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α4490Αὐτὸ δείξειwill show itselfA proverb. 'The deed' is left out.Matched in headwordhighshort
α4472Αὐτὴ κάμινος αὐτὸς εἵλκυσε καπνὸς ἢ τροχόςthe oven itself, the smoke itself or the wheel dragged on… Adler indicates no textual problems.) The first element does, of itself, constitute a proverbial saying: so Photius, explicitly, with a gloss very similar to the present one; also Hesychius, who has such a gloss …Matched in noteshighshort
α4511Αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύραςyou have hit the very threshold of the door… speaking truthfully; in effect, you have come to the truth itself.Matched in translationhighshort
δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines[1] Zenobius 3.37. The headword phrase itself is Aeschylus fr. 373 Nauck (726 Mette). [2] Homer, Iliad 2.742, 15.626. The added comment comes from the scholia to the first of these passages. (The fame …Matched in noteshighshort
κ335Καπηλίςhuckstress, landlady… also [comes] a)/mpelos, i.e. being e)/mpelos, having the dregs in itself.Matched in translationhighshort
α4091Ἀρχήauthority, rule… it] half of everything as the proverb says. [It was] itself the whole of everything."Matched in translationhighshort
β293Βίοςlife… the substance of one's possessions, sometimes the act of living itself. And [there is] a proverb: "a ready-kneaded life," in reference to those who are living prosperously in an extravagant and sweet life. And …Matched in translationhighshort
α4096Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσινoffice exposes a man… men before holding office but become violent in the post itself. They say that this a dictum of Solon's, though Aristotle and Theophrastus [says it is] Bias's.Matched in translationhighshort
δ100Δαφνίνην φορῶ βακτηρίανI am carrying a laurel staffZenobius 3.12, and other paroemiographers. The proverbial phrase itself is the bulk (minus the opening) of an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighshort
α2885Ἁπαλοὶ θερμολουσίαις ἁβροὶ μαλθακευνίαιςsoft men in hot baths [and] delicate men in soft beds… mu 107.) Same entry in other lexica. The headword phrase itself is Comica adespota fr. 56 Kock, now 555 K.-A.; proverbial in the paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1630Ἐξ ἑνὸς τὰ πάνθ' ὁρᾶνfrom one thing to see everythingLikewise in Photius. Both the proverb itself and other, more explicit glosses (e.g. Appendix Proverbiorum 2.69) make it clear what sense of the verb parora=n is needed here. See generally Tosi (cited under alpha …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
ι538Ἱππεῖς λευκοθώρακεςwhite-corsleted horsemen… here, from Xenophon, Anabasis 1.8.9 (web address 1), is not itself glossed. [1] Julian, oration 7, 205D.Matched in noteshighshort
γ499Γυναικὸς ὄλεθροςa woman's ruination[1] cf. Apostolius 5.78 (where the proverb itself is couched in plurals). [2] Appendix Proverbiorum 1.87.Matched in noteshighshort
α920Ἀκόλῳ τὰ χείλη οὐ σύκῳ βῦσαιto stuff the lips with a crumb (and) not with a figThe 'saying' itself is repeated (out of alphabetical order) at alpha 949. Note, however, that in Appendix Proverbiorum 1.13 it appears with the same gloss but in a substantively different form: a)ko/llhta xei/lh ou) …Matched in noteshighshort
γ112Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέραmore overfond of children than Gello… to Lesbos, and specifically to Sappho; hence the headword phrase itself is regarded as a fragment of Sappho (178 Lobel-Page). Hesychius has two consecutive 'Gello' entries (gamma307-308) of a darker nature: there she is …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2903Ἐργαστήριονworkshop… invoked comes from Xenophon, Agesilaus 1.26 (web address 1 -- itself an echo of Hellenica 3.4.17), and it became quasi-proverbial; besides Polybius, witness Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.421B [10.18 Kaibel].Matched in noteshighshort
α2897Ἅπανθ' ὅμοια καὶ Ῥοδῶπις ἡ καλήeverything similar even for Rhodopis the fair… and elsewhere; Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 233. The headword phrase itself is Comica adespota fr. 579 Kock, now 489 K.-A. [1] Again at pi 191 (with a gloss more closely related to her profession) …Matched in noteshighshort
α2952Ἀπ' αἰγείρου θέα καὶ ἐπ' αἴγειρονview from the poplar and (view) at the poplar… again, albeit slightly differently, at alphaiota 35). The headword phrase itself goes back to C5-BCE Athens: Cratinus fr. 339 Kock, now 372 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2090ΚορινθικόνCorinthian… introduces two neologisms in these last lines: the headword adjective itself (on Corinthian bumper crops see alpha 1579 note) and a)filosta/xuos ("without corn", "cornless", i.e. "starving"); cf. Madden (175). [2] delta 1207.Matched in noteshighshort
β266Βησᾶς ἕστηκεν οἷον ἀχανήςBesas stands as if gaping… (4.90). Common to the non-Suda versions is that the proverb itself is confined to the first two words, i.e. "as if gaping" is part of the gloss. Besa(s) occurs in Eusebius and elsewhere as …Matched in noteshighshort
η689Ἢ χρὴ τραγῳδεῖν ἢ μελαγχολᾶνone must either make tragedy or be melancholic… The glossing would be a poor fit with the maxim itself if xai/rein here meant 'to rejoice'; for the 'letting go' sense see LSJ s.v. II.2.c.Matched in noteshighshort
ι675Ἴσῳ ζυγῷwith an equal yoke… though see next note [1] Julian, Oration 8.244C. The phrase itself is first attested (and with the same application) in Theocritus, Idylls 12.15 (and glossed in the scholia to as o(moi/ws).Matched in noteshighshort
α371Ἀγροῦ πυγήrump of the country; fat of the land… alpha272 Theodoridis; Appendix Proverbiorum 1.4; Macarius Chrysocephalus 1.3. The phrase itself is taken to come from Old Attic Comedy: Archippus fr. 7 Demianczuk, now 29 Kassel-Austin. As to its glossing, the Suda's liparw=n (translated …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1404Δόςgive… after the do/s. As regards the sense of the verse itself (which sounds proverbial, but is not in the collections and is otherwise unidentifiable), Drachmann wanted an a)/n before a)kou/sais; and irrespective of that, …Matched in noteshighshort
γ473Γύγου δακτύλιοςGyges' ring… For the noun sfendo/nh in this sense, the ring part itself, see LSJ s.v., II.3; and cf. sigma 1726.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1387Ἐν ὅλμῳ ἐκοιμήθη(he) slept in a hollow… Theodoridis; Etymologicum Magnum 344.39-40. First, the verb in the proverb itself is apparently not e)koimh/qh but eu)na/sw, "I will put [you] to bed". Also, the first element of the present gloss should be "Some …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2310Κωφότερος τοῦ Τορωνέος λιμένοςdeafer than Torone's harbour… conventionally emended) and Strabo 7 fr.32; and the headword phrase itself is believed to come from Attic comedy (Fragmenta adespota 943 K.-A.). [3] Likewise Zenobius 4.68. [4] cf. pi 371.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1585Κίγκλοςdabchick… cannot put together a nest on its own or for itself, but gives birth in others' nests. Hence the peasants' proverbs call the poor dabchicks;" cf. kappa 1579, kappa 1580.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… a corollary of presenting the noun in the headword phrase itself not as draxmh/, i.e. unambiguously the coin of that denomination (delta 1516), but as dragmh/, a post-classical variant on it which, depending upon …Matched in noteshighshort

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