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δ319Δειλότερος τοῦ παρακύπτοντοςmore cowardly than a peeper[1] Zenobius 3.32; cf. rho 121 (end). [2] Apostolius 14.14. [3] Aristophanes, Birds 1556-8 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there; cf. pi 1467.Matched in noteshighmedium
α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judges… again at lambda 839. [2] (Also in the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 1.25.) Possibly Contest, the divine personification of the agon (cf. Pausanias 5.26.3), though the apparently personifying language does not guarantee this. See further, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows… to Empedocles in a scholion on Plato, Gorgias 498E. [3] Apostolius 6.27; Gregorius 1.89, 2.88; scholion on Plato, Axiochus 367B; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1096. See also kappa 497, sigma 122. [4] Zenobius …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ8Λάβραξbass… For 'Milesian basses' as a byword/proverb, applying to gluttons, see Apostolius 10.38; and for Miletus itself cf. mu 1060. [1] Etymologically 'grabby', thus greedy, a sense present in a couple of the associated terms, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1461ΔώριοςDorian… yuxh=s ("of the soul") instead of the manuscripts' tu/xhs. [3] Apostolius 3.61. [4] From Synesius, Praise of Baldness 4, PG 66.1173c; cf. lambda 638.Matched in noteshighmedium
ν26Νάνοςdwarf… Theodoridis (more briefly already in Hesychius nu62), and see also Apostolius 11.97. 'Neoclides' is perhaps the Athenian philosopher (C5/4 BCE) of that name, though Theodoridis suspects a textual problem. The Aristotle passage is History …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ461Γρῦgrunt, ugh… the C2 CE (Youtie 96.2). [4] See Appendix Proverbiorum 4.91, Apostolius 17.3 (cf. 5.64), and fully at tau 730.Matched in noteshighmedium
αι299Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦto lift one's foot out of the mud… this entry is also in Photius and elsewhere [1] In Apostolius 1.65 and other paroemiographers; and cf. epsilon 675. [2] Aristophanes, Peace 1; quoted already at alphaiota 280. [3] Pherecrates fr. 137 Kock (now …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1409Ἁλσὶ διασμηχθεὶς ὄναιτ' ἂν οὑτοσίthis man might be helped if he were rubbed with salt… is from the longwinded scholia there. (See also the paroemiographer Apostolius (2.34), confirming the idea implicit here that the phrase become proverbial.) Compare the brevity of Dover (below) ad loc.: "Strepsiades pats the creditor's …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… s.v. [2] Besides what follows here, see the paroemiographers (e.g. Apostolius 2.96) and Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 (Aristophanes) pp.51-52. [3] On hero-cult see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.672). [4] Anagyros, evidently. (At epsilon 78, where this …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble… of which a summary version is given below. [1] cf. Apostolius 18.32 and other paroemiographers, and see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1783. [2] A summary of Alcaeus fr. 360 Lobel-Page. The material …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ kappa29; Libanius, Letters 332.2; Gregorius, Proverbs 2.90; Apostolius 9.76. In LSJ s.v. kestreu/s, it is glossed as "of those too honest to make gains". The proverb is interpreted differently in Diogenianus …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… ta\ *kinhsi/ou dra=| 'he does the acts of Cinesias': Michael Apostolius, Proverbs 15.89) and lampooned for his gruesome appearance, covered with scabs of abscesses burned by the famous doctor Euryphon of Cnidus (Plato Comicus …Matched in noteshighmedium