Zenobius 2.31

Basket and all

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English

Proverb

Basket and all

Explanation

set down against those who utterly destroy a thing. For Didymus says that dinners used to be brought in on baskets. As Plato says in Griffins: "They've snatched up everything, basket and all."

Greek

Proverb

Αὐτῷ κανῷ

Explanation

αὕτη τάττεται κατὰ τῶν ἄρδην ὁτιοῦν λυμαινομένων, Φησὶ γὰρ ὁ Δίδυμος ὅτι τὰ δεῖπνα ἐπὶ κανῶν ἐκομίζετο. Καθάπερ ἐν Γρυψὶ λέγει καὶ Πλάτων· Ἀνηρπάκασ’ ἁπαξάπαντ’ αὐτῷ κανῷ.

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