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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
α4091Ἀρχήauthority, rule… it] half of everything as the proverb says. [It was] itself the whole of everything."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
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
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
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
α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machine… bring on gods; not setting them out on the stage itself, but on high by means of some kind of machine. The spectators would see this machine beforehand, but at the appointed time he …Matched in translationhighmedium
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
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
α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… uses the phrase to\ a)rgu/rion to\ a)/busson in that line itself. [6] Psalm 103:6 LXX. See again under pi 1083. [7] Psalm 41:8 LXX. [8] Referring to the continuation of Psalm 41:8 LXX, "all …Matched in noteshighmedium
α425ἈδάμAdam… this wisdom and this discrimination? He gave names to nature itself, as though prescribing the essence of each animal, without practice, without prior consideration, with no preparatory effort at the things which people take …Matched in translationhighlong

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