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- ε4009Ἐχῖνος τὸν τόκον ἀναβάλλῃa hedgehog would postpone childbirth[sc. This proverbial phrase] is said in reference to things which, if postponed, become worse. For terrestrial hedgehogs seem, when being poked on, to hold back childbirth, then later [sc. when troubled] by harsher …
- κ335Καπηλίςhuckstress, landlady… See also pi 178. [1] cf. kappa 183 for this proverbial phrase. The explanation of the vine here hinges upon the fact that phlo/s means both "earth, mud" and "wine dregs, lees". [2] For …