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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Literally, “one swallow does not make a spring”. A remark found in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (1098a18: “one swallow does not a summer make, nor one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy”), itself inspired by the fable The Young Man and the Swallow by Aesop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mí.a kʰe.liː.dɔ̀ːn é.ar uː poi̯.êː/ → /ˈmi.a çe.liˈðon ˈe.ar u pyˈi/ → /ˈmi.a çe.liˈðon ˈe.ar u piˈi/
Proverb
μίᾰ χελῑδὼν ἔᾰρ οὐ ποιεῖ • (mía khelīdṑn éar ou poieî)
- one swallow does not a summer make
Descendants