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Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθός
the wage [is] worth taking
… hiding the anger with silence. Also [sc. attested is the
proverbial
phrase] "worth a hair"; in reference to something cheap and commonplace; inasmuch as hair is worth nothing. Aristophanes [writes]: "if I stole something …
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328
Ἀγωνάρχαι
contest-judges
… my arms to the Achaeans." Also [sc. attested is] a
proverb:
"a contest does not accept excuses." It is applied to those who have not profited at all if they made excuses. Also [sc. …
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4091
Ἀρχή
authority, rule
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… authority alone, nor [was it] half of everything as the
proverb
says. [It was] itself the whole of everything."
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517
Ἀδώνιδος κῆποι
Adonis' gardens
… they used to sow in earthenware pots. They apply the
proverb
to the superficial and shallow. Adonis' gardens: in reference to things that are untimely and transitory and have not taken root.
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888
Ἀκίνητα κινεῖν
to move the unmoveable
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to things [being done] to excess. Because one should not even move altars, or tombs.
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4252
Ἀστραπή
lightning
… together or broken by a wind. And [there is] a
proverb:
"lightning out of a little vat"; in reference to to nothingness. Inasmuch as flashings in no way are able [to come] out of …
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4523
Αὐτὸς ἔφα
he himself said; ipse dixit
"This
proverbial
[phrase], in reference to Pythagoras the philosopher, entered into [usage in everyday] life." For this man, glorifying his own word and life in his lectures, used to say "he said himself"; meaning …
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4652
Ἀφροδίσιον
Aphrodision, Aphrodisium
… particularly extraordinary." Aelian [sc. says this]. And [there is] a
proverb:
"an Aphrodisian oath may be violated with impunity", in reference to those who because of passion swear [oaths] often and swear falsely.
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4716
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 …
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334
Δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχυρότερον
nothing 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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537
Ἀδύνατα εἶναι
to be impossibles
… is cast'), kappa 2591 and phi 5 (end); also the
proverb
"Triple six or three aces" (eta 635, tau 934, tau 1006).
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1352
Ἀλλ' οὐ διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ ποδὶ πρὸς τὴν λύραν ἀμετρίαν τρίαν
but 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.
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1825
Ἀναγκαία τράπεζα
necessary 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.
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445
Χωρὶς τὰ Μυσῶν καὶ Φρυγῶν ὁρίσματα
separate are the boundaries of Mysians and Phrygians
The 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 …
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