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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.Matched in noteshighshort
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 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1934Ἐπακτὸς ὅρκοςimposed oathSimilar entry in Hesychius epsilon4121; and see also Zenobius 3.80. See further the next entry, epsilon 1935.Matched in noteshighshort
β60ΒάκχυριςBakchuris, Bocchuris, Bokchyris… Siculus 1.94-95. For it as proverbial, in any event, see Zenobius 2.20 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
ι524Ἱππάρχου πίναξhipparch's tabletZenobius 4.42, etc. For hipparchs (cavalry-commanders) cf. iota 522. [1] Syrcause was the leading city of Greek Sicily: sigma 1658.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3291Ἑτερομόλιος δίκηone-arrival lawsuitThe phrase is attested only in paroemiographers (Zenobius 3.88, Apostolius 8.4) and lexicographers. The implied etymology of the adjective is uncertain (see LSJ s.v. at web address 1); perhaps, despite the omicron spelling, connected …Matched in noteshighshort
β463Βοῦς ὁ ΜολοττῶνMolossian oxZenobius 2.83. Again at mu 1199. [1] A people of NW Greece.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2615Κύδοςreproach… as gender. For a cognate see kappa 2603. [2] cf. Zenobius 4.70.Matched in noteshighshort
μ987Μὴ σύ γε μελαμπύγου τύχῃςtake care you don't meet a black-bottomZenobius 5.10, etc. See also mu 449.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1076Δικαιότερον σταχάνηςmore just than a stachaneZenobius 3.16, etc.; cf. sigma 1013, tau 1105. [1] Besides the different vocabulary, this version has 'more just' as masculine rather than neuter.Matched in noteshighshort
λ820Λύκου δεκάςLykos' ten-company, Lycus' ten-company… Photius lambda457 Theodoridis (from Pausanias the Atticist) and similarly in Zenobius 5.2 and other paroemiographers. Better, however, is Photius lambda456 Theodoridis, quoting Eratosthenes (via Harpokration delta13 Keaney); see under delta 174. See also eta …Matched in noteshighshort
β460Βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώττηςan ox on the tongueLikewise in Hesychius, Zenobius 2.70, and elsewhere. This proverb is used by, amongst others, Theognis, verse 815, and Aeschylus, Agamemnon 36 (text at web address 1). Only the first of the explanations given has …Matched in noteshighshort
αι8Αἰάντειος γέλωςAiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter… of the adjective *ai)a/nteios ('Ajax's') cf. theta 567. [1] = Zenobius 1.43, Diogenianus 1.41, etc. [2] The phrase is found as an example of the use of the adjective in Theognostus 751.4. Adler also …Matched in noteshighshort
δ997Διειρωνόξενοιfalsely-hospitable, guest-dissembling… Aristophanes; cf. alphaiota 355. [3] Aristotle fr. 544 Rose (from Zenobius 2.24 and other paroemiographers; see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1790).Matched in noteshighshort
κ171Κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόνbad crow's bad eggZenobius 4.82. [1] See kappa 2066 (Corax). [2] No Suda entry but see OCD(4) s.v.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ116Μᾶλλον ὁ Φρύξrather the Phrygian… (mu78 Theodoridis, from Pausanias the Atticist) and the paroemiographers (e.g. Zenobius 5.16). For "Aesop the Phrgyian", and Croesus, see generally alphaiota 334. For the Seven Sages see OCD(4) s.v. [1] For this belief cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4101Ἀρχὴ ΣκυρίαSkyrian empire, Scyrian empire… it see alphaiota 238, sigma 714. [2] Similarly explained in Zenobius 1.32 and other paroemiographers. [3] For Theseus and Lykomedes see e.g. Pausanias 1.17.6 and Plutarch, Theseus 35 (neither, however, mentioning L.'s wife). In …Matched in noteshighshort
αι237Αἲξ οὐρανίαheavenly goat… first part of this entry is also in Photius. Earlier, Zenobius (1.26) had begun at 'Cratinus ...'. See further below, n. 1. cf. epsilon 2748, phi 479, alpha 1478. [1] cf. generally kappa 2575 …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ225ΚαλλικύριοιKallikyrioi… 566 F8. [2] Aristotle fr.586 Rose (603 Gigon). [3] cf. Zenobius 4.54 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighmedium
β587ΒύβλονByblian… what is the feminine noun implicit in "all"? [3] cf. Zenobius 2.73 (omitting 'big'). The proverb itself is an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… [see below]; Aelius Dionysius lambda8, Hesychius lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage quoted below, is Plato, Charmides …Matched in noteshighshort
ε4028Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμαenemies' charities are uncharitable and not helpful… mu 1234, nu 441. For this as a proverb see Zenobius 4.4 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2210. [2] Ascribed to the verse dream-book of Astrampsychos (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1360Μοιχόςseducer… 213] fr. 1 Kock and Kassel-Austin (from the Atalante); cf. Zenobius 4.67 and other paroemiographers; cf. epsilon 880 (and more generally mu 1359). The correct version of the proverb, however, has the noun in …Matched in noteshighmedium
α101ἌβυδοςAbudos, Abydos, Abydus… Pausanias the Atticist alpha3 and Photius alpha63 Theodoridis; cf. also Zenobius 1.1, s.v. *)abudhno\n e)pifo/rhma (alpha 100), and Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 p.376 on Aristophanes fr. 755. See generally sigma 1330, sigma 1331, sigma 1332. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2745Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… single letter it can become qusi/as 'sacrifices'. [8] Likewise in Zenobius (4.77), a compiler of proverbs in the second century CE, and doubtless the Suda's source here. [9] In mythology the Corybantes accompanied Dionysus …Matched in noteshighmedium