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Ἀγόμενος διὰ φρατέρων κύων μαστιγοῦται
a dog led through phratry-members is whipped
… 694, and generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.1141-2). As a proverb (cf.
Macarius
Chrysocephalus 1.15) the phrase presumably concerns admission to phratries and the exposure of fraudulent attempts at this.
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352
Ἀγρία μέλιττα
wild bee
cf.
Macarius
Chrysocephalus 1.24.
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1142
Ἀλλ' ἕπου χώρας τρόποις
but follow a country's ways
cf.
Macarius
1.89, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1619. The headword phrase -- precursor of the modern "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" -- comes from what is perhaps an unidentifiable …
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1194
Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζε
shake acorns from another oak
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Diogenianus 1.19. [2]
Macarius
1.88.
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3337
Ἀπὸ καταδυομένης
from a sinking (ship)
[1] Also in
Macarius
2.27.
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3770
Ἀργείους ὁρᾷς
you see Argives
… some of the later paroemiographers. In Appendix Proverbiorum 3.35 and
Macarius
2.38 the Suda's explanation appears alongside another one, about suspicions of theft (said to be a charge comically levelled at Argives -- cf. …
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3853
Ἄρης τύραννος
Ares despot; Ares tyrant
Macarius
2.39; also (with no glossing) in Hesychius.
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4099
Ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστον
First, not to be born is best for earth-bound men, and not to look upon the rays of the sharp sun; but, once born, [best] to drive as quickly as possible through Hades' gates
A gloomy proverb
(Macarius
2.45) expressed in one-and-a-half elegiac couplets.
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4359
Ἀττικὴ πίστις
Attic pledge
Macarius
2.60-61.
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583
Βοιωτία ὗς
Boiotian sow, Boeotian sow
Macarius
2.79 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1866. Though a phrase more likely to be favoured by non-Boiotians (and especially Athenians, their neighbours), it is actually first attested in Pindar, Olympian …
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