Zenobius 5.28
May you not be praised even at a funeral feast
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English
Proverb
May you not be praised even at a funeral feast
Explanation
said of the exceedingly wicked, not worthy even of common praise. For the ancients were wont to praise the deceased at the funeral feast, even if he had been a worthless fellow.
Greek
Proverb
Οὐκ ἐπαινεθείης οὐδ’ ἐν περιδείπνῳ
Explanation
ἐπὶ τῶν σφόδρα πονηρῶν ἡ παροιμία λέγεται, καὶ μηδὲ τοῦ τυχόντος ἐπαίνου ἀξίων. Εἰώθεσαν γὰρ οἱ παλαιοὶ ἐν τοῖς περιδείπνοις τὸν τελευτήσαντα ἐπαινεῖν, καὶ εἰ φαῦλος ἦν.
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