ῥήματα ἀντ' ἀλφίτων
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Proverb
[edit]ῥήματα ἀντ' ἀλφίτων • (rhḗmata ant' alphítōn)
- fine words butter no parsnips, actions speak louder than words (literally: words instead of barleymeal)
References
[edit]- “ῥῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press