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Χοῖρος
pig, piglet, piggie
… [the word means] the female genitalia. From which [comes] a
proverb:
'you seem about to sell 'piggie' in Acrocorinth.' Meaning you seem to be about to earn a wage in Corinth. For [there are] …
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123
Χάριτας
favors; Graces
… the Romans to the utmost." Also [sc. attested is] a
proverb:
'the Graces [are] naked'; because it is necessary to give favors [xari/zesqai] simply and openly; or because the Graces are deprived of their …
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υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλός
money money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble
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saying] in reference to those who are successful due to wealth. Aristodemos says [this]. And Alcaeus mentions Aristodemus: "for as Aristodamos once in Sparta", he says, "spoke a speech that was …
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Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν
[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth
… see generally chi 405. The present headword phrase, which became
proverbial
(see Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers), comes from Theocritus, Idylls 10.11.
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