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- ε690Ἐκ τριχὸς κρέματαιit is hanging by a hairZenobius 3.47, etc.
- ε2920Ἐρεβίνθινος Διόνυσοςchickpea DionysusComica adespota fr. 862 Kock (344 K.-A.); Zenobius 3.83. cf. generally epsilon 2919.
- β461Βοῦς ἐπὶ σωρῷan ox on a grain-heap[1] Zenobius 2.75. [2] cf. Zenobius 2.79.
- δ1091Δίκη δίκην ἔτικτε καὶ βλάβη βλάβηνsuit begat suit and hurt hurtTosi (see under alpha 378) no.488. [1] Zenobius 3.28. [2] Zenobius 3.20.
- ε1481Ἐντὸς ἑβδόμηςbefore (the) seventhcf. Zenobius 3.79; Hesychius epsilon3383; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1039. Such a stipulation is otherwise unattested. (Photius says the reason for it had been given in Callimachus' Aitia.) For the preposition e)nto/s in this sense see …
- δ1474Δῶρονwhen someone gives a gift praise itcf. Zenobius 3.42, where it is part of the oracle given to Myskellos (mu 1473, mu 1474). Tosi (see under alpha 378) no.503.
- δ1204Διὸς ἐγκέφαλοςZeus' brain, Zeus' morselMore fully in Zenobius 3.41, and cf. other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1420. See also beta 145. One might compare (in the broadest of terms) the soft, pungent cheese dip of Lyon …
- δ160Δέδοται καὶ κακοῖσιν ἄγραthe catch has been given even to bad menZenobius 3.31.
- β80Βάλλ' εἰς ὕδωρcast into the water… gloss 'in reference to those who deserve to die') in Zenobius 2.72, Diogenianus 2.4, and other paroemiographers.
- κ1439Κευθωνύμου κλέος ἢ αἶσχοςKeuthonymos' fame -- or shameSlightly more fully in Zenobius 4.72. The only attested Keuthonymos -- Kythonymos in Zenobius, and cf. Hesychius kappa4448, but apparently lower-case there -- is the father of the herdsman Menoites in the myth of …
- γ117Γέλως συγκροτούσιοςclamorous laughtercf. Zenobius 2.100.
- ε3602Εὔνους ὁ σφάκτηςthe slaughterer is well-intentionedZenobius 3.94, etc. For Orestes (who murdered his murderous mother Clytemnestra: kappa 1846) see omicron 538.
- δ1186Δι' ὀξείας δραμεῖνto run through sharpsZenobius 3.13, etc.; cf. omicron 414.
- ν486Νόμος καὶ χώραcustom and countryMore fully in Zenobius 5.25; summarily, as here, in other paroemiographers.
- β87Βαλὼν φεύξεσθ' οἴει;do you suppose you will strike and escape?Zenobius 2.71 and other paroemiographers.
- ε1266Ἔνεστι κἂν μύρμηκι χολήthere is venom even in an antZenobius 3.70, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1721. cf. sigma 256.
- α2283Ἀνεῳγμέναι Μουσῶν θύραιthe Muses' doors have been openedZenobius 1.89 and other paroemiographers.
- δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows[1] Zenobius 3.24. Repeated at pi 1996, q.v. [2] Zenobius 3.33; attributed to Empedocles in a scholion on Plato, Gorgias 498E. [3] Apostolius 6.27; Gregorius 1.89, 2.88; scholion on Plato, Axiochus 367B; Tosi [cited …
- α1464Ἅμ' ἠλέηται καὶ τέθνηκεν ἡ χάριςno sooner had grace shown pity than she diedZenobius 1.81.
- α1337Ἄλλος βίος ἄλλη δίαιταanother life (and) another way of livingComica adespota fr. 650 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Zenobius 1.22
- α2637Ἀντ' εὐεργεσίης Ἀγαμέμνονα τῖσαν Ἀχαιοίthe Achaeans punished Agamemnon for benefactionZenobius 2.11 and other paroemiographers; a line of hexameter verse.
- α2666Ἀντὶ κακοῦ κυνὸς σῦν ἀπαιτεῖςin exchange for a bad dog you are demanding a pigAlso in Zenobius 1.100 and other paroemiographers.
- ει229Εἷς ἀνήρ οὐδεὶς ἀνήρone man (is) no manComica adespota fr. 679 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Zenobius 3.51; Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.260, with parallels.
- ει326Εἰς ὕδωρ σπείρεινto sow seed into waterZenobius 3.55, etc. [1] For the latter see kappa 129; also epsiloniota 327 and epsilon 3238.
- κ1606Κιλίκιος ὄλεθροςCilician ruinGloss-less in Photius, Lexicon kappa712 Theodoridis, but cf. Zenobius 4.53; Appendix Proverbiorum 2.7; and see also kappa 1608 and epsilon 97.
- ε3196Ἐς πῦρ ξαίνειςyou are carding wool into the fire… Laws 780C and was duly collected by the paroemiographers (e.g. Zenobius 5.27).
- α629Ἀεί με τοιοῦτοι πολέμιοι διώκοιενalways might such enemies pursue meZenobius 2.52 and other paroemiographers; again at alphaiota 101. [1] Literally, un-manly.
- δ648Διὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥιπτεῖν χρήit is necessary to hurl through knives and fireAlready, with slightly different wording, at delta 514. Zenobius 3.19, etc.
- β74Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίανbe gone into blessednessZenobius 2.61. A euphemism for beta 71, q.v., used when the situation calls for praise rather than blame. See also under beta 75.
- κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the apeThe verb is found in the proverb collector Zenobius (4.50), whom the Suda cites verbatim. It is frequently commented on by lexicographers, grammarians and other paroemiographers, e.g.: Diogenianus, Hesychius, the Lexica Segueriana, Photius, Eustathius, …