Greek Proverb of the Day

Here is today's proverb from the blog with a LOLcat and vocabulary too! This is a repeat of a proverb you've seen before, but the vocabulary list is new. The vocabulary links go to Logeion.

Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται.

• ἄρτι.
• μῦς.
• πίττης, from πίσσα.
• γεύεται, from γεύω.

Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται.

The mouse is now tasting the pitch.

The verb γεύεται takes a genitive complement (have a taste "of"): πίττης. The saying is used by Demosthenes, and it alludes to a mousetrap in which the mouse is lured and trapped in sticky pitch. In other words: someone has just made a fatal mistake, one from which they cannot escape. The proverb appears in the LSJ entry for μῦς.

And here's a quiz covering the past five cats (answers at the blog only, not in the email):

Ἅμαξα τὸν _______ ἕλκει.

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Ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν ἕλκει.

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Γλυκὺς ἀπείρῳ ______.

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Γλυκὺς ἀπείρῳ πόλεμος.

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Ἄρτι _______ πίττης γεύεται.

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Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται.

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Ἡφαίστειος ______.

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Ἡφαίστειος δεσμός.

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______ αἰδοῦ.

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Πρεσβύτερον αἰδοῦ.

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And to finish up, here's a random LOLCat too:

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