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1303
Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷ
there is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him
… as being a solution in which the meat is plunged.
Athenaeus
also uses the word frequently for the spicey, salted pickle or sauce in which a cook prepares his dish, either in cooking or …
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457
Γρῖφος
riddle, conundrum
… an answer to be given for a prize of forfeit."
Athenaeus,
in his lengthy and useful discussion of riddles at dinners and symposia (10.69-89 Kaibel = 448B-459C, cf. Epitome, ed. S.P. Peppink, 2.2.44-52), attributes …
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cockle, mussel
… by Pherecrates fr. 143 Kock = 152 K.-A., (preserved by
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 11.481C = 11.62 Kaibel); cf. LSJ s.v. I.2, 'shell-full, a small measure of capacity'. For the proverb see Teleclides fr. 19 Kock …
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100
Ἀβυδηνὸν ἐπιφόρημα
Abydene dessert
… For a different explanation (involving taxes and harbor dues) see
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 14.641A [14.47 Kaibel], citing Aristeides, On Proverbs.
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1073
Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδη
but now anything might happen
… of Sikyon by the scholiast, see the drinking-song quoted by
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 15.695D = 15.50 #20 Kaibel ("Under every stone, my friend, there lurks a scorpion. Take care that it does not strike you; …
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3891
Ἄριστα
best
… adjective, used adverbially. [2] For this proverb see also e.g.
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 13.568DE (13.24 Kaibel). Its verb, (?)bowdlerised here in the Suda and in some of the paroemiographers to the meaningless u(fei=, should in …
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1272
Δὶς κράμβη θάνατος
twice-cooked cabbage (is) death
… see kappa 2318, and generally the dossier of material in
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 9.369E-370F (9.9-10 Kaibel).
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555
Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλου
out of every timber
… meaning that not every material is appropriate for good work.
Athenaeus
in Deipnosophists quotes twice (5.187D and 5.215C = 5.12 and 5.55 Kaibel) a similar proverb used by Demochares (delta 472) of unscrupulous politicians. …
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1325
Ἔνηφι
on the day after tomorrow
… epsilon3025 correctly has "to the third [day]", ei)s tri/thn; likewise
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 3.100B [3.56 Kaibel] and a scholion to Aristophanes, Acharnians 172.
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1824
Ἔξω Γλαῦκε
away o Grey one
… 7.58. For the glaukos see the dossier of material in
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 7.295B-F (7.45-46 Kaibel).
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2440
Ἐπὶ Λειψυδρίῳ μάχη
a battle at Leipsydrion
… brave struggle'. For the rest of the present material cf.
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 15.695E (15.50 Kaibel). [1] In Attica: pi 680, pi 681. [2] In the late sixth century BCE. For the Alkmaionids see generally …
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2903
Ἐργαστήριον
workshop
… of Hellenica 3.4.17), and it became quasi-proverbial; besides Polybius, witness
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 10.421B [10.18 Kaibel].
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62
Ἡ γλῶττα τῷ κήρυκι τούτων τέμνεται
the tongue of these is cut for the herald
… been preserved in the various collections of scholia (and in
Athenaeus).
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85
Ἢ δεῖ χελώνης κρέα φαγεῖν ἢ μὴ φαγεῖν
whether one should eat a tortoise's flesh or not eat it
… also chi 192. Besides the paroemiographers (Zenobius 4.19, etc.) see
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 8.337B [8.17 Kaibel], with two versions playing on the kre/a/xrh/ ("flesh"/"should") ambiguity. [1] Demon FGrH 327 F10. [2] This contrast makes no …
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572
Ἦσαν πότ' ἦσαν ἄλκιμοι Μιλήσιοι
Milesians were strong (or) once they were
… version of this iambic trimeter; Aristotle (fr. 557 Rose) in
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 12.523F [12.26 Kaibel]; and the paroemiographers (e.g. Diogenianus 5.3).
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243
Καλλιφάνης
Kalliphanes, Calliphanes
cf. Clearchus fr.90 Wehrli (in
Athenaeus,
Deipnosophists 1.4C [1.6 Kaibel]).
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132
Χάρμος
Charmus, Charmos, Kharmos
For notes see alpha 731, the entry for
Athenaeus,
from which this entry has been extracted (and Heath's translation repeated).
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