Talk:κάλλιο πέντε και στο χέρι παρά δέκα και καρτέρει


 * shouldn't it be instead of ? --Barytonesis (talk) 23:42, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * to : sorry, just logged in. καρτέρει is OK. Musical reasons I guess :) rhymes better! But let me check. At: Triant. I get:
 * ακαρτέρει [akartéri] (άκλ.) : (ως επίρρ., λογοτ.=as adv. literary) καρτερώντας=waiting, κυρίως στην έκφραση=especially in expression: κι ~, κι ~, για να δηλώσουμε τη μακροχρόνια προσμονή= to imply long waiting. [προστ. του μσν= imperativus of mediaeval: ακαρτερώ < καρτερώ με ανάπτ. προτακτ. α- 3 από συμπροφ. με τα ρηματ. μόρια [= oops cannot translate this: from co-pronunciation of rhematic μόρια] να, θα και ανασυλλ.[=anasyllabismos=? [na-kar > nakar > n-akar] ]
 * But: coullld be noun? το καρτέρι? @worderference gives it as a noun, but I need to check more. I'll come back to this. sarri.greek (talk) 10:16, 18 November 2017 (UTC) Yes it is καρτέρει. at Dimitrakos whose lemma on the verg kartero Anc, med, new is huge. Different meanings. By the way, would a tiny explanation of the expression be good for people who are neither hellenophones, nor Anglophones? sarri.greek (talk) 10:29, 18 November 2017 (UTC)
 * thanks! Euphonic reasons then. Also I've added here the gloss found in the entry of the English proverb. --Barytonesis (talk) 09:25, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
 * to Perfect! the literal trans too. Thanks. sarri.greek (talk) 09:29, 19 November 2017 (UTC)