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κ171Κακοῦ κόρακος κακὸν ᾠόνbad crow's bad egg… winged creature [of this name], because it is not edible itself, and nor is the egg which it lays. But others say it comes from Corax [Crow] the Syracusan, who was the first to …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machine… bring on gods; not setting them out on the stage itself, but on high by means of some kind of machine. The spectators would see this machine beforehand, but at the appointed time he …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ8Λάβραξbass… byword/proverb, applying to gluttons, see Apostolius 10.38; and for Miletus itself cf. mu 1060. [1] Etymologically 'grabby', thus greedy, a sense present in a couple of the associated terms, lambda 7 and lambda 9. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1421Ἐν παντὶ μύθῳ καὶ τὸ Δαιδάλου μύσοςin every myth (there is) also the defilement of Daedalus… and other paroemiographers. (There is wordplay, mythos/mysos, in the proverb itself which gets lost in translation.) For Daedalus (Daidalos) cf. generally delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109, delta 110; for Pasiphae and …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3795Εὐφημίαgood speech… epsilon 3796 as a proper name). The present entry concerns itself with the specialized religious connotation of "good speech" to mean "ritual silence"; cf. epsilon 3792. [1] Apparently a fragment of Iambic poetry. Ascribed …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1189Καιρόςopportune time… Catascepenus) -- unless those authors took it from the Suda itself. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. (At iota 436, a similar allegation is made about Julian of Halicarnassus.)Matched in noteshighmedium
β587ΒύβλονByblian… in "all"? [3] cf. Zenobius 2.73 (omitting 'big'). The proverb itself is an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… island which was reputedly Hephaistos' forge. The present headword phrase itself is presumably a quotation, but unidentifiable. [2] Myrsilos of Methymna (Lesbos), C3-BCE historian: FGrH 477 (where this fragment is F7b). Medea's rivalry with …Matched in noteshighmedium
α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… uses the phrase to\ a)rgu/rion to\ a)/busson in that line itself. [6] Psalm 103:6 LXX. See again under pi 1083. [7] Psalm 41:8 LXX. [8] Referring to the continuation of Psalm 41:8 LXX, "all …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… adjective for the adverb ("on account of incessant sitting at…"), itself governing e)pi\ + the article and infinitive. [6] Here a new sentence in our text begins "In which" (e)n w|(=), presumably from the …Matched in noteshighmedium