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αι192Αἵματι κλαίεινto weep blood, to weep in blood… 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 would he …Matched in translationhighshort
μ382Μεγαρέων ἄξιοι μερίδοςworthy of a Megarians' portion; worthy of a Megarians' share… is what the Megarians [are] like. "That such is the matter [sc. involved here] the witnesses [are] notable and clear, not some obscure people, nor [worthy] of the Megarians' portion, but of those who …Matched in translationhighshort
ε2498Ἐπὶ ξυροῦon a razor… the verge of danger, at the very climax of the matter. "He was obviously vexed at the prediction, and the danger he was in was on a razor's edge, as the saying goes; the …Matched in translationhighshort
α842Ἀκεσίας ἰάσατοAkesias healed… uses it thus, "I fear that if I touch the matter I will become Akesias" (Epistulae 476.5). The proverb clearly implies that Akesias made things worse than they were before. It may be that …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3781Εὐτυχεῖsucceeds… point the applicability of a universal truth to the special matter in hand" (J.D. Denniston, The Greek Particles, 2nd. corr. edn., Oxford, 1966, 542-543). The concept of eu)tuxi/a, as happiness or fortune gained partly …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1060Ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτα καὶ λευκαῖς κόραιςI will attend to these matters and (so will) white maidens… to be done] and said: 'I will attend to these matters and with white maidens'. Subsequently he appeared with Athena and Artemis, who also have shrines at Delphi, and they met the enemy in …Matched in translationhighshort
α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… sauce to his wit is never bitter or rude, no matter how cruel it is. This judgment is shared by many modern sophisticated societies. This proverb also occurs in Eustathius's note to Odyssey 4.511 …Matched in noteshighshort
μ607Μενετοὶ θεοὶ καὶ μὴ ἀποδιδῶσι μισητίᾳlong-suffering are the gods and (if) he does not pay back out of insatiability… not easily deceived. 'Insatiability' [is] lack of restraint in sexual matters. But [sc. here] it is perhaps, more generically, greed, avarice.Matched in translationhighshort
γ429Γραῦς ἀνακροτήσασα πολὺν κονιορτὸν ἐγείρειan old woman applauding stirs up a big dustcloud[sc. A proverb] in reference to those who set many matters in motion through experience.Matched in translationhighshort
ε1429Ἐν πυρὶ βέβηκαςyou walked in a fire… this to those wishing to linger on precarious and dangerous matters. And because he [who is] in a fire ought to step quickly out.Matched in translationhighshort
μ971Μὴ παιδὶ μάχαιρανdon't [sc. give] a knife to a child… recklessly. Also Eupolis in Demes [writes]: "don't [sc. entrust] public matters to a child."Matched in translationhighshort
δ1091Δίκη δίκην ἔτικτε καὶ βλάβη βλάβηνsuit begat suit and hurt hurt… reference to those who engage in malicious prosecuting on trivial matters.Matched in translationhighshort
ε1489Ἐν τριόδῳ εἰμὶ λογισμῶνI am at a crossroads in my calculationsA proverbial saying in reference to matters which are unclear and uncertain. For he who has reached a crossroads does not know which road to take.Matched in translationhighshort
δ212Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκειςyou are teaching a dolphin to swim.… proverbial phrase] in reference to those who train someone in matters in which they are already expert. Also [sc. attested is] "you are tying a dolphin by the tail"; in reference to to the …Matched in translationhighshort
λ294Λεπτὴν πλέκειhe is weaving a thin one… [writes]: "and having relaxed your subtle mind speculate about the matters little by little". That is examine [them].Matched in translationhighshort
ε1824Ἔξω Γλαῦκεaway o Grey one… at Apostolius 7.58. For the glaukos see the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.295B-F (7.45-46 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort
κ652Καταμήληνprobing… certain proverb in reference to those who conjecture about unknown matters. Dyeing fleeces is also called katamhlou=n ["plunging"], when they are moved and pressed down.Matched in translationhighshort
α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetor… now 947 K.-A.; Zenobius 1.15; Tosi (below) no.2104, with later material. For "rustic" cf. alpha 375, alpha 376, alpha 377, alpha 380.Matched in noteshighshort
λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathers… and other paroemiographers. The 'fear' aspect features in the background material (about wolves and oxen) in Apostolius 10.80.Matched in noteshighshort
α795Ἀκαμπίαςbendless, unbendingSimilar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha709 and alpha710 Theodoridis. From the vocabulary of racing, whether equestrian or on foot. See LSJ s.v. [1] cf. kappa 292 for the opposite.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1272Δὶς κράμβη θάνατοςtwice-cooked cabbage (is) death… For kra/mbh see kappa 2318, and generally the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.369E-370F (9.9-10 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort
α4368ἌτλαςAtlas… omits "you lifted up." In reference to those undertaking great matters and encountering misfortunes.Matched in translationhighshort
λ859Λυσίζωνος γυνήgirdle-loosening woman… phrase (= headword + gloss in Hesychius lambda1443, with extra material) was, or became, proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.96. The adjective in it is also used of unarmed soldiers: see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
ι562ἹππόλυτοςHippolytos, Hippolytusc.170-c.236 CE; see generally OCD(4) s.v. Hippolytus(2). For the present material cf. Jerome, On Famous Men 70. [1] And was credited with much else in the same genre, 'but the attribution of almost every …Matched in noteshighshort
λ692Λουτράbaths… but they can perhaps be associated in sense. If the material is from an (unidentifiable) account of Alexander the Great, then the monarch would be the 'himself' of the final part. 'A slave of …Matched in noteshighshort
ε155Ἐγὼ ποιήσω πάντα κατὰ ΝικόστρατονI myself will do everything according to Nikostratos… K). Proverbial in Macarius Chrysocephalus 3.46 and elsewhere. The present material is repeated (changing only this perfect infinitive to a present) at the end of nu 405.Matched in noteshighshort
ε555Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλουout of every timber… It is an allusion to the fact that the raw material for an object, here in particular a statue of Hermes, should be of good quality. Apuleius is discussing the possibility of children being …Matched in noteshighshort
γ508Γύργαθοςcreel, wicker-cage… this addendum is unidentifiable, though in substance it corresponds to material in the medical writer Paul of Aegina (C7 CE), Epitomae medicae libri septem 3.14.3.Matched in noteshighshort
α2157Ἀνδραποδώδη τρίχαslavish hair[1] Same material in Photius, and in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; prompted by Plato, Alcibiades 1.120B; see already under alpha 2156. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
α1384Ἁλώνητονsalt-bought[1] Zenobius 2.12. [2] Same material in Photius and elsewhere.Matched in noteshighshort