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175
Βάτα Κάρας
Bata Karas, Batakaras
[Something said] in reference to the rich and powerful. It should be read as separate words.
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446
Βοῦν ἐν γνάθοις φέρει
he is carrying an ox in his jaws
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to gluttons.
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190
Βάτραχος ἐκ Σερίφου
a frog out of Seriphos
… a voice. Inasmuch as when the frogs in Seriphos were
carried
to Skyros they did not make a sound.
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457
Βοῦς ἕβδομος
seventh ox
… into a proverb. An epigram to an ox and goat
carved
on a silver plaque: "How, being an ox, do you not cut furrows of earth, but lie down like a rustic drunkard? And …
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71
Βάλλ' ἐς κόρακας
go to the crows!
… "raven" (web address 2 below). Probably they derive from the
carrion-eating
reputation of ravens and crows. Other ideas about the origin of the phrase, however, are gathered in the entry e)s ko/rakas (epsilon 3154). …
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