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ε
531
Ἑκοντί
willingly
[Meaning] voluntarily. And [there is] a
proverb:
"willing but with an unwilling heart."
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η
286
Ἤμβροτεν
missed (the mark or goal)
… succeeding or hitting the mark through its use in two
proverbs.
Eustathius describes them as follows. " 'You missed and did not hit' (h)/mbrotes oud’ e)/tuxes, Iliad 5.287) is
proverbial
for those who fail …
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γ
193
Γεραίρειν
to revere
… is] ge/raire ["revere!"], [meaning] esteem, honor. And [there is] a
proverb:
"revere yourself", meaning delight yourself with vainglories.
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χ
64
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 …
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η
271
παροιμία
the ten-company of Lykos, the ten-company of Lycus
A
proverb.
Lykos at Athens [was] a hero, in the shape of a wild animal, [whose temple stood] by the jurycourt. 'Company of ten' [signifies] being bribed in tens, to which the
proverb
[refers]. …
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ε
3141
Ἐσθλά
[things] good [of their kind]
… of good men, and again a time when, as the
proverb
goes, ‘A good man meets in his turn someone better’.”
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α
1071
Ἀλαός
unseeing
… Homer [writes]: "nor did he keep a blind man's watch".[Used]
proverbially:
meaning he did not keep a lookout blindly.
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α
1683
Ἀμύξεις
you will scratch, you will tear
… you will wound, you will strike. And [there is] a
proverb:
"not even a thorn scratches good men." Also [sc. attested is the singular] a)/mucis ["a scratching"], [meaning] a tearing, a rending, a scraping. …
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α
2477
Ἀνίπτοις ποσίν
with unwashed feet
… unready [feet], and without any preparation. And [there is] a
proverb:
'climbing up the roof with unwashed feet', in reference to those coming ignorantly to some deeds and transactions. And Homer [writes]: "feet-unwashed, ground-sleepers."
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α
3402
Ἀπόλογος Ἀλκίνου
Alkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who talk nonsense and stretch a tale out at length.
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α
4718
Ἄχρι
up to
… phrase] a)/xri ko/rou ["up to one's limit"]. There was a
proverb,
[saying] that "that man is unfeeling up to his limit." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "this man played the deceiver up to …
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αι
101
Αἰεί
alway
Meaning always. "Alway may such enemies pursue me"; [sc. a
proverbial
phrase] in reference to people who are easy to despise. And elsewhere: "for alway your wife has you in her mouth." Meaning by …
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β
78
Βάλλειν μήλοις
to hit with apples
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who happen upon those they love. Also [sc. attested is] ba/llw ["I hit"]: [used] with an accusative. "Those far away [he was] hitting with arrows out …
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γ
68
Γαστήρ
belly, stomach
… this body-part] bellies, not guts/intestines. And [sc. there is] a
proverb:
"you cite for me the belly, noblest reproach of all, when full it is lighter, but heavy when empty;" [applied] to those who …
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δ
110
Δαιδάλου ποιήματα
Daidalos' 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 …
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δ
352
Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς Αἰγύπτιοι
Egyptians (are) clever at crafting machines
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who are exceedingly knavish; for the Egyptians [were] such people. And Homer [writes]: "a terrible gale." Such as, famous Hippodameia.
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ε
1425
Ἐν πέντε κριτῶν γόνασι
in (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 …
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χ
123
Χάριτας
favors; Graces
… the Romans to the utmost." Also [sc. attested is] a
proverb:
'the Graces [are] naked'; because it is necessary to give favors [xari/zesqai] simply and openly; or because the Graces are deprived of their …
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α
126
Ἀγαθοὶ δ' ἀριδάκρυες ἄνδρες
tearful men are good
… very similar ones in the paroemiographers. This version of the
proverb
is the second half of a line of hexameter verse (complete with the particle d'); there are slight variants in (e.g.) the scholia …
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α
1049
Ἅλα
salt
… 1047. [2] Homer, Odyssey 17.455 (web address 1). Apparently a
proverbial
expression for a minimal gift; compare Theocritus, Idylls 27.61.
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α
4366
Ἀτιμότερον
more dishonored, rather dishonored
… Minos; the Suda corrupts this to min. For Thersites, the
proverbial
nobody (in Homer), see theta 257; for Minos, mu 1092.
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γ
376
Γόμφοι
bolts, dowels, tenons
… other lexica; references at Photius gamma182 Theodoridis; and cf. the
proverb
at alpha 1419. For the basic meaning and applications of the headword (first attested in Homer), here in the nominative plural, see LSJ …
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ε
336
Ἔθυσας ἀντιθύσῃ
you sacrificed [so] you should sacrifice in turn
… Philoxenus [phi 393] fr. 10 Bergk (PMG 823 Page); Appendix
Proverbiorum
2.10; scholia on Homer, Iliad 9.219. [2] Homer, Odyssey 9.231.
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ε
1294
Ἔνη
the 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 …
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ε
1325
Ἔνηφι
on the day after tomorrow
… and Days 410, in a gnomic utterance which later became
proverbial:
"not to put off to tomorrow and the day after" (see under epsilon 1294, and cf. epsilon 1295). It is preceded by a …
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ε
2862
Ἐπρίατο
bought
… M. Schmidt's view that e)pri/ato is quoted from the Septuagint
(Proverbs
31.16); the same attribution is favoured by Latte on Hesychius s.v. cf. pi 2271, pi 2272.
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ε
3344
Ἔτυχον
hit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced
… from a(marta/nw, it is used in a phrase that became
proverbial
for failure, h)/mbrotes ou)d’ e)/tuxes, "you missed and did not hit", i.e. despite your preparations (Iliad 5.287; see eta 286, and cf. the …
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ε
3674
Εὐράξ
on 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 …
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χ
410
Χορός
chorus, orchestra
… on this verse. [2] Scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 589. (Not
proverbial,
despite this billing.)
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