Zenobius 5.52
Where the deer cast their horns
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English
Proverb
Where the deer cast their horns
Explanation
Demon says that in rough and impassable places the deer rub their antlers against bushes and shed them. Whence the proverb is said of those who have toilsome occupations.
Greek
Proverb
Ὅπου αἱ ἔλαφοι τὰ κέρατα ἀποβάλλουσιν
Explanation
ὁ Δήμων φησὶν ἐν τοῖς τραχέσι καὶ δυςβάτοις τόποις τοὺς ἐλάφους προςτρίβοντας τὰ κέρατα πρὸς τὰς θάμνους, ἀποβάλλειν αὐτά. Ὅθεν ἐπὶ τῶν ἐργώδεις τὰς διατριβὰς ποιουμένων εἰρῆσθαι τὴν παροιμίαν.
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