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  1. α4472Αὐτὴ κάμινος αὐτὸς εἵλκυσε καπνὸς ἢ τροχόςthe oven itself, the smoke itself or the wheel dragged on… Adler indicates no textual problems.) The first element does, of itself, constitute a proverbial saying: so Photius, explicitly, with a gloss very similar to the present one; also Hesychius, who has such a gloss …Matched in noteshighshort
  2. ε2900Ἐργαλεῖονinstrument, tool… Ambrosian Lexicon. The glossing shows poor comprehension of the headword (itself a common gloss in the Suda).Matched in noteshighshort
  3. α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up… no/mon: "having overturned the law, [the Council] elected this man itself".Matched in noteshighmedium
  4. α1487ἉμαξείαhaulageThe headword (cognate with "wagon" itself: alpha 1486, and cf. alpha 1488, alpha 1489, alpha 1490) is attested only in lexicography and on inscriptions: see LSJ entry at web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  5. ε3947Ἐφορείαoversight… 3946 (and epsilon 3948 for another sense of the headword itself). Similar entry in Photius, Lexicon epsilon2465, where Theodoridis identifies it as Christian, related to Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica 3.15.Matched in noteshighshort
  6. κ284Κάμινοςfurnace, kiln, oven… of this entry; it occurs 19 times in the Suda itself. Besides the common meaning translated here, also glossed in Hesychius as 'a certain part of a ship'.Matched in noteshighshort
  7. η330Ἡμικάδιονhalf-kados… 10.71 (citing the Atthidographer Philochorus). Both it and the kados itself (kappa 24) are measures of wine.Matched in noteshighshort
  8. δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines[1] Zenobius 3.37. The headword phrase itself is Aeschylus fr. 373 Nauck (726 Mette). [2] Homer, Iliad 2.742, 15.626. The added comment comes from the scholia to the first of these passages. (The fame …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. α2547Ἀνόδοντονtoothless… nominative in the quotation (below) but accusative as the headword itself. [1] Pherecrates fr. 74 Kock, now 79 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
  10. γ190Γέρδιοςgerdios… LSJ s.v. [2] Post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 228.40 has the headword itself as a feminine.Matched in noteshighshort
  11. κ1716ΚλέμματαtheftsThe phrase given, which includes the neuter plural headword itself, is evidently quoted from somewhere. The noun is derived from the verb kle/ptw. cf. generally under phi 667.Matched in noteshighshort
  12. α1226Ἀλικροῦδαraw-food… of the Latin crudum. The first part of the headword itself comes from Latin alimentum "food" (information supplied by Dr Nick Nicholas).Matched in noteshighshort
  13. α4380Ἀτραπιτόςpath, walk… in ps.-Herodian 176, and similarly elsewhere. For the headword a)trapito/s itself see Homer, Odyssey 13.195 (plural) and generally LSJ s.v. [2] Here in fact accusative plural, presumably quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort
  14. κ1831Κλώθειspins… lexica; see the references at Photius kappa804 Theodoridis. The headword itself (third person singular, present, of klw/qw) must be quoted from somewhere. The verb klw/qein is used properly of spinning thread, and figuratively of …Matched in noteshighshort
  15. λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowy… 2. The gloss brings out the etymology of the word itself. For 'sleeping-mats' see psi 93.Matched in noteshighshort
  16. δ100Δαφνίνην φορῶ βακτηρίανI am carrying a laurel staffZenobius 3.12, and other paroemiographers. The proverbial phrase itself is the bulk (minus the opening) of an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighshort
  17. δ840Διαχεῖταιis dispersed, is put into a good mood… headword, third person singular present middle/passive of diaxe/w. (The headword itself, similarly glossed in other lexica, must be quoted from somewhere, but there are too many possibilities to permit identification.)Matched in noteshighshort
  18. λ235Λεκιθοπώληςpeasepudding-seller, pulse-sellercf. generally lambda 236. The headword itself is attested only here (and in Pollux 7.198), but the feminine version occurs in Aristophanes (Plutus [Wealth] 427) and Lucian (Lexiphanes 3).Matched in noteshighshort
  19. α2885Ἁπαλοὶ θερμολουσίαις ἁβροὶ μαλθακευνίαιςsoft men in hot baths [and] delicate men in soft beds… mu 107.) Same entry in other lexica. The headword phrase itself is Comica adespota fr. 56 Kock, now 555 K.-A.; proverbial in the paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
  20. α3659Ἀποψοφιεῖνto break wind… diapnei=n and a)popnei=n usually mean "to exhale". For farting, pe/rdesqai, itself see alpha 385, alpha 3029, and generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 195-9.Matched in noteshighshort
  21. ε1630Ἐξ ἑνὸς τὰ πάνθ' ὁρᾶνfrom one thing to see everythingLikewise in Photius. Both the proverb itself and other, more explicit glosses (e.g. Appendix Proverbiorum 2.69) make it clear what sense of the verb parora=n is needed here. See generally Tosi (cited under alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
  22. α3471Ἀπὸ πέντε ἅλλεσθαι πετρῶν εἰς κῦμαto leap from five rocks into a wavecf. Diogenianus 1.80, where however the proverb itself ends (improbably) "into a cudgel".Matched in noteshighshort
  23. κ1013Κατευνάζεταιis lulled to sleep… where the aorist passive occurs (web address 1). The headword itself must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.10.3, and again (see kappa 1012) Cyril of Alexandria (Commentary on John …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. ι538Ἱππεῖς λευκοθώρακεςwhite-corsleted horsemen… here, from Xenophon, Anabasis 1.8.9 (web address 1), is not itself glossed. [1] Julian, oration 7, 205D.Matched in noteshighshort
  25. δ953Διεσαρδάνισεlaughed bitterly… variously as diesarda/nise, diesarda/nwse and diesardw/nise. LSJ registers the verb itself as diasardano/w. For Sardanian/Sardonian (i.e. sardonic) laughter see sigma 120, sigma 123, sigma 124.Matched in noteshighshort
  26. α2855Ἀωρόλειοςunseasonably-smooth… other lexica; from Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica (fr. 295). The headword itself occurs in Cratinus fr. 10 Kock, now 11 K.-A. (genitive plural). [2] See omega 95.Matched in noteshighshort
  27. ε393Ἐκδιαιτηθῆναιto have had one's way of life changed… diastrafh=nai "to have been twisted"), where Latte claims the headword itself as quoted from the Septuagint (4 Maccabees 18.5); Theodoridis on Photius s.v. agrees. cf. epsilon 394, epsilon 1591.Matched in noteshighshort
  28. ν523Νοῦν τὸν ξένονmind (is) the guest… Likewise in Diogenianus (6.85) and other paroemiographers. The headword phrase itself, in the accusative case, must be quoted from somewhere but is unidentifiable. [2] From alpha 1981.Matched in noteshighshort
  29. δ1559Δοιδυκοποιόςpestle-maker… ps.-Herodian 24. Outside these lexica and grammars the present headword itself occurs only in (and is therefore probably generated by) Plutarch, Phocion 4.2, quoting the historian Idomeneus of Lampsacus (FGrH 338 F15); Idomeneus claims …Matched in noteshighshort
  30. μ1369Μύγηςclamminess… (mu1777), with the important proviso that Hesychius gives the headword itself not as mu/ghs but as mu/dhs. The latter could be right if the term means "weeping" eyes (cf. mu 1374, mu 1377). In …Matched in noteshighshort

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