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α4252Ἀστραπήlightning[1] A Stoic definition from Diogenes Laertius 7.153; cf. kappa 1377. [2] cf. Diogenianus 3.7 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
α4306Ἀτταγᾶς νουμηνίῳa partridge (joins) a woodcock… version of "birds of a feather flock together." See e.g. Diogenes Laertius 9.114. For the birds in question see LSJ s.v.: the attagas (again alpha 4307) is defined there as a francolin (Tetrao orientalis), …Matched in noteshighshort
α277Ἀγνοεῖ δ' ἀράχνη παῖδας ὡς παιδεύεταιa spider knows not how she educates her children.

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Ἀστραπή

lightning

[Meaning a] kindling of clouds being rubbed 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…

Ἀστραπή· ἔξαψις νεφῶν παρατριβομένων ἢ ῥηγνυμένων ὑπὸ πνεύματος. καὶ παροιμία· Ἀστραπὴ ἐκ πυελίου· ἐπὶ τῆς οὐθενείας. παρόσον οὐδὲν δύνανται αἱ ἐκ τῶν κρηνῶν καὶ πυέλων μαρμαρυγαί.

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Iambica adespota fr. 16a Diehl; cf. Diogenianus 1.70 and other paroemiographers

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α281Ἁγνότερος πηδαλίουpurer than a steering-oarDiogenianus 1.11 and other paroemiographers. Presumably this proverb's effect turns on the purificatory properties of salt. On the steering oars -- always in pairs -- of ancient ships, see pi 1493 and pi 1494, …Matched in noteshighshort

α301Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπωνmarket of Kerkopes… the phrase "market of Kerkopes" as meaning "knaves' market" see Diogenes Laertius 9.114; also Zenobius 1.5 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α442Ἀδελφὸς παρείηmay a brother be at handcf. Diogenianus 1.91 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α493Ἀδμήτου μέλος καὶ ἉρμοδίουAdmetos' song and Harmodios'cf. Diogenianus 2.68 (and other paroemiographers), where it is clearer than it is here that no single song encompassing both these individuals is meant. "Skolia" were songs sung in turn by guests at a …Matched in noteshighshort

α517Ἀδώνιδος κῆποιAdonis' gardens… Hesychius. [2] From the scholia to Plato, Phaedrus 276B; cf. Diogenianus 1.14.Matched in noteshighshort

α607Ἀείalways… Tyana (alpha 3420). [3] Sophocles fr. 809; cf. Zenobius 2.44, Diogenianus 1.58; Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.116. [4] So the transmitted text, but it should probably read 'triple six'; cf. omicroniota 106, tau …Matched in noteshighshort

α1064Ἄλλα μὲν ὁ Λεύκωνος ὄνος φέρει ἄλλα δὲ Λεύκωνsome things Leukon's donkey carries (but) others LeukonThe proverb appears in this form in Diogenianus 2.21, who explains it as applying to a mismatch between words and actions and adds an anecdote about an Athenian farmer of this name. (Other paroemiographers …Matched in noteshighshort

α1149Ἄλευεkeep away from… in ps.-Zonaras. [1] cf. generally alpha 1141, alpha 1148. [2] Diogenianus 2.56 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α1194Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζεshake acorns from another oakSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Diogenianus 1.19. [2] Macarius 1.88.Matched in noteshighshort

α1314Ἄλλο γλαὺξ ἄλλο κορώνη φθέγγεταιone thing the owl cries, another the crowDiogenianus 2.16 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α1343Ἀλλότρια βάλλεινto throw others' throwscf. Diogenianus 2.60.Matched in noteshighshort

α1392Ἀλώπηξ τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνειa fox drives the ox[1] So too in Photius, Lexicon alpha1089 Theodoridis, and cf. Diogenianus 1.75; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1886. [2] A line of iambic verse, apparently oracular. (Adler cites Astrampsychus, ed. Opsopoeus in Oraculis metricis …Matched in noteshighshort

α1400Ἄλλως ἀναλίσκεις ὕδωρyou are using up water for nothing[1] cf., more generally, alpha 1399. Diogenianus 2.61. [2] That is, within a fixed time-limit measured by a waterclock (klepsydra). See in brief S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 130-2.Matched in noteshighshort

α1460Ἅμα δίδου καὶ λάμβανεgive and take at the same timeDiogenianus 2.77a and other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.476, citing precedents and parallels.Matched in noteshighshort

α1486Ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν ἕλκειa wagon is dragging the oxVery similar entry in Photius (glossed as 'a proverb'); cf. Diogenianus 3.30. A Greek version of "putting the cart before the horse" or "the tail is wagging the dog." Tosi (cited under alpha 378) …Matched in noteshighshort

α1683Ἀμύξειςyou will scratch, you will tear… scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.243, where the headword occurs. [2] Diogenianus 6.69; cf. mu 865. [3] Greek Anthology 7.218.11 (Antipater of Sidon), epitaph for the famous Corinthian courtesan Lais; cf. Gow and Page (vol. …Matched in noteshighshort

α2156Ἀνδραποδώδειςslavish… [2] Meaning in practice crudely close-cropped; cf. alpha 2157. [3] Diogenianus 1.73. [4] Imperfectly quoted from Plato, Alcibiades 1.120B (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α2260Ἀνέμου παιδίονwind's childIn Diogenianus (1.47) and other paroemiographers; also casually mentioned -- apparently as proverbial -- in Libanius, Letters 1196.2.Matched in noteshighshort

α2804Ἀξία ἡ κύων τοῦ βρώματοςthe bitch is worthy of her foodcf. Diogenianus 2.78 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α2863Ἄπαγε μόθων' ἀπὸ κώπηςkeep a impudent man away from an oarcf. Diogenianus 3.27 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α2933Ἅπας ἐχῖνος τραχύςevery hedgehog [is] pricklyIn Diogenianus and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α3137Ἄπειροι γῦπεςinexperienced vultures, innumerable vulturesDiogenianus 2.88 and other paroemiographers -- which however read a(/per oi( gu=pes, "(you are acting) just as the vultures." The Suda's a)/peiroi is a mistake. See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.768.Matched in noteshighshort

α3402Ἀπόλογος ἈλκίνουAlkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' taleDiogenianus 2.86. The phrase (explained thus in LSJ s.v. a)po/logos, I: "of long and tedious stories, from that told by Odysseus to Alcinous in Od. 9-12") is found in e.g. Comica Adespota fr. 743b …Matched in noteshighshort

α3471Ἀπὸ πέντε ἅλλεσθαι πετρῶν εἰς κῦμαto leap from five rocks into a wavecf. Diogenianus 1.80, where however the proverb itself ends (improbably) "into a cudgel".Matched in noteshighshort

α3494Ἀπορραγείςhaving been broken off… be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities are all late. [2] Diogenianus 2.89, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1491.Matched in noteshighshort

α3600Ἀποτίσεις χοῖρε γίγαρταyou, pig, will give back grape-pipsDiogenianus 3.32 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

α3668Ἀπώλεσας τὸν οἶνον ἐπιχέας ὕδωρyou ruined the wine by pouring in watercf. Diogenianus 2.32 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2205. [1] On Aristias of Phleious (C5 BCE) see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.154); this is his fr. 4 Nauck. On the Peripatetic philosopher …Matched in noteshighshort

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