Skip to content

Browse Topics Random About

Searching…

After Suda On Line, the collaborative English translation of the Suda. Texts are © their translators and SOL, licensed CC BY-NC-SA. A non-commercial project.

About & credits Browse Topics Original SOL

⌕Search ΑLetters ⤨Random

Keyboard shortcuts

j: Next entry
k: Previous entry
g: Toggle Greek
/: Search
?: Show shortcuts

Search

Search the Suda

All Headwords Translation Greek Notes

Keyword

daily life17
definition17
proverbs16
dialects, grammar, and etymology8
geography7
ethics6
rhetoric6
biography5
food4
religion4
aetiology3
economics3

24 more

law3
poetry3
science and technology3
zoology3
art history2
children2
chronology2
comedy2
epic2
historiography2
mythology2

Letter

Α alpha6
Δ delta6
Χ chi3
Ε epsilon2

Vetting status

high17

Length

Short15
Medium2

Translator

David Whitehead17

Filters (2)

Keyword

daily life17
definition17
proverbs16
dialects, grammar, and etymology8
geography7
ethics6
rhetoric6
biography5
food4
religion4
aetiology3
economics3

24 more

law3
poetry3
science and technology3
zoology3
art history2
children2
chronology2
comedy2
epic2
historiography2
mythology2

Letter

Α alpha6
Δ delta6
Χ chi3
Ε epsilon2

Vetting status

high17

Length

Short15
Medium2

Translator

David Whitehead17

17 entries for proverbs

Relevance Adler order Longest first

definition ×
Translator: David Whitehead ×
Clear all

χ64Χαμαίon the ground[Meaning] on the earth. And [there is] a proverb: 'to draw water on the ground', the equivalent of achieving nothing. Another instance is 'to wash a brick'. Used in reference to things that are …Matched in translationhighshort
ε1331Ἐνιαυτὸς Μέτωνοςyear of Meton, Meton's year… Babylonian practice" (OCD, below). The headword phrase is preserved as proverbial (with a similar but longer gloss) in Appendix Proverbiorum 3.83.Matched in noteshighshort
α4096Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσιν

χ64

Χαμαί

on the ground

[Meaning] on the earth. And [there is] a proverb: 'to draw water on the ground', the equivalent of achieving nothing. Another instance is 'to wash a brick'. Used in reference to things that are never-ending.

Χαμαί· ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. καὶ παροιμία· Χαμαὶ ἀντλεῖν, ἐν ἴσῳ τῷ οὐδὲν ἐργάζεσθαι. οἷον καὶ τὸ πλίνθον πλύνειν. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνηνύτων λέγεται.

philosophy

philosophy

2

2

gender and sexuality1

gender and sexuality1

military affairs1

military affairs1

trade and manufacture1

trade and manufacture1

office exposes a man

[sc. A proverb] applied to those who are decent men before holding office but become violent in the post itself. They say that this a dictum of Solon's, though Aristotle and Theophrastus [says it …

Matched in translationhighshort

α1843ἈνάγυροςAnagyros, Anagyrous, Anagyrus… a flower, which smells when crushed. And [there is] a proverb from it, "You are moving the anagyros", in reference to those who bring evils on themselves. Anagyros is an evil-averting and foul-smelling plant. …Matched in translationhighshort

α2768ἈντρῶνεςAntronesA city in Thessaly. Also [sc. attested is a proverb] "Antronian donkey"; as very large ones occur in Antrones.Matched in translationhighshort

α2861Ἄπαγεstop! arrest!… [a)pagwgh/]. So Demosthenes [sc. mentions this]. And [there is] a proverb: "stop a stranger in a storm"; in reference to troublesome people/things.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

χ588Χρυσῷ καταπάττων ἡμᾶς οὐ γινώσκειςyou 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.Matched in translationhighshort

α108Ἀγαθάgoods, goodies… below). [2] This is only one possible explanation of the proverbial phrase. For another, probably better one - with another version of the name (Killikon: apparently authentic, as it derives from Aristophanes, Peace 363 …Matched in noteshighshort

α4491Αὐτοδίκῃby independent jurisdiction[1] (cf. alpha 4509.) Likewise in other lexica; also (eventually) proverbial. [2] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. au)todikei=n. [3] Dinarchus fr. LXVI.2 Conomis.Matched in noteshighshort

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

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

ε1378Ἐν Καρὸς εἵπετο τάξειhe followed in a Carian's role… 2, 56c Hertlein. Cf. Zenobius 3.59, etc. For Carians in proverbs see also epsilon 1377; for mercenaries see mu 1121, mu 1122.Matched in noteshighshort

χ18Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth… see generally chi 405. The present headword phrase, which became proverbial (see Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers), comes from Theocritus, Idylls 10.11.Matched in noteshighshort