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γ184Γέρανοι λίθους καταπεπωκυῖαιshe-cranes which have swallowed stones[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those doing something with forethought; for because they fly up high and the view downward is a hindrance to their progress straight forward, cranes lift up stones, …highmedium
γ282Γλαὺξ ἵπταταιan owl is flying[sc. This proverbial phrase arose because] the flight of the owl was considered a symbol of victory. And [there is] another proverb: "owls from Laureion", in reference to those who have a lot of …highmedium
γ461Γρῦgrunt, ugh[Meaning something] short. But some [say it is] the crud from [under] the nails. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "and responding to these things without even so much as an ugh." Some [say the word …

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Γέρανοι λίθους καταπεπωκυῖαι

she-cranes which have swallowed stones

[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those doing something with forethought; for because they fly up high and the view downward is a hindrance to their progress straight forward, cranes lift up stones, so that they…

Γέρανοι λίθους καταπεπωκυῖαι· ἐπὶ τῶν προνοητικῶς τι ποιούντων· αἱ γὰρ γέρανοι διὰ τὸ ἐν ὕψει πέτεσθαι καὶ τῇ εἰς εὐθὺ ὁρμῇ τὴν ἐπὶ τὰ κάτω θέαν ἐμποδίζεσθαι λίθους βαστάζουσιν,…

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γ491Γυμνότερος Ἰαλέμουmore naked than a IalemosThe *)ia/lemos [is] a nickname of a dirge. [The proverb] is applied in reference to pitiful people/things. Also [sc. attested is] "more naked than a pestle and a slough", though Aristophanes [says] "more blind". …highmedium

δ95ΔαυίδDavidKing of Israel. When Saul was pursuing him, and after Saul had fallen into David's hands, not once but twice, and yet suffered no harm, the very gentle David said to the very misanthropic …highmedium

δ186Δεκάτην ἑστιάσαιto feast the tenthWhen children had been born to the citizens of Athens, it was customary on the 10th night after the birth to call together the paternal and maternal relatives and the closest friends, and when …highmedium

δ243Δέονnecessary"Just like Perikles, I spent 'on the necessary'." When general of [the] Athenians Perikles, required to give an account of money [given] to the Lacedaimonians' harmost Kleandros for [sc. the purpose of inducing him …highmedium

δ319Δειλότερος τοῦ παρακύπτοντοςmore cowardly than a peeper[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference those who are extremely cowardly. For there was a certain cowardly man who, peeping out of a cave and seeing Heracles, was turned to stone; and the stone …highmedium

δ400Δηλίου κολυμβητοῦDelian diverThis [sc. proverbial phrase] was uttered in reference to a book of Heraclitus, because it was hard to understand, that it needed a Delian diver who would not be drowned in it. Some entitle …highmedium

δ565Διαθήκην διαθώμεθα ἣν διέθετο πίθηκος τῇ γυναικίlet us arrange the arrangement that the ape arranged with his wife['Arrangement'] meaning agreement. For a certain person, ugly to look at, was continually quarrelling with his wife, and he made an arrangement, with his friends as witnesses, neither to beat nor to be beaten, …highmedium

δ1164λέγεται καὶ ἵπποςDiomedeian compulsionAlso found is '[Diomedeian] horse'. A proverb, [stemming] from [Diomedes [Author, Myth]] the son of Tydeus or from the Thracian [Diomedes]. The latter compelled his guests to have intercourse with his daughters and then …highmedium

δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysiaA festival amongst Athenians. [There is] also a saying: "from the same [date] just about that, plus the time since the Dionysia". It was customary for Athenians to reckon the years and the excess …highmedium

δ1207Διὸς ΚόρινθοςZeus' [son] KorinthosA proverb applying to those who keep saying the same things, it was coined for the following reason: the Megarians, subject to the Corinthians, were oppressed with their orders and clearly vexed on this …highmedium

δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who deserve punishment, inasmuch as when the octopus has been caught it is beaten many times to make it tender. And [there is] another proverb: "twice …highmedium

