Zenobius 5.76
Like a pine
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English
Proverb
Like a pine
Explanation
set down for those utterly destroyed; inasmuch as a pine, once cut, no longer grows again. Staphylus of Naucratis mentions it.
Greek
Proverb
Πεύκης τρόπσν
Explanation
αὕτη τάττεται κατὰ τῶν πανωλεθρίᾳ ἀπολλυμένων· παρόσον ἡ πεύκη κοπεῖσα οὐκέτι φύεται. Μέμνηται δὲ αὐτῆς Στάφυλος ὁ Ναυκρατίτης.
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