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18 entries for proverbs

λ218Λεβηρίςslough, cast skin… skin which a snake sheds. And [sc. there is] a proverb: "blinder than a cast skin and a peg." It is a kind of bird, fleshless and thin. Otherwise [sc. the reading is] gumno/teros …Matched in translationhighshort
λ305Λεσβίων ἄξια[deeds] worthy of the men of LesbosA proverb in reference to the unsuccessful.Matched in translationhighshort
λ178Λαίθαργοςsecretly-biting… tail while biting, and you are a secretly-biting bitch." A proverb applying to people who, to be sure, pretend to be well disposed but are plotting in secret.Matched in translationhighshort
λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his lifeA proverb: for the hare [is] a cowardly animal. Hence a man from Rhegium was called a hare; for they used to satirize the people of Rhegium for cowardice. There is a proverb: 'the …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ529Λίθων χοαίstreams of stones, outpourings of stones… references at Photius lambda307 Theodoridis. [1] Euripides fr.1007; cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 3.69, and see already at lambda 336 with note there. (How precisely Euripides' phrase connects with the proverb is not clear.)Matched in noteshighshort
λ8ΛάβραξbassA kind of fish. And [there is] a proverb: 'Milesian basses'. The appellation was applied because its mouth gapes open and it swallows the bait readily and eagerly [la/brws]; consequently it is easily caught. …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ250Λέοντα ξυρᾷςyou are shaving a lionA proverb said in reference to those attempting the impossible. Interpretation of a dream: to see lions shows battles of enemies. See on a lion in the [entry] 'with hair standing on end'.Matched in translationhighshort
λ821ΛύκοςLykos, Lycus… by tens used to rally. This gave rise to the proverb "Lykos' ten-company". So out of the ten-company [came] the [terms] bribing in tens and to be bribed in tens.Matched in translationhighshort
λ555ΛιμοδωριεῖςFamine-Dorians… early. Outside lexicography, the term is attested in e.g. a proverb-collection attributed to Plutarch (where only Rhodes, not Knidos, is mentioned) and in ps.-Scylax, Periplous 62 (a variant tradition naming Erineos, Boion and Kytinion, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… surrendered themselves. Also [sc. attested is] "with Melian starvation", a proverb. Since the Athenians afflicted the Melians by besieging them to the point of starvation. So Thucydides in the fifth [book].Matched in translationhighmedium
λ448Λημνία δίκηLemnian justiceAlso in Photius lambda269 Theodoridis; sounds proverbial, but not in the paroemiographers. For Lemnos cf. lambda 449, lambda 450, lambda 451, lambda 452, lambda 453.Matched in noteshighshort
λ566Λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειςyou are joining linen with linen[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who mix similar things, or who are deceived and demand [something] back. Strattis in Rivers [sc. uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort
λ449Λήμνιον πῦρLemnian fire… in Photius lambda270 Theodoridis. This is (non-scholiastic) comment on the proverbial phrase 'Lemnian fire' which occurs in Aristophanes, Lysistrata 299. For Lemnos cf. lambda 448 and the other cross-references there.Matched in noteshighshort
λ859Λυσίζωνος γυνήgirdle-loosening woman… gloss in Hesychius lambda1443, with extra material) was, or became, proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.96. The adjective in it is also used of unarmed soldiers: see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
λ410Λήθαργος κύωνlazy dog, lethargic dog… Hesychius and (showing that the headword phrase was, or became, proverbial) Zenobius 4.90 and other paroemiographers; and cf. lambda 178. For the adjective contrast lambda 409.Matched in noteshighshort
λ494Λιβυκὸν θηρίονLibyan beastThe headword phrase was (or became) proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.75. Hesychius lambda947 has a briefer entry: "since [there are] deadly reptiles there, and as Libya has such beasts. Also [means he who is] of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those marking obscurities with obscurities; or in reference to those who understand nothing. Sophocles in Kidalion [writes]: "I do not judge by these words of yours, no …Matched in translationhighshort
λ756Λοιμεύεταιis pestilent… quoted from somewhere, but more probably it is mis-quoted from Proverbs 19.19 LXX, which has the corresponding subjunctive, loimeu/htai; cf. Hesychius s.v. [1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to an ancient Life of Pythagoras. For …Matched in noteshighshort