enviado a alguna mensajería o con algún recaudo, y no vuelve con la respuesta. Tomó principio este refrán, según se dice, porque Quetzalcóatl, rey de Tulla, vio desde su casa dos mujeres que se estaban lavando en el baño o fuente donde él se bañaba, y luego envió a uno de sus corgobados para que mirase quién eran las que se bañaban, y aquél no volvió con la respuesta. Envió otro paxe suyo con la misma mensajería, y tampoco volvió con la respuesta. Envió el tercero, y todos ellos estaban mirando a las mujeres que se lavaban, y ninguno se acordaba de volver con la respuesta. Y daquí se comenzó a decir moxoxolotitlani, que quiere decir "fue, no volvió más".
\nDícese este refrán por vía de mofar del que piensa que todo lo sabe y todo lo entiende y en todo habla, en todo se entromete. Y burlan dél. Dicen tomachizoa, como si dixesen "un nuestro bachiler", o lo que dice Petrus in cunctis.
\nDícese este refrán del que entra
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"48751240-cbeb-4297-abe3-cad58780d467","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"sent to deliver some message or [sent] on some errand and does not come back with the answer. According to what they say, this adage had its beginning because Quetzalcoatl, king of Tollan, saw from his house two women who were washing themselves in the bath or fountain where he used to take his baths. And then he sent one of his hunchbacks to see who were the ones who were bathing, and he did not come back with the answer. He sent another of his pages on the same errand, but he also did not come back with the answer. He sent a third one, and all of them kept staring at the women who were taking a bath, and not one of them would remember to return with the answer. And from this point on, people began to say _moxoxolotitlani_, which means, “He went and did not return again.”\n\n##### The know-it-all\n\nThis saying is said as a way to mock someone who thinks that he knows everything and understands everything, and who talks about everything and meddles in everything. And they mock him by saying _tomachizoa_, which is as if they were saying “one of our graduates,” or as if saying _Petrus in cunctis_.[^103]\n\n##### Meddles in everything\n\nThis saying is said about one \n\n\n[^103]: _Petrus in cunctis_: Latin for “Peter is in everything,” or “Peter meddles in everything.”","html":"sent to deliver some message or [sent] on some errand and does not come back with the answer. According to what they say, this adage had its beginning because Quetzalcoatl, king of Tollan, saw from his house two women who were washing themselves in the bath or fountain where he used to take his baths. And then he sent one of his hunchbacks to see who were the ones who were bathing, and he did not come back with the answer. He sent another of his pages on the same errand, but he also did not come back with the answer. He sent a third one, and all of them kept staring at the women who were taking a bath, and not one of them would remember to return with the answer. And from this point on, people began to say moxoxolotitlani, which means, “He went and did not return again.”
\nThis saying is said as a way to mock someone who thinks that he knows everything and understands everything, and who talks about everything and meddles in everything. And they mock him by saying tomachizoa, which is as if they were saying “one of our graduates,” or as if saying Petrus in cunctis.1
\nThis saying is said about one
\nPetrus in cunctis: Latin for “Peter is in everything,” or “Peter meddles in everything.”↩
[mo]titlanj: in amo qujoalcuepa in jnetitlanjz, in anoço amo iauh in vnpa titlano.
\nIn vel ic mjtoa: qujlmach quetzalcoatl, tullan tlatoanj catca: qujl vmentin cioa mahaltiaia in jnnealtiaian: in oqujnoalittac: ic njman quinoalioa cequjntin qujmjttazque, in aqujque maaltia: auh in iehoantin titianti: çâ ie qujmjtzticate, in maaltia cioa: amo ma qujnonotzato. In quetzalcoatl: oc ceppa çatepan conjoa in jxolouh, qujtoznequj, ititlan: in qujmittaz aqujque in maaltia: çan no iuh quichiuh, aiocmo qujcuepato in jnetitlanjz:
\nic vncan tzintic, nelhoaiooac: in mjtoa: moxoxolotitlanj.
\nItechpa mjtoa: in aqujn moch conmomachiztia in tlein mjtoa, in tlein muchioa.
\nItechpa mjtoa: in aqujn vel
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"7a02e0d5-85c9-4ff5-bb23-7ad276ff39b3","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"sent as a messenger who does not return from his errand, or who does not go where he has been sent.\n\nIn truth, this is said: it is told that Quetzalcoatl was ruler of Tula. They say two women were bathing in his bathing place.[^2] When he saw them he thereupon sent some to see who were bathing. But these messengers only remained looking at the bathing women. They did not proceed to report to him. Then once again Quetzalcoatl sent forth his page, that is, his messenger, to see who were bathing. He did the same. No more did one proceed to return from his errand.\n\nIn this way began, originated, the saying, “Servants are sent.”\n\n##### The know-it-all\n\nThis is said of one who says he knows all about what is said, what is done.\n\n##### In all places\n\nThis is said of one who readily \n\n\n\n\n[^2]: Read *inealtitlan*.","html":"sent as a messenger who does not return from his errand, or who does not go where he has been sent.
\nIn truth, this is said: it is told that Quetzalcoatl was ruler of Tula. They say two women were bathing in his bathing place.1 When he saw them he thereupon sent some to see who were bathing. But these messengers only remained looking at the bathing women. They did not proceed to report to him. Then once again Quetzalcoatl sent forth his page, that is, his messenger, to see who were bathing. He did the same. No more did one proceed to return from his errand.
\nIn this way began, originated, the saying, “Servants are sent.”
\nThis is said of one who says he knows all about what is said, what is done.
\nThis is said of one who readily
\nRead inealtitlan.↩