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Χύτραν ποικίλλειν
to decorate a cooking-pot
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to things that are impossible. And things that are endless.
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171
Χαιριδεῖς
Chairideis
… come, to play the pipes uninvited". And [there is] a
proverb:
'Chairis singing in a steep-pitched style'. The steep-pitched [is] a style [no/mos] for playing the pipe, so called because it was rising and …
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601
Χοῖρος
pig, piglet, piggie
… [the word means] the female genitalia. From which [comes] a
proverb:
'you seem about to sell 'piggie' in Acrocorinth.' Meaning you seem to be about to earn a wage in Corinth. For [there are] …
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115
Χαρινάδης
Charinades
… name. This man was sluggish. And [sc. thereby arose] a
proverb:
'Charinades is better than you at walking'. In reference to those making slow progress.
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586
Χρυσοχοεῖον
goldsmithy
… for him as to experience it". Plato too employs the
proverb:
"well, said Thrasymachus, is he 'smelting gold'?". They say that the
proverb
originated as follows. A certain rumor once struck the mass of …
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187
Χελιδόνων μουσεῖα
swallows' museums
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who do foreign and barbarian things. For the [term] 'swallow' [is] applied to barbarians; for it implies 'Thracian swallow'. And in what follows: "where the swallow …
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362
Χοᾶ
chous; pitcher
… of the blame that befell Orestes. And [there is] a
proverb:
'[it] will hold six choas.' In reference to those who talk nonsense. That is, his brain [will hold six choas]. At the same …
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90
Χαραδριός
charadrios, plover
… aren't selling plovers?" So Hipponax [writes]. And [there is] a
proverb
from this: 'mimicking a plover', in reference to those who are hiding themselves. So Euphronius [uses the phrase]. For since the plover when …
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χ
97
Χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελον
a stake (deceived) the vine
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase used] when something being preserved is harmed by the thing preserving it.
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135
Χάρων
Charon
… useless, since a donkey's wool is not useful. And the
proverb
is also uttered in the case of what is endless, just as we say "You are decorating a pot." Things in Hades go …
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465
Χρεία
service
… service to his country's affairs." Also [sc. attested is] a
proverb:
"Service, even if it is uninspired, teaches the wise man." A Carthaginian [sentiment?]. That is, those who practice the intelligence made possible by …
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477
υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλός
money money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble
[sc. A
proverbial
saying] in reference to those who are successful due to wealth. Aristodemos says [this]. And Alcaeus mentions Aristodemus: "for as Aristodamos once in Sparta", he says, "spoke a speech that was …
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588
Χρυσῷ καταπάττων ἡμᾶς οὐ γινώσκεις
you don't know that you are showering us with gold
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those being verbally abused in vain. For he adds: "now this is an ornament to me." That is, to hear such things.
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614
Χύτραις λημᾶν καὶ κολοκύνταις
to have eyes running with cooking-pots and pumpkins
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to the shortsighted.
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χ
162
Χαίρειν
cheers, hail, take joy
… plural. See also chi 164, chi 165. [1] cf. Appendix
Proverbiorum
5.20. [2] cf. generally Herodotus 3.40. [3] cf. Moeris 213.31, Thomas Magister 398.6, the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 609 (web address 1 below) …
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410
Χορός
chorus, orchestra
… on this verse. [2] Scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 589. (Not
proverbial,
despite this billing.)
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414
Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεται
he is grieved at the choruses of the tragedians
… 787. The rephrasing and presentation of this quotation as a
proverb
is not, however, reflected either in the scholia or in the paroemiographers.
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