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Δηλίου κολυμβητοῦ
Delian diver
This [sc.
proverbial
phrase] was uttered in reference to a book of Heraclitus, because it was hard to understand, that it needed a Delian diver who would not be drowned in it. Some entitle …
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1560
Δοῖδυξ
pestle
… word, and a)letri/banos an Asian one. The scholia refer to
proverbial
expressions: scholia to Knights 984b paroimi/a, doi/duc au)/cei: e)pi\ tw=n li/an mikrw=n, "there is a
proverb,
"the grinder causes [things] to augment: [it …
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1164
λέγεται καὶ ἵππος
Diomedeian compulsion
Also found is '[Diomedeian] horse'. A
proverb,
[stemming] from [Diomedes [Author, Myth]] the son of Tydeus or from the Thracian [Diomedes]. The latter compelled his guests to have intercourse with his daughters and then …
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619
Διαλλάττειν
to reconcile
… is] no more trustworthiness than in a wolf agape." The
proverb
[is] in reference to those who pillage other people's property. For in the same way that there is no trustiness in wolves, [there …
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109
Δαιδάλου πτερά
Daedalus' wings
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who employ delay through lack of an appendage.
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536
Διὰ δακτυλίου δεῖ σε ἑλκυσθῆναι
you must have been dragged through a ring
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who become thin and withered because of disease or distress.
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648
Διὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥιπτεῖν χρή
it is necessary to hurl through knives and fire
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who do something recklessly.
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674
Διάνοια Εὔριπος
a thought [like the] Euripos
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to people people who change very easily and are unstable.
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1091
Δίκη δίκην ἔτικτε καὶ βλάβη βλάβην
suit begat suit and hurt hurt
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who are litigious and piling up lawsuits one on the other. Also, "to think of suing even if a donkey bites a dog". In reference to …
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1096
Δίκης ὀφθαλμός
eye of justice
"[...] with the result that everyone acknowledged that, as the
proverb
says, 'there is an eye of justice', which mere mortals [must] never despise".
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1115
Δίκτυον
net
And [there is] a
proverb:
"you are hunting the wind with a net," in reference to those doing something in vain and mindlessly. Also, "you are inflating a net," in reference to the equally …
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1186
Δι' ὀξείας δραμεῖν
to run through sharps
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those taking risks. For 'sharp' is what they call the spear-point.
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1461
Δώριος
Dorian
… the Dorian mode of his fortune." And [there is] a
proverb:
"from a Dorian to a Phrygian." "I shall not present well-rounded phrases [as proems and preludes ...] but setting forth the plain expressions …
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1581
Δύο τοίχους ἀλείφεις
you are oiling two walls
[sc. This
proverbial
phrase] is said in reference to those hedging their bets and taking a middle course in battles or friendships. The saying perhaps comes from those creating illuminations on two walls.
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1504
Δραπέτης κλῆρος
runaway lot
… points out that the "runaway lot" was probably a traditional,
proverbial
trick. [1] Cratinus wrote a comedy of this name (frs. 53-68 PCG vol.4, p.147ff.), probably about the women of Sybaris. The present addendum …
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