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- δ795Διὰ τοῦ τοίχου λαλεῖνto talk through the wallCf. Apostolius 6.28.
- λ327Λευκὴ ψῆφοςwhite pebble, white voteHesychius lambda730; Apostolius 10.62, etc. cf. generally psi 85 (which explains 'or miserably').
- κ1352Κεραμέως πλοῦτοςa potter's wealth… not in K.-A.); and in several of the paroemiographers (e.g. Apostolius 9.71).
- αι192Αἵματι κλαίεινto weep blood, to weep in bloodcf. Apostolius 1.63; and more briefly in Photius and elsewhere. [1] Cross-referenced at omicron 775, where however the quotation begins at ou)d' and ends in the finite verb klai/w rather than this participle klai/wn. …
- β462Βοῦς ΚύπριοςCypriot ox(Again at kappa 2738, end.) cf. Apostolius 4.100.
- ν75Ναῦς παλαιὰ πόντον οὐχὶ πλώσειan old ship won't sail the seaApostolius 11.96, etc. For the gloss compare gamma 258.
- μ391Μέγα τὸ στόμα τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦgreat [is] the mouth of the yearAlso in some of the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 11.33.
- λ192ΛαίνιλλαLainilla, Laenilla… On the Nature of Animals 7.15. See also the paroemiographer Apostolius (7.5), who spells the name Lainila (something which in ps-Zonaras and Gennadius Scholarius, however, is said to be the name of an island).
- η290Ἡμένη πελειάςsitting doveAppendix Proverbiorum 3.11; cf. Apostolius 8.54.
- α3428Ἀπὸ λύκου θύραςfrom a wolf's doorLikewise in Apostolius 3.52; similarly in Appendix Proverbiorum 3.95.
- μ739Μετὰ τὴν ἐν Μαραθῶνι μάχην καὶ μετὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἡ συμμαχίαafter the battle in Marathon and after the war (comes) the alliance… by two of the late paroemiographers: Macarius Chrysocephalus 5.85 and Apostolius 11.30, but each gives it slightly differently from each other and from the Suda's version. What the Suda's gloss (Apostolius has a different …
- ε1429Ἐν πυρὶ βέβηκαςyou walked in a fireApostolius 7.43; cf. Diogenianus 4.52.
- λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathers… features in the background material (about wolves and oxen) in Apostolius 10.80.
- λ127Λάρος κεχηνώςa gull agapeAristophanes, Knights 956, with scholion; cf. Apostolius 10.46. The allusion is to the political greed of Kleon (kappa 1731). For proverbial gulls see also lambda 128.
- λ880Λύχνον ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ ἅπτειςyou are lighting a lamp at noon… Pausanias the Atticist), and taken up by the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 10.95; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1929.
- δ1096Δίκης ὀφθαλμόςeye of justicePolybius 23.10.3; Apostolius 6.8; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.889. cf. epsilon 3228 and the note there.
- λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… to Lucian, Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86 and other paroemiographers (Apostolius 10.57, [Diogenianus] 6.7, Gregorius 4.23). The Lerne in question (Lerna in later sources and, via Latin, commonly in English) was a well-watered and, …
- ι668Ἰσότης φιλότηςequality amityApostolius 9.17, etc.; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.432. In Hesychius, i)so/ths is a headword glossed by filo/ths, with the comment dia\ to\ i)so/thti th\n fili/an e(/pesqai "because amity follows equality." For amity see …
- κ177Κακῶν πανήγυριςfestival of evils[1] cf. Gregorius 2.43, Apostolius 9.29. [2] George of Pisidia fr. 41 Tartaglia. The fragment has no context.
- μ906Μὴ κινεῖν κακὸν εὖ κείμενονdon't move a well-placed evilApostolius 11.44 and other paroemiographers; and cf. Plato, Philebus 15C (and Hyperides fr. 30 Jensen). "Let sleeping dogs lie." See also mu 905.
- μ989Μήτε νεῖν μήτε γράμματα ἐπίστασθαιto know neither swimming nor letterscf. Plato, Laws 3.689D (web address 1); Apostolius 11.53.
- α1459Ἅμμα[Kasiotic] knotApostolius 9.46 and other paroemiographers (with the full version); again at alpha 1510. [1] Egypt.
- β6Βαβαὶ Μύξοςhey Myxos!cf. Diogenianus 3.65; Apostolius 4.79. The entry is repeated at mu 1419. For babai see already beta 5. The Myxos in question is otherwise unknown.
- χ157Χαῖρε φίλον φῶςfarewell dear lightcf. Zenobius 6.42 and (more exactly) Apostolius 18.14; and see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.303.
- ει77Εἰκῇat random… generally epsiloniota 74, epsiloniota 76, epsiloniota 78, epsiloniota 79. [2] Apostolius 11.52, etc. For Abydos cf. alpha 101, delta 184, epsilon 2225, pi 2075.
- κ2030Κόνδυλονknuckle… also in various paroemiographers: see e.g. Zenobius 1.92, Diogenianus 1.81, Apostolius 3.2; they interpret it as "applying to those who ask for something good, and get back something evil", with Apostolius connecting it with …
- α4478Αὐτὴ νῦν ἡ σοφία ζῇnow wisdom herself lives[1] cf. Apostolius 4.29. [2] For the Muses, see generally mu 1291.
- α2204Ἀναίσχυντος καὶ σιδηροῦς ἄνθρωποςshameless and iron(-hearted) fellowSame entry in Photius (and Apostolius 2.79). The headword phrase semi-quotes Aristophanes, Acharnians 491: a)nai/sxuntos w)\n sidhrou/s t' a)nh/r. (See sigma 379 for another angle on it.)
- μ1053Μικρός ἡλίκος Μόλωνsmall (but) as big as Molon… and the notes there.) Became proverbial, as the glossing suggests: Apostolius 11.69.
- ε3161Ἐς Μασσαλίαν πλεύσειαςto Massalia may you sailcf. Apostolius 6.69; and see epsilon 499 for a variant. For Massalia, present-day Marseilles, see mu 242.