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β410Βοτρυόδωροςgrape-giving… [2] (Referred to as such by Julian, Orations 7.225B.) In Apostolius 5.5 and other late pareomiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1651.Matched in noteshighshort
β462Βοῦς ΚύπριοςCypriot ox(Again at kappa 2738, end.) cf. Apostolius 4.100.Matched in noteshighshort
γ311Γλυκεῖ' ὀπώρα φύλακος ἐκλελοιπότοςwith the watchman having abandoned sweet fruits… 403; Comica Adespota fr. 1