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β261Βὴξ ἀντὶ πορδῆςa cough instead of a fart… farting "predicament"; rather, as Apostolius' gloss has it, this second proverb applies to inadequacy more generally. Or perhaps (CR) ya/lths has the later sense "cantor, psalm-singer" (see Lampe s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
α1510Ἅμματα[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 …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4438Αὐλητοῦ βίον ζῇςyou are living a piper's life

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Βὴξ ἀντὶ πορδῆς

a cough instead of a fart

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who, in a predicament, pretend to do something; since when people fart they pretend to cough in an attempt to avoid detection. And [there is] a new proverb: 'a cough [is]…

Βὴξ ἀντὶ πορδῆς· ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἀπορίᾳ προσποιουμένων τι πράττειν. παρ' ὅσον οἱ πέρδοντες λανθάνειν πειρώμενοι προσποιοῦνται βήττειν. καὶ νέα παροιμία· Ἀπορία ψάλτου βήξ.

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… a particular variety of piper is (disparagingly) envisaged in this proverb; certainly not (e.g.) the kind who, from 586 BCE, won the prestigious solo piping competition at the Pythian Games (see West 337). For …

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ε1684Ἐξέχειν τὸν ἥλιονthe sun to shine out… Pollux 9.123, Hesychius epsilon3821. [1] Not, however, in the standard proverb-collections. [2] Aristophanes fr. 389 Kock (404 K.-A.). [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 771-2 (with 'will be'): web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort

χ171ΧαιριδεῖςChairideis… scholia, which are compiled in the entry here. [5] Appendix Proverbiorum 5.21. On the o)/rqios [no/mos] see nu 478, omicron 574, omicron 575 and omicron 585 and the notes there. [6] Homer, Iliad 11.10-11 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α518Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθονsinging of the span of life to a dill-plantThe phrase 'span of life' appears as, seemingly, proverbial in its own right in some of the paroemiographers (with a gloss like the one at sigma 942), but as a whole this proverb-like headword …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… gay man (lambda 264, lambda 278, pi 3225, cf. the proverb for homosexual acts, ta\ *kinhsi/ou dra=| 'he does the acts of Cinesias': Michael Apostolius, Proverbs 15.89) and lampooned for his gruesome appearance, covered …Matched in noteshighmedium

β587ΒύβλονByblian… implicit in "all"? [3] cf. Zenobius 2.73 (omitting 'big'). The proverb itself is an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighmedium

α455ᾌδεις ὥσπερ εἰς Δῆλον πλέωνyou sing as if sailing into DelosZenobius 2.37 and other paroemiographers. (For another proverb about singing see alpha 1399.) The tiny Aegean island of Delos was held to be the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, and for that and allied …Matched in noteshighshort

α1352Ἀλλ' οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποδὶ πρὸς τὴν λύραν ἀμετρίαν τρίανbut not through the disproportion in the foot for the lyre… headword phrase comes from Plato (or ps-Plato), Clitopho 407C. Its proverbial status, implied by the present gloss, is not borne out by inclusion in the paroemiographic collections, but see Plutarch, Moralia 439C and 534C.Matched in noteshighshort

α2901Ἅπαντα γάρ τοι βρωτὰ πολιορκουμένοιςfor all things are food to the besiegedThe proverb in this form (Arsenius 3.58a has an abbreviated one, with no gloss) is a line of hexameter iambic verse. [1] An oblique reference to cannibalism.Matched in noteshighshort

α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύεινpainful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless… (line 625) of a gnomic couplet of Theognis; registered as proverbial by Diogenianus (2.90) and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.471, where a)rgale/on occurs. [3] Lejeune (below) 151 accepts this …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4099Ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστονFirst, not to be born is best for earth-bound men, and not to look upon the rays of the sharp sun; but, once born, [best] to drive as quickly as possible through Hades' gatesA gloomy proverb (Macarius 2.45) expressed in one-and-a-half elegiac couplets.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

β145Βασιλέως ἐγκέφαλοςking's brain, king's morsel[1] delta 1204. Proverbial expression for rare and costly food; see LSJ s.v. e)gke/falos III. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychos (alpha 4251). Apparently this is what it means if you …Matched in noteshighshort

β295Βίος ἀκανθώδηςa thorny life[1] The headword phrase sounds proverbial, like the others assembled for this entry, but it does not feature in the paroemiographers, and is indeed not otherwise attested. [2] For this and "a ready-kneaded life" …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ100Δαφνίνην φορῶ βακτηρίανI am carrying a laurel staffZenobius 3.12, and other paroemiographers. The proverbial phrase itself is the bulk (minus the opening) of an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighshort

δ231Δεξιὸν εἰς ὑπόδημα ἀριστερὸν εἰς ποδονίπτρανright (foot) into a sandal (but) left into a foot-bathProverbial -- with this explanation, but without 'Aristophanes' -- in Zenobius 3.36; see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1625. A hexameter line, with hiatus between u(po/dhma and a)ristero/n. The 'Aristophanes' in question here …Matched in noteshighshort

δ589Διακόνιονdiakonion, flat-cake… and notes that the 'in reference to' idiom suggests something proverbial. [5] A Macedonian lexicographer of the third century BCE (cited in the Suda here only). See generally L. Cohn, "Amerias," RE 1 (1894) …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1404Δόςgive… As regards the sense of the verse itself (which sounds proverbial, but is not in the collections and is otherwise unidentifiable), Drachmann wanted an a)/n before a)kou/sais; and irrespective of that, the transmitted 'on …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1060Ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτα καὶ λευκαῖς κόραιςI will attend to these matters and (so will) white maidensAn iambic trimeter, also in Appendix Proverbiorum 2.55. Generated by the Gauls' attack on Delphi in 278 BCE. See generally J. Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle (Berkeley 1978) 344, Q231.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1112Ἐν ἀμούσοις καὶ κόρυδος φθέγγεταιamongst the unmusical even a lark sings… also Eustathius. LSJ s.v. ko/rudos duly register it as a proverb of the 'in the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king' type (for which cf. generally epsilon 1147, epsilon 1154). Modern …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1384Ἐν μύρτου κλαδὶ τὸ ξίφος κρατήσωin a branch of myrtle I will master my sword… BCE; but here, as also in Apostolius 7.26 and Appendix Proverbiorum 2.64, the main verb is changed from forh/sw ('I will carry') to krath/sw ('I will master'). Here as elsewhere in Aristophanes (etc.) 'sword' …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2120Ἐπειδὴ τὸν οἶνον ἠξίους πιεῖνsince you saw fit to drink the wine you should drink the dregs too… sigma 1483, where the quotation is different again (but the proverbial character of the sentiment more explicit).Matched in noteshighshort

χ410Χορόςchorus, orchestra… on this verse. [2] Scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 589. (Not proverbial, despite this billing.)Matched in noteshighshort

χ414Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεταιhe is grieved at the choruses of the tragedians… 787. The rephrasing and presentation of this quotation as a proverb is not, however, reflected either in the scholia or in the paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

χ582Χρυσὸς ΚολοφώνιοςColophonian gold, Kolophonian goldThe headword phrase is proverbial. [1] cf. kappa 1956. [2] Apostolius 18.37, etc. [3] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighshort