly destitute. The Laconians call the wild olive agrippos.
Greek
Proverb
Ἀκαρπότερος ἀγρίππου
Explanation
ἐπὶ τῶν πάνυ πενομένων εἴρηται. Λάκωνες γὰρ τὴν ἀγρίαν ἐλαίαν ἄγριππον καλοῦσιν,
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