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Α alpha119
Ε epsilon45
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Robert Dyer7
Ryan Stone5

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Anne Mahoney4
Craig Gibson4
Oliver Phillips ✝3
Roger Travis3
Antonella Ippolito2

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α1391Ἀλώπηξ οὐ δωροδοκεῖταιa fox does not take bribes[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those not easily won over by bribes. Cratinus in Laws [writes]: "each one of you is a fox who takes bribes"Matched in translationhighshort
α2536Ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου δαιμόνιονman (is) man's divinityA proverb in reference to those who are unexpectedly saved by a man and who are popular because of them. Also [sc. attested are the phrases] 'a man [like the] Euripos', 'fortune [like the] …Matched in translationhighshort
α3234Ἁπλοῦν θύλακον πάτειtreads a single sack[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to people/things easily despised.

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Ἀλώπηξ οὐ δωροδοκεῖται

a fox does not take bribes

[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those not easily won over by bribes. Cratinus in Laws [writes]: "each one of you is a fox who takes bribes"

Ἀλώπηξ οὐ δωροδοκεῖται· ἐπὶ τῶν οὐ ῥᾳδίως δώροις πειθομένων. Κρατῖνος Νόμοις· ὑμῶν εἷς μὲν ἕκαστος ἀλώπηξ δωροδοκεῖται.

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trade and manufacture24

trade and manufacture24

meter and music23

meter and music23

science and technology23

science and technology23

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Malcolm Heath

Malcolm Heath

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Alexandra Trachsel1

Alexandra Trachsel1

Andrew Morrison1

Andrew Morrison1

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Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

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Carl Widstrand1

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Ioannis Doukas1

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Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

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Ross Scaife ✝1

Stefano Sanfilippo1

Stefano Sanfilippo1

Timothy Pepper1

Timothy Pepper1

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α3428Ἀπὸ λύκου θύραςfrom a wolf's door[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who go away immediately without accomplishing anything. But some [say it] in reference to rough and savage people.Matched in translationhighshort

α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machine[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to unexpected and unbelievable things. For the tragic poets, when they brought onto the stage a bold move designed to make the spectators disturbed at the things that …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3770Ἀργείους ὁρᾷςyou see ArgivesA proverbial saying in reference to those who see keenly and astonishingly [well].Matched in translationhighshort

α3990Ἀρουραία μάντιςfield mantis[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are sluggish and ineffectual. There is a clumsy locust, green, called a mantis, whose movements some heed and [thereby] prophesy. The aroura contains 50 feet.Matched in translationhighshort

α4101Ἀρχὴ ΣκυρίαSkyrian empire, Scyrian empire[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are paltry and possess nothing worthwhile. Inasmuch as Skyros, rocky and dreary and accordingly poor, produces nothing worth mentioning. Some [say], though, [that it comes] …Matched in translationhighshort

α4582Ἀφέντες τὴν ὑπέραν τὸν πόδα διώκουσινthey let go the brace and chase the sheet[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who abandon necessities and favour superfluities instead. In Hyperides.Matched in translationhighshort

αι332Αἰσώπειον αἷμαAesopic blood[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those being killed unjustly. For the Delphians did not kill Aesop justifiably. Thus 'Aesopic blood' [is used] in reference to those who are beset by irremediable disgraces …Matched in translationhighshort

β367Βολίτου δίκηνcase of a cow-pat[sc. A proverbial phrase directed] toward those undertaking lawsuits over trivia. For the law of Solon punishes even those filching a cow-pat.Matched in translationhighshort

β446Βοῦν ἐν γνάθοις φέρειhe is carrying an ox in his jaws[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to gluttons.Matched in translationhighshort

β460Βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώττηςan ox on the tongue[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are not able to speak freely: either because of the strength of the animal, or because there was an ox stamped on the Athenian coin …Matched in translationhighshort

γ193Γεραίρεινto revere… is] ge/raire ["revere!"], [meaning] esteem, honor. And [there is] a proverb: "revere yourself", meaning delight yourself with vainglories.Matched in translationhighshort

γ230Γῇ θάλατταν συναναμίγνυσινthey mix up the sea with the earthThe proverb [is used] in reference to those who are excessively angered.Matched in translationhighshort

