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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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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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3756
Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύειν
painful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless
… (line 625) of a gnomic couplet of Theognis; registered as
proverbial
by Diogenianus (2.90) and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.471, where a)rgale/on occurs. [3] Lejeune (below) 151 accepts this …
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4218
Ἀστάθμητον
uncertain
… Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or
proverbial
saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History p.41.16), to\ ga\r a)sta/qmhton th=s tuxh=s kai\ a)/dhlon… u(pologizo/menos. [2] For the second gloss here …
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4348
Ἀτέχνοις
for unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones
… the synonyms being the lexicographer's. [6] Quotation unidentifiable, though one
(proverbial-sounding)
element of it, "the happiness of Aristotle", is used in fr.4 (preserved by Eusebius) of the C2-CE Platonist philosopher Atticus [OCD(4) p.204]. [7] …
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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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1504
Δραπέτης κλῆρος
runaway lot
… points out that the "runaway lot" was probably a traditional,
proverbial
trick. [1] Cratinus wrote a comedy of this name (frs. 53-68 PCG vol.4, p.147ff.), probably about the women of Sybaris. The present addendum …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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5
Ἦ
I was, he was
… 101 Kock, now 290 K.-A.; cf. epsilon 1150. This became
proverbial:
see Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.730. [6] A line from one of the tragedies (fr. 2 Snell) of Diogenes of Sinope (delta …
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410
Χορός
chorus, orchestra
… on this verse. [2] Scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 589. (Not
proverbial,
despite this billing.)
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