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44 entries for Diogenianus

γ492Γυμνότερος παττάλουmore naked than a pegDiogenianus 3.98.Matched in noteshighshort
μ525Μέλιτος μυελόςhoney's marrowDiogenianus 3.20, Apostolius 11.32, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
γ507Γυπὸς σκιάvulture's shadowDiogenianus 3.100.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2472Κρόνου πυγήKronos' buttockcf. Diogenianus 5.64 and other paroemiographers. For other proverbial phrases involving Kronos (kappa 2466) see kappa 2469, kappa 2470, and cf. kappa 2471.Matched in noteshighshort
λ815Λύκος ἀετὸν φεύγειa wolf is fleeing an eagleFrom Photius lambda451 Theodoridis; also in Diogenianus 6.19 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
α2260Ἀνέμου παιδίονwind's childIn Diogenianus (1.47) and other paroemiographers; also casually mentioned -- apparently as proverbial -- in Libanius, Letters 1196.2.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1471Μυσὶ κανθαρίςa blister-beetle to micecf. Diogenianus 6.49 and other paroemiographers. For other proverbs with this sense see (e.g.) alpha 1384, alpha 1551, kappa 346, kappa 2048.Matched in noteshighshort
α1314Ἄλλο γλαὺξ ἄλλο κορώνη φθέγγεταιone thing the owl cries, another the crowDiogenianus 2.16 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
κ182Κακοὶ τῆς πονηρίας πίνουσι τὴν ὁμίχληνbad men drink the fog of villainyDiogenianus 5.99, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
α3798Ἀργύρου κρῆναι λαλοῦσινsprings of silver prattlecf. Diogenianus 2.93 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
α4666Ἀφ' ὑψηλοῦ μου καταγελᾷςyou are laughing at me from on highDiogenianus 3.24.Matched in noteshighshort
δ109Δαιδάλου πτεράDaedalus' wingsGlossed more intelligibly in Diogenianus 4.25 (and other paroemiographers): "in reference to those who, at a loss, employ an extraneous appendage". For Daedalus see also delta 107, delta 110.Matched in noteshighshort
μ942Μήλοις βάλλεινto strike with applesSee already mu 938. Diogenianus 6.36 and other paroemiographers relate it to the myth of the golden apples dropped by Hippomenes to distract Atalante in the race for her hand (cf. alpha 4309).Matched in noteshighshort
η608Ἡ συκάμινος συκαμίνῳ ῥύπτεταιthe mulberry-tree is cleansed by a mulberry-treeComica adespota fr. 1269 Kock, but not in K.-A.; Diogenianus 2.86, Appendix Proverbiorum 3.13, and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathersMenander fr. 167 K.-Th., 148 K.-A.; cf. Diogenianus 3.7 and other paroemiographers. The 'fear' aspect features in the background material (about wolves and oxen) in Apostolius 10.80.Matched in noteshighshort
α4521Αὐτὸς γὰρ εὗρε τοῦ κακοῦ τὴν πητύανfor he himself found the rennet of the evilA proverb (Diogenianus 3.18) couched in an iambic trimeter; again at pi 1540.Matched in noteshighshort
γ317Γλυκὺς ἀπείρῳ πόλεμοςsweet (is) war to an inexperienced man… a)pei/roisin, "a sweet thing [is] war, to the inexperienced"); cf. Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2731Κύων παρ' ἐντέροιςa dog among the entrailsHesychius kappa4765; Photius, Lexicon kappa1283 Theodoridis; cf. Diogenianus 5.67a, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
α3137Ἄπειροι γῦπεςinexperienced vultures, innumerable vulturesDiogenianus 2.88 and other paroemiographers -- which however read a(/per oi( gu=pes, "(you are acting) just as the vultures." The Suda's a)/peiroi is a mistake. See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.768.Matched in noteshighshort
γ258Γῆς βάροςearth's weight… 55; Arsenius 5.41f. For the gloss, cf. nu 75. [2] Diogenianus 3.91. On the phrase gh=s e)/ntera see LSJ s.v. e)/nteron, II; when used in this proverb it probably means worm-casts.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3582Εὐμεταβολώτερος κοθόρνουmore changeable than a kothornos… 342; and see also kappa 1909. [1] cf. Zenobius 3.93, Diogenianus 4.72, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
α1194Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζεshake acorns from another oakSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Diogenianus 1.19. [2] Macarius 1.88.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1386Δορκάςgazelle, antelope… instead, nowadays registered as Iambica adespota fr. 19 Diehl. In Diogenianus 6.59 and other paroemiographers. See generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.825; and cf. mu 977, pi 2751.Matched in noteshighshort
ε562Ἐκπερδικίσαιto escape like a partridge… as an intensifier). Either way, the verb became proverbial in Diogenianus and other paroemiographers. cf. delta 911.Matched in noteshighshort
μ385Μεγαρικαὶ ΣφίγγεςMegarian Sphinxes[1] Diogenianus 6.35, etc. [2] So e.g. Cratinus fr. 446 Kock (now 495 K.-A.). [3] Presumably the nymph Maia, mother of Hermes (epsilon 3037). [4] cf. alpha 1081.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2183Κουρήτων στόμαKouretes' mouthSuch a proverb is cited in Zenobius 4.61, Diogenianus (Mazarin ms.) 5.60, and Apostolius 9.95, as well as in Hesychius kappa3848. The present gloss is from Zenobius, though oi(=on "as in" appears there instead …Matched in noteshighshort
β78Βάλλειν μήλοιςto hit with apples[1] Diogenianus 3.63; and cf. mu 938, mu 942. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as a passage from Gregory of Nazianus' Funeral speech for Basil of Caesarea. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
μ938Μήλῳ βληθῆναιto be struck with a apple… alpha 3324, alpha 4716, epsiloniota 232, theta 470. [1] cf. Diogenianus 6.63. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 996-7 (web address 1), with scholion. For 'little whore' cf. pi 2081.Matched in noteshighshort
γ68Γαστήρbelly, stomach[1] cf. generally sigma 543. [2] Diogenianus 3.85. [3] Theodoret (PG 80, 1080c) on Psalm 30:10 LXX.Matched in noteshighshort
μ978Μήρινθοςline… scholion; already at alpha 4475 (= Lexica Segueriana 165.13 Bachmann); Diogenianus 3.35. [3] Aelian fr. 293 Domingo-Forasté (296 Hercher); cf. fr. 67 D-F (64 Hercher). For other applications of the proverb see omicron 292; …Matched in noteshighshort

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