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κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyTimaeus says in his 9th [book] that this [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 …Matched in translationhighshort
κ225ΚαλλικύριοιKallikyrioi… -- these men were slaves of the exiles, according to Timaeus in [book] 6; hence the overwhelming majority they used to call Kallikyrioi. They were named after the fact that, though diverse, they came …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1537Κηροῦ εὐπλαστότεροςmore malleable than wax[1] Same glossing in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. The headword phrase (with its comparative of the adjective eu)/plastos) is almost certainly quoted from Plato, Republic 588D (accusative case there: web address 1). Similar entry in …Matched in noteshighshort