δ1282Διοίσεινto bear through, to differ[dioisei=n means the same as] diafe/rein. "And they gave pledges that they would willingly bear the burden of war with each other". Meaning would bear it together. "It was neither reasonable nor safe to …highmedium

δ1395Δόρυ κηρύκειονa spear as a herald's wandA proverb in reference to those who encourage and threaten at the same time. The Gephyraeans on whom the Athenians had imposed a tithe for Delphi received this response [from the oracle]: "to a …highmedium

δ1423Δούλων πόλιςslaves' cityA proverb; [sc. also a city] in Libya: Ephorus in [volume] 5 [mentions it]. Also another [city] of sacred slaves, in which one man is free. There is also, in Crete, Slave-city [Doulopolis], as …highmedium

δ1445Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖονDodonian bronze[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who speak a little. For Demon says that the oracle of Zeus at Dodona is surrounded by cauldrons in a circle. They touch each other, and …highmedium

δ1461ΔώριοςDorian[A kind of] musical pipe-playing, just like Lydian and Phrygian. "He chose a moderate and frugal diet which neither did him harm through its poverty nor made him soft through its richness -- but …highmedium

δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot[Meaning] the one that happened with wicked trickery. This has been told in the history of Cresphontes and the sons of Aristodemus: that Cresphontes wickedly threw a moist lump of earth into the water-pot …highmedium

δ1516ΔραχμήdrachmaSee under "talent." 100 drachmas make one m(i)na. A drachma [is] a weight of currency equal to 10 drachmas of silver. A drachma [is] six obols. And Aristophanes [writes]: "spend three drachmas for me …highmedium

ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selectedWith acute accent on the last syllable; but e)pi/lektos has acute accent on the antepenultimate. [This is] because the former is derived from the verb, the latter from the noun. Solomon says: "the hand …highmedium

ε760Ἐλάχιστοςthe least [thing]Thus Christ named earthly wealth. For He says: "he [who is] trustworthy in the least [thing]." That is, he who knows well how to live and spends his earthly wealth -- which [Christ] also …highmedium

ε937Ἔμβαρός εἰμιI am weighty[Meaning I am] sound of mind, thoughtful. Peiraieus was previously an island. This, in fact, is how it got its name: from the crossing [diaperan]. Mounykhos, who possessed its headlands, established a shrine of …highmedium

ε1421Ἐν παντὶ μύθῳ καὶ τὸ Δαιδάλου μύσοςin every myth (there is) also the defilement of DaedalusThey say that Pasiphae was in love with a bull and begged Daedalus to make a wooden cow and rig it up and put her in it; and mounting her like a cow the …highmedium

ε1428Ἐν Πυθίῳ κρεῖττον ἦν ἀποπατῆσαιit would have been better to relieve oneself in the Pythioni.e. to take a risk. For when certain people were so contemptuous of Apollo as to relieve themselves in his temple-precinct, Peisistratus enacted a law, that anyone caught doing this would die. But when …highmedium

ε1546Ἐξάντηdanger-free, out of danger[Meaning] healthy, and outside of ruin. "O Zeus, that I may become danger-free [in respect] of this disease!" The nu is inserted for euphony. "But the wounded man, having come out of his injury, …highmedium

ε1717ἘξηκεστίδηςExekestides[sc. is the nominative] and it declines *)echkesti/dou [in the genitive]. Aristophanes [uses the name]: in reference to those who are helpless. For this man they criticise as an alien and a vagrant. Aliens …highmedium

ε2255Ἐπὶ βύρσης ἐκαθέζετοhe was sitting on a hideThis used to be performed among Scythians. Whenever someone was wronged by another, but wished to defend himself and thought himself not equal alone in combat, he sacrificed an ox, cut the flesh into …highmedium

ε2348Ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦνto sow for strawThere is a custom for farmers to leave the land idle for a year, so that the crops it nourishes are wholesome, and to prevent it becoming tired by annual effort on the seeds. …highmedium

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