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Ἀγροῦ πυγή
rump of the country; fat of the land
… the Atticist alpha21; Hesychius alpha837; Photius, Lexicon alpha272 Theodoridis; Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.4; Macarius Chrysocephalus 1.3. The phrase itself is taken to come from Old Attic Comedy: Archippus fr. 7 Demianczuk, now 29 Kassel-Austin. As …
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732
Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλία
Athenians' ill-counsel
[1] Mantissa
Proverbiorum
1.3. (For 'ill-counsel' alone, see delta 1601.) [2] Eupolis fr. 205 Kock, now 219 K.-A. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 587-9 (web address 1 below), with scholion; cf. gamma 195. [4] This additional …
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3990
Ἀρουραία μάντις
field mantis
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Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.40 (and elsewhere). [1] The praying mantis (Mantis religiosa); again at mu 169. [2] An Egyptian land-measure. [3] cf. sigma 981.
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1740
Ἐξηπάτησεν ἡ χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελον
the stake deceived the vine
Aristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. Appendix
Proverbiorum
2.71. See also eta 672, chi 97. [1] Here the manuscripts read sw=|zon "that which saves," but Kuster emends to sw|zo/menon "that which …
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3254
Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖν
to sail last of the Mysians
For Mysians and a
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cf. mu 1478, mu 1479. [1] Apollo. For this particular oracle see J. Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle (1978) 382-383 ##L73-74. [2] This portion of the entry is also in …
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2031
Ἀναπολεῖ
repeats
… If Adler's choice amongst the mss variants is correct, this
proverb
(again at upsilon 55) does not contain the headword verb but, instead, the two-word phrase a)\n a)polh=|s "if you destroy". See however the …
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1064
Ἄλλα μὲν ὁ Λεύκωνος ὄνος φέρει ἄλλα δὲ Λεύκων
some things Leukon's donkey carries (but) others Leukon
The
proverb
appears in this form in Diogenianus 2.21, who explains it as applying to a mismatch between words and actions and adds an anecdote about an Athenian farmer of this name. (Other paroemiographers …
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2931
Ἀπάρχεσθαι
to offer first-fruits
… somewhere; probably, as Latte on Hesychius s.v. suggests, the Septuagint
(Proverbs
3.9). [2] Greek Anthology 6.238.5-6 (Apollonides), a poor farmer's dedication; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (128-129); vol. II (149); and further excerpts …
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589
Διακόνιον
diakonion, flat-cake
… and notes that the 'in reference to' idiom suggests something
proverbial.
[5] A Macedonian lexicographer of the third century BCE (cited in the Suda here only). See generally L. Cohn, "Amerias," RE 1 (1894) …
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2348
Ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν
to sow for straw
First part of this entry also in ps.-Zonaras.
Proverbial
in Gregorius 3.51. [1] Lysias fr. 212 Sauppe, now 284 Carey (OCT).
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