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α597ἈζησίαAzesia[Another name for] the maiden [Persephone], whereas Amaia [is] Demeter. And [there is] a proverb: Amaia looked for Azesia. In reference to those taking a long time in searches.Matched in translationhighshort
μ739Μετὰ τὴν ἐν Μαραθῶνι μάχην καὶ μετὰ τὸν πόλεμον ἡ συμμαχίαafter the battle in Marathon and after the war (comes) the alliance… one) presumably means to say is that only after the Persian incursion at Marathon (490 BCE) and again, in "the war" (the second, larger Persian invasion of 481-479) do the Greeks make a successful …Matched in noteshighshort
ν77Ναύσων ΝαυκράτηNauson Naukrates, Nauson Naucrates… 4.1, where the phrase itself takes the same form: two personal names, the second in the accusative, and thus an implicit verb linking them. But Hesychius nu52 s.v. Nauson introduces complications, not only by …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chancedThis second aorist -- here in the first person singular or third person plural; either way, evidently quoted from somewhere -- is assigned in modern grammars and dictionaries to tugxa/nw (tau 1147, web address …Matched in noteshighshort
β63Βαλανεύςbath-attendant, bath-man… A proverbial term] in reference to a meddlesome and officious person.Matched in translationhighshort
χ410Χορόςchorus, orchestra… is] a saying: "a tragic chorus [is drawn] from 15 persons, a comic chorus from 24 persons."Matched in translationhighshort
αι192Αἵματι κλαίεινto weep blood, to weep in blood… about those whom they would not have been able to persuade no matter what they did. "He would not persuade him, not even by weeping blood." They also say, "not even by groaning blood …Matched in translationhighshort
η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from Scythians… go hang; inasmuch as the Scythians responded to Dareios the Persian, after he had made an announcement about yielding, telling him to go hang.Matched in translationhighshort
κ2550Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyThey say that Pythagoras the philosopher persuaded those who associated with him as students to pool their property -- hence the proverb.Matched in translationhighshort
α675Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]… devices. For such was the dog-skin [helmet] of Hades, which Perseus used when he cut the throat of the Gorgon.Matched in translationhighshort
ει334Εἶτ' ἐφ' ὕδωρ κακόςthen a wretch on water-duty… for the [sc. speeches of the] litigants. This sort of person was the man allocated to it.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1204Διὸς ἐγκέφαλοςZeus' brain, Zeus' morsel[Referring to] the finest food-item. So say the Persians in reference to those who live luxuriously; or "king's morsel."Matched in translationhighshort
ε1004Ἐμπεδοκλέους ἔχθραEmpedokles' hatred, Empedocles' hatred[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those persistently hostile to people. Lysias [writes]: "for my part I considered myself bound in such a friendship that not even the hatred of Empedokles would impede …Matched in translationhighshort
ει89Εἰκότωνprobable [things]… "But he, if anything happened, made false claims to each person who approached, inventing them on the basis of probabilities." That is, [he] told lies. And [there is] a proverb: "at random for Heracles," …Matched in translationhighshort
ει300Εἰς οὐρανὸν τοξεύεινto shoot arrows into heavenMore usually (Zenobius 3.46, etc.) second-personal singular than this infinitive (a change of a single letter in the Greek).Matched in noteshighshort
η358Ἢ Μορσίμου τὶς ῥῆσιν ἐξεγράψατοor (if) someone has copied out a passage of Morsimos[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to despicable and calumniated persons. For Morsimos was a tragedian, a rather frigid writer, son of Philokles, ophthalmologist, small; he had a son, Astydamas.Matched in translationhighshort
μ1307Μοχθεῖis weary… evidently extracted from somewhere, is the present indicative active, third person singular, of the verb moxqe/w, I weary with toil; see LSJ s.v. and cf. mu 1308, mu 1309, mu 1310, mu 1311. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort
α2310ἈνέρριπτονI was tossing in the air, they were tossing in the air… of the imperfect verbs may be, as usual, either first person singular or third person plural. [2] This phrase for risking everything was already in general use when Julius Caesar used it for his …Matched in noteshighshort
α371Ἀγροῦ πυγήrump of the country; fat of the land… proverbial phrase] in reference to the comfortably-off and those attending perseveringly to some kind of task.Matched in translationhighshort
λ818Λύκος χανώνa wolf gaping[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to unsuccessful [persons/things]. Aelian [writes]: "he begged the god to assist him and to reveal as gaping wolves those who were trying to record his property for themselves, …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common property… [proverb] originated in Magna Graecia, in the period when Pythagoras persuaded those settling there to hold property undistributed [to private owners]. Menander uses the proverb in Brothers. "Not, of course, referring to goods alone …Matched in translationhighshort
α3788Ἀργυρέαsilver (one)… you will conquer all." In reference to those who propose persuading someone [to do] something difficult with gifts. For the Pythia prophesied this oracle to Philip, speaking in riddles because of the treachery which …Matched in translationhighshort
μ1030Μία χελιδώνone swallow… to say that one [good] day cannot bring the wise person to perfection, and one bad day [cannot bring] the wise man into ignorance.Matched in translationhighshort
ε465Ἐκλειπέτωσανlet them leave… in GI.) The headword seems to be present imperative, third person plural, of the verb e)klei/pw, but see next note. The gloss is lost, but the entry is probably a Biblical lemma, whose source …Matched in noteshighshort
η259Ἥλῳ τὸν ἧλον ἐκκρούειhe is knocking out a nail with a nail… transmission (by the loss of its final sigma) from second person singular; cf. Photius, Lexicon s.v. (and Lucian, Philopseudes 9).Matched in noteshighshort
α4543Αὐχμηρὰ τράπεζαdry table, parched table… Plato, Republic 554A, where this adjective is used of a person.Matched in noteshighshort
β11Βαβυλωνία κάμινοςBabylonian oven… authors to refer, proverbially, to endurance in the face of persecution. Azarias, an alternative name for Abednego, appears at alpha 581.Matched in noteshighshort
χ115ΧαρινάδηςCharinades… s.v. no.1, where he is not regarded as a real person). No such proverb appears in the paroemiographic collections; rather, here as occasionally elsewhere, 'proverb' = a more or less noteworthy phrase in Aristophanes.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2090ΚορινθικόνCorinthian… a modestly successful farmer (referring to himself in the third person here) makes a dedication to Demeter, see Madden (172-175). The poet introduces two neologisms in these last lines: the headword adjective itself (on …Matched in noteshighshort
α3450Ἀπονέμου τῆς ἁμάξης τῶν δὲ ὄνων οὐδὲν μέλειhelp yourself to the wagon but don't worry about the donkeys… cf. tau 863, where the second part reappears (in a personalised form); thus in Apostolius 17.43.Matched in noteshighshort

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