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δ86Δασύπουςshaggy-foot, furry-foot[Meaning a] hare. And [there is] a proverb: "sooner will a tortoise outrun a shaggy-foot [sc. than a certain thing will happen];" in reference to the impossible.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… gay man (lambda 264, lambda 278, pi 3225, cf. the proverb for homosexual acts, ta\ *kinhsi/ou dra=| 'he does the acts of Cinesias': Michael Apostolius, Proverbs 15.89) and lampooned for his gruesome appearance, covered …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1168Διονύσια

δ86

Δασύπους

shaggy-foot, furry-foot

[Meaning a] hare. And [there is] a proverb: "sooner will a tortoise outrun a shaggy-foot [sc. than a certain thing will happen];" in reference to the impossible.

Δασύπους· λαγώς. καὶ παροιμία· Πρότερον χελώνη παραδραμεῖται δασύποδα· ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀδυνάτου.

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… Many quotations of Aristophanes in the Suda are introduced as 'proverbs' (paroimiai), even if they would be better described as “pithy sayings”: cf. e.g. delta 1282, epsilon 3234, nu 597. It is possible that …

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δ1560Δοῖδυξpestle… word, and a)letri/banos an Asian one. The scholia refer to proverbial expressions: scholia to Knights 984b paroimi/a, doi/duc au)/cei: e)pi\ tw=n li/an mikrw=n, "there is a proverb, "the grinder causes [things] to augment: [it …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1423Δούλων πόλιςslaves' cityA proverb; [sc. also a city] in Libya: Ephorus in [volume] 5 [mentions it]. Also another [city] of sacred slaves, in which one man is free. There is also, in Crete, Slave-city [Doulopolis], as …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ28Δάκτυλοιfingers, finger[-dates]… the dates of the date palm. And [there is] a proverb: "Daktylos' day"; in reference to those passing their days happily. For Daktylos was a man born in Athens who had the greatest honors.Matched in translationhighshort

δ32Δαλόςfirebrand… piece of wood, or half-burnt torch. And [there is] a proverb: 'a firebrand into fire'.Matched in translationhighshort

δ91ΔατόςDatos, Datus, Daton, DatumName of a city. Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase] "Datos of good things", where [there were] even gold mines.Matched in translationhighshort

δ92ΔάτοςDatos, Datus, Daton, DatumA city of Thrace, exceptionally well-favored. From it comes the proverb: "Datos of good things". This city and the adjacent territory have names in both feminine and masculine.Matched in translationhighshort

δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματαDaidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pursuing skills with exactitude. [It arose] because the old craftsmen used to make the eyes closed, but Daidalos opened them, and spread the feet. And Homer …Matched in translationhighshort

δ174Δεκάζεσθαιto be bribed in tens… themselves into groups of ten. This gave rise to the proverb: Lykos's Company of Ten. So from the Company of Ten came [the terms] bribing in tens and to be bribed in tens.Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1233Διωλύγιονenormous[Meaning something] big. And [there is] a proverb: *diwlu/gion kako/n ["enormous evil"], referring to those who undertake something big and terrible. For diwlu/gion is something big and extending far. "Thus an enormous nonsense ... …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1461ΔώριοςDorian… the Dorian mode of his fortune." And [there is] a proverb: "from a Dorian to a Phrygian." "I shall not present well-rounded phrases [as proems and preludes ...] but setting forth the plain expressions …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1516Δραχμήdrachma… to be enrolling among the pious. And [there is] a proverb: "for a drachma he plays the pipes, but for four he stops." See under "Arabian messenger."Matched in translationhighmedium

δ186Δεκάτην ἑστιάσαιto feast the tenth… Adler reports, in ms A) is unidentifiable, but for the proverbial Syracusans' tithe cf. generally eta 609 and sigma 1659.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ286Δεῦρ' ἴθιcome here… latter preceded here by comment which treats the phrase as proverbial.Matched in noteshighshort

δ589Διακόνιονdiakonion, flat-cake… and notes that the 'in reference to' idiom suggests something proverbial. [5] A Macedonian lexicographer of the third century BCE (cited in the Suda here only). See generally L. Cohn, "Amerias," RE 1 (1894) …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ748Διασείστουςshaken… [4]), perhaps in allusion to the gods above and the proverb, "For only the dice of a god always fall well" (Sophocles fr. 895P = 809N; cf. alpha 607).Matched in noteshighshort

δ849Διαψεύδονταιthey are cheated, they are deceived, they are disappointed… the Suda and Constantine makes for a better maxim or proverb, because of its paradox, and fits better with the following context. The text in the mss, however, applies only to the immedite result …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1262Διπλοῦν κάππαdouble kappa… 1261. [2] Constantine Porphyrogenitus, de thematibus 2.69; described there as proverbial. (One might compare, broadly, the line from John Taylor [1578-1653], Beggar's Litany: "from Hell, Hull and Halifax, Good Lord, deliver us".)Matched in noteshighshort

δ1282Διοίσεινto bear through, to differ… pithy sayings from Aristophanes that do not obviously qualify as proverbs. See e.g. delta 1168, epsilon 3234, nu 597. [An allusion to this verse may perhaps be seen in Menander fr. 304 Koerte (in …Matched in noteshighmedium