γ502Γυνὴ εἰς Ἡρακλέους οὐ φοιτᾷa woman does not go into Heracles' house[sc. A proverbial caution directed] toward those unworthy of affairs; inasmuch as Herakles was a slave to Omphale. Also [sc. attested is] "a woman serves as general", in reference to something paradoxical.Matched in translationhighshort

ε1379Ἓν κηρίονa single honeycomb[sc. A proverbial phrase] applied to those who are voicing the same views, or [fellow-]agitators, or [fellow-]conspirators.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3196Ἐς πῦρ ξαίνειςyou are carding wool into the fire[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to impossible things.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3408Εὐδαίμων ὁ Κορίνθιος ἐγὼ δ' εἴην Τενεάτηςfortunate is Corinth but for myself I would rather be a TeneateTenea [is] a verdant village near Corinth . The proverb originated from the fact that the Corinthians, in their large city, were subject to jealousies and preoccupations, whereas the Teneates lived a more carefree …Matched in translationhighshort

ει334Εἶτ' ἐφ' ὕδωρ κακόςthen a wretch on water-dutyThe proverb is applied to those down on their luck. For in the [sc. Athenian] jurycourts the most menial task was to measure out the water for the [sc. speeches of the] litigants. This …Matched in translationhighshort

η187Ἡ κύων ἐν τῇ φάτνῃthe bitch in the manger[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those neither using [something] themselves nor allowing others [to do so]; inasmuch as she does not eat the barley and prevents the horse [from doing so].Matched in translationhighshort

η290Ἡμένη πελειάςsitting dove[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to very simple [people], by a comparison of [= with] decoying. For the [she-doves] flying away deceive others; for to decoy means to deceive.Matched in translationhighshort

η358Ἢ Μορσίμου τὶς ῥῆσιν ἐξεγράψατοor (if) someone has copied out a passage of Morsimos[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to despicable and calumniated persons. For Morsimos was a tragedian, a rather frigid writer, son of Philokles, ophthalmologist, small; he had a son, Astydamas.Matched in translationhighshort

η657Ἡφαίστειος δεσμόςHephaistian chain, Hephaestian chain[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to what is inescapable. "He was seized by afflictions -- as if by Hephaistian chains -- unbreakable, indissoluble, and he remained stuck in them; they were sex-mania and …Matched in translationhighshort

η689Ἢ χρὴ τραγῳδεῖν ἢ μελαγχολᾶνone must either make tragedy or be melancholic[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to neither grieving nor (?)letting go.Matched in translationhighshort

χ171ΧαιριδεῖςChairideis… come, to play the pipes uninvited". And [there is] a proverb: 'Chairis singing in a steep-pitched style'. The steep-pitched [is] a style [no/mos] for playing the pipe, so called because it was rising and …Matched in translationhighmedium

α518Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθονsinging of the span of life to a dill-plantThe phrase 'span of life' appears as, seemingly, proverbial in its own right in some of the paroemiographers (with a gloss like the one at sigma 942), but as a whole this proverb-like headword …Matched in noteshighshort

αι165Αἴ κε πάθοι τά κ' ἔρεξε δίκη δ' ἰθεῖα γένοιτοif he should endure the sufferings which he has inflicted, the punishment would be just… di/kh k'), and attributed to Rhadamanthys (rho 12, rho 13); proverbial in Appendix Proverbiorum 2.12. An anonymous commentator on the Ethics quotes this as two verses -- the first one is ei) kaka/ tis …Matched in noteshighshort

δ273Δεσμοὶ ΤυρρηνοίEtruscan chains, Etruscan fetters… Hesychius, whose (mysterious) gloss is 'the ones [the] Athenians used'. Proverbial in Apostolius 5.97, with the same glossing as here. In Appendix Proverbiorum 1.96 a second sentence of explanation is added: 'applied to those …Matched in noteshighshort

ε97Ἐγκιλικίζεταιis acting the Cilician… kappa 1607.) Whatever its origins, the headword was treated as proverbial: see Diogenianus 2.51 and Appendix Proverbiorum 2.7. [1] See kappa 1606.Matched in noteshighshort

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