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ι314Ἰλιὰς κακῶνIliad of evils, Iliad of woesDemosthenes 19.148; Diodorus Siculus 36.6; Photius, Lexicon iota108 Theodoridis; Zenobius 4.43; etc. (In Latin Ilias malorum: Cicero and others.) cf. iota 313.Matched in noteshighshort
γ282Γλαὺξ ἵπταταιan owl is flying… of an owl. For the headword phrase as proverbial cf. Zenobius 2.89 and other paroemiographers. [2] The main product of the Laureion mines was actually silver (with silver, rather than gold, coinage resulting). See …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ123Χάριταςfavors; Graces… 2906, epsilon 1676, epsiloniota 267, and sigma 10. [2] cf. Zenobius 1.36; see also alphaiota 386 where the Suda mss read fanerw=s ("openly") -- as translated here -- rather than the a)fane/rws ("in secret") …Matched in noteshighshort
α2411Ἂν ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐξικνῆταιIf you don't have the skin of a lion fasten on that of a foxcf. Zenobius 1.93; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2223. [1] One version of Homer, Odyssey 11.119. [2] Homer, Odyssey 14.330.Matched in noteshighshort
α2477Ἀνίπτοις ποσίνwith unwashed feet… Photius alpha2007 Theodoridis. [2] See e.g. Lucian, Pseudologista 4. [3] Zenobius 1.95, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.651, with lavish parallels. [4] Homer, Iliad 16.235 (of the Selloi: web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
μ273Μασχάλην αἴρειςyou are lifting an armpit[1] cf. Zenobius 5.7 and other paroemiographers (but more usually with an infinitive than the Suda's indicative). See also alphaiota 283. [2] An approximation of Homer, Odyssey 18.99 (web address 1). Entry so far …Matched in noteshighshort
δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines[1] Zenobius 3.37. The headword phrase itself is Aeschylus fr. 373 Nauck (726 Mette). [2] Homer, Iliad 2.742, 15.626. The added comment comes from the scholia to the first of these passages. (The fame …Matched in noteshighshort
α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… this is Euripides, Medea 319-320. See web address 3. [5] Zenobius 2.4. Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 228. [6] Aristophanes, Frogs 614 (web address 4). Later proverbial: Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1685. [7] = …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2407Κρητίζεινto Cretanise, to play the Cretan, to speak like a Cretan… also in Photius, Lexicon kappa1087 Theodoridis, and more fully in Zenobius 4.62; see also next note. [3] cf. Apostolius 14.98 and other paroemiographers. See further at pi 2745. The claim that all Cretans are …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1425Ἐν πέντε κριτῶν γόνασιin (the) laps of five judgesZenobius 3.64; cf. omicron 260. [1] Epicharmus fr. 229 Kaibel = 237 Kassel-Austin (which includes 'it lies', as in the Homeric line about to be quoted). On Epicharmus see generally epsilon 2766. He was …Matched in noteshighshort
α1218Ἁλιεύς ἁλιέωςfisherman [and] fisherman's; seaman [and] seaman's… Parthica fr.59 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F116). [2] Homer, Iliad 17.32; Zenobius 2.14; quoted again at rho 107.Matched in noteshighmedium
α4718Ἄχριup to… Homer, Iliad 4.521-522 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [4] Zenobius 1.44; cf. Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica 50.4. [5] An approximation of Demosthenes 19.187 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματαDaidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations… result of inner creativity, see Snell (below) 179. [1] cf. Zenobius 3.7. [2] Homer, Iliad 5.60-62; cf. delta 437 (end). On the use of teu/xw see tau 435, Frontisi-Ducroux 58-59 and note 35, Snell …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1343Μωρότερος Μωρύχουmore stupid than Morychos; more stupid than Morychus… Photius, Lexicon mu652 Theodoridis (the precursor of the present entry), Zenobius 5.13, and Michael Apostolius 11.91; cf. Plutarch, *paroimi/ai ai(=s *)Alecandrei=s e)xrw=nto 1.40 (s.v. *mwru/xou *dionu/sou) and Pausanias, *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ s.v. mwro/teros ei)= …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε4028Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμαenemies' charities are uncharitable and not helpful… mu 1234, nu 441. For this as a proverb see Zenobius 4.4 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2210. [2] Ascribed to the verse dream-book of Astrampsychos (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1164λέγεται καὶ ἵπποςDiomedeian compulsion… 'Diomedeian compulsion' see e.g. Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1029; Plato, Republic 493D; Zenobius 3.8. [By a slip, the SOL headword gives not this phrase but the opening of the gloss.] [1] (This initial gloss, Adler reports, …Matched in noteshighmedium
α101ἌβυδοςAbudos, Abydos, Abydus… Pausanias the Atticist alpha3 and Photius alpha63 Theodoridis; cf. also Zenobius 1.1, s.v. *)abudhno\n e)pifo/rhma (alpha 100), and Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 p.376 on Aristophanes fr. 755. See generally sigma 1330, sigma 1331, sigma 1332. …Matched in noteshighshort

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