Zenobius 1.60

More fruitless than a wild olive

Illustrated proverb 1.60

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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