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ε11Ἔαρος χρῄζειis in want of spring… present headword phrase comes from those scholia, but appears as proverbial in its own right in Appendix Proverbiorum 2.3. The proverb "One swallow does not make a spring" (we would say "summer"), Cratinus fr. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1482Ἐν τῷ μέρει τις καὶ τὸ πῦρ σκαλευσάτωlet someone also take a turn to poke the fireA proverb in reference to those not contributing equally to a common effort. "[He] having given more gifts and taken [them] in turn".Matched in translationhighshort
ε1684Ἐξέχειν τὸν ἥλιονthe sun to shine out[Meaning] to have appeared. "Shine out, dear sun". A proverbial verse-fragment spoken by children, whenever it is cold and cloudy. Aristophanes in Islands [writes]: "so you will say, just like the children, 'shine out, …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3228Ἔστι τις δίκης ὀφθαλμόςthere is an eye of justice which mere mortals should never despise… headword quotes Polybius 23.10.3, where this phrase is called a proverb; cf. delta 1096. For other appearances of it -- most directly Diphilus fr. 136 K.-A. (formerly Philemon fr. 246 Kock) -- see Walbank …Matched in noteshighshort
ε586Ἐκποδώνout of the way… a position out of the way." And [there is] a proverb: "when a man is suffering misfortune, his friends stay out of his way."Matched in translationhighshort
ε1717ἘξηκεστίδηςExekestides… of this play (414 BCE), see Dunbar 137-8. For the proverb implied by the last sentence here see (e.g.) Appendix Proverbiorum 2.70.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3580ΕὐμενίδεςEumenides… the earth and darkness, hold them." And [there is] a proverb: "different things [are] beautiful in different places." Inasmuch as some call the Eumenides differently. But certainly other names are acknowledged as beautiful among …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2995Ἐριννύων ἀπορρώξFuries' limb, Furies' off-shoot… occurs; see already under alpha 3508. For this as a proverb (as the form of the gloss implies) cf. Apostolius 3.38. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 1034. [3] epsilon 3580, epsilon 3581. (And see also epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3013Ἐρρίφθω κύβοςlet the die have been cast… addition in A.) This is the imperative form of the proverb 'the die has been cast' (see alpha 2310, epsilon 695, kappa 2591; cf. kappa 2601, kappa 2602 and notes 5-7), and is used …Matched in noteshighshort
ε4064Ἕψιαpuns… Demosthenes 24.134, the latter generating phi 316. Note also the proverb *file/yios o(/de (to\n tro/pon) in Gregorius 3.29 and Apostolius 17.86. [3] phi 400. [4] cf. generally Hesychius s.v. filolo/gos (two entries). The Suda's …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3234Ἐστρατήγησε μετ' Ἐρασινάδουhe served as general with Erasinades… 1021. [1] The phrase is not independently attested as a proverb (as this phrase implies). [2] Son of the famous bearer of that name: see under pi 1178.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3674Εὐράξon the blind side; on the open side… side! Ram!' (epsilon 2807 note 10), appears to reflect a proverb or command on seeing an enemy exposed to attack on the blind side or broadside. In context it counts as sexual harassment, and …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… [2] See delta 1621, and Photius, Lexicon delta812. [3] This proverb (kappa 2560 with a different explanation, Hesychius kappa3263; cf. Simplicius, Comm. in Epictetum 132.40; Proclus, On Plato's Alcibiades 105.2), sometimes translated "share the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3006Ἐρριπτασμένονtossed about, prostrated again and again… kappa 2601). [3] This phrase seems to depend on the proverb from Sophocles, "For only the dice of a god fall well" (see references in [2]). It was for this reason that the dice …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… 'a wailing, curlew-like koo-ree.' This is probably the Greek charadrios (proverbial for its gluttony at Plato, Gorgias 494B). Pisetaerus congratulates Tereus at line 266 on his imitation of this bird. We should take this …Matched in noteshighlong
ε1740Ἐξηπάτησεν ἡ χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελονthe stake deceived the vine[sc. A proverbial phrase used] when that which is preserved is deceived by that which preserves.Matched in translationhighshort
ε3347Ἔοικα βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν μολεῖνI seem to be going as an ox to slaughter… as comica adespota fr. 631 Kock (not in K.-A.). Later proverbial: Apostolius 7.59, Appendix Proverbiorum 2.73, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
ε97Ἐγκιλικίζεταιis acting the Cilician… kappa 1607.) Whatever its origins, the headword was treated as proverbial: see Diogenianus 2.51 and Appendix Proverbiorum 2.7. [1] See kappa 1606.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3348Ἐοίκασι τοῖς ἐκ Πύλου ληφθεῖσι τοῖς Λακωνικοῖςthey look like those taken out of Pylos -- the Lakonians… soi dokou=sin ei)ke/nai;, 'What do they look like to you?') Proverbial in Appendix Proverbiorum 2.74. [2] cf. kappa 1731. For the events of 425 BCE, see Thucydides 4.3-41. A total of 292 Spartans who …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2920Ἐρεβίνθινος Διόνυσοςchickpea Dionysus[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to worthless people/things.Matched in translationhighshort
ε1147Ἐν γὰρ ἀμηχανίῃ καὶ Καρκίνος ἔμμορε τιμῆςfor in a hopeless situation even Karkinos got his share of honour[A proverbial phrase] in reference to nonentities who are thought worthy of honour through some accident.Matched in translationhighshort
ε1425Ἐν πέντε κριτῶν γόνασιin (the) laps of five judges[sc. This proverbial phrase arose] inasmuch as, long ago, 5 judges used to judge the comedies, as Epicharmus says. In Homer it takes the form 'it lies in the laps of the gods'. [The …Matched in translationhighshort
ε1966Ἐπάνηκεcome back… u(po/streyon. Latte there claims e)pa/nhke as quoted from the Septuagint (Proverbs 3.28), but other possibilities are Euripides, Iphigeneia in Aulis 1628, and Menander, Dyskolos 217 (e)pa/nhk' there).Matched in noteshighshort
ε155Ἐγὼ ποιήσω πάντα κατὰ ΝικόστρατονI myself will do everything according to Nikostratos… not in K.-A.: instead, registered as Aelius Aristides 36.85 K). Proverbial in Macarius Chrysocephalus 3.46 and elsewhere. The present material is repeated (changing only this perfect infinitive to a present) at the end of …Matched in noteshighshort
ε562Ἐκπερδικίσαιto escape like a partridge… initial ek- as an intensifier). Either way, the verb became proverbial in Diogenianus and other paroemiographers. cf. delta 911.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2120Ἐπειδὴ τὸν οἶνον ἠξίους πιεῖνsince you saw fit to drink the wine you should drink the dregs too… sigma 1483, where the quotation is different again (but the proverbial character of the sentiment more explicit).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1384Ἐν μύρτου κλαδὶ τὸ ξίφος κρατήσωin a branch of myrtle I will master my sword… BCE; but here, as also in Apostolius 7.26 and Appendix Proverbiorum 2.64, the main verb is changed from forh/sw ('I will carry') to krath/sw ('I will master'). Here as elsewhere in Aristophanes (etc.) 'sword' …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1294Ἔνηthe day after tomorrow; the old… Cf. delta 1205. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 410 (later proverbial). On the form of the headword see epsilon 1325. At line 770 Hesiod uses it in its other sense for the end of …Matched in noteshighshort

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