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2819
Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθός
the wage [is] worth taking
… fr. 228. [6] Aristophanes, Frogs 614 (web address 4). Later
proverbial:
Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1685. [7] = Synagoge (Codex B) alpha1562; Photius, Lexicon alpha2181 Theodoridis. de Borries identifies this and the following …
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1510
Ἅμματα
[Kasiotic] knots
… pi 1516. "Knots" alone as a headword doesn't constitute a
proverbial
phrase; "Kasiotic" must have dropped out in the Suda compiler's source. The same applies to alpha 1459. [2] This doesn't make sense. In …
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4101
Ἀρχὴ Σκυρία
Skyrian empire, Scyrian empire
… in the dead centre of the Aegean Sea; for other
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mentioning it see alphaiota 238, sigma 714. [2] Similarly explained in Zenobius 1.32 and other paroemiographers. [3] For Theseus and Lykomedes see e.g. …
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601
Χοῖρος
pig, piglet, piggie
… Acharnians 773 (web address 1), where this usage occurs; [Plutarch],
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which the Alexandrians Used 1.92; Anonyma Dorica fr. 22 Kassel-Austin, with a text (from Zenobius) which eliminates 'Akrocorinth'. See generally LSJ s.v. xoi=ros, …
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3891
Ἄριστα
best
[1] The headword (probably extracted from the
proverb
given below, though common enough even if not) is neuter plural of this superlative adjective, used adverbially. [2] For this
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878
Ἀκκιζόμενος
acting coyly, being prudish, toying
… participle, masculine nominative singular, of a)kki/zomai, presumably extracted from the
proverb
mentioned later in the entry. [1] See alpha 946. [2] Part of Aelian fr. 126e Domingo-Forasté (123 Hercher); cf. upsilon 35. [3] cf. …
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619
Διαλλάττειν
to reconcile
… resumption of the Peloponnesian War. [2] Evidently in a different
proverb;
cf. Aristophanes Acharnians 10 (web address 2; kappa 1465), and generally kappa 1463, kappa 1466, kappa 1467.
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2177
Ἀνδρόγυνος
androgynous
… lexica; this genitive plural is evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps
Proverbs
18:8 LXX, though there are other possibilities).
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197
Βδέλλα
leech
Proverbs
30:15 and scholia.
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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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