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Malcolm Heath1
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α4716Ἄχρησταuseless (things), unprofitable (things)And [there is] a proverb: "don't spend [sc. time] on useless things." Never do good for an old man, nor a malignant slave/boy, nor a talkative woman, nor a stupid slave/boy or a neighbor's …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματαDaidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pursuing skills with exactitude. [It arose] because the old craftsmen used to make the eyes closed, but Daidalos opened them, and spread the feet. And Homer …Matched in translationhighshort
δ334Δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχυρότερονnothing is mightier than terrible necessity[sc. This proverb is used] because necessity compels even the gods. And Plato says that not even the gods compel necessity.

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Ἄχρηστα

useless (things), unprofitable (things)

And [there is] a proverb: "don't spend [sc. time] on useless things." Never do good for an old man, nor a malignant slave/boy, nor a talkative woman, nor a stupid slave/boy or a neighbor's dog, nor a chattering rower.…

Ἄχρηστα. καὶ παροιμία· Εἰς ἄχρηστα μὴ ἀναλίσκειν. μή ποτ' εὖ ἔρδειν γέροντα, μὴ παῖδα βάσκανον, μήτε γυναῖκα λάλον, μήτε παῖδα νήπιον μήτε γείτονος κύνα, μὴ λάλον κωπηλάτην. …

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δ1149ΔιόδωροςDiodoros, Diodorus, Diodore… Kingdoms; On Inquiries into the Books of Chronicles, On the Proverbs, What is the Difference between Exposition and Allegory, On Ecclesiastes, On the Song of Songs, On the Prophets, Chronology, straightening out the error …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1233Διωλύγιονenormous[Meaning something] big. And [there is] a proverb: *diwlu/gion kako/n ["enormous evil"], referring to those who undertake something big and terrible. For diwlu/gion is something big and extending far. "Thus an enormous nonsense ... …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1461ΔώριοςDorian… 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 …Matched in translationhighmedium

α537Ἀδύνατα εἶναιto be impossibles… is cast'), kappa 2591 and phi 5 (end); also the proverb "Triple six or three aces" (eta 635, tau 934, tau 1006).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

α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table… phrase, not illustrated by either of the quotations given, sounds proverbial; cf. alpha 4543. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 485-6 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 59 Habrich.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… the synonyms being the lexicographer's. [6] Quotation unidentifiable, though one (proverbial-sounding) element of it, "the happiness of Aristotle", is used in fr.4 (preserved by Eusebius) of the C2-CE Platonist philosopher Atticus [OCD(4) p.204]. [7] …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι73Αἰγῶν ὀνόματαnanny-goats' names[1] Also, thus far, in Appendix Proverbiorum 1.8.Matched in noteshighshort

δ849Διαψεύδονταιthey are cheated, they are deceived, they are disappointed… the Suda and Constantine makes for a better maxim or proverb, because of its paradox, and fits better with the following context. The text in the mss, however, applies only to the immedite result …Matched in noteshighshort

χ445Χωρὶς τὰ Μυσῶν καὶ Φρυγῶν ὁρίσματαseparate are the boundaries of Mysians and PhrygiansThe unglossed headword phrase is proverbial: see e.g. Gregorius 3.99 (= Tragica adespota fr. 560 Nauck). Here it is unglossed, but illustrated by the second quotation given. The first quotation merely illustrates the commonplace …Matched in noteshighmedium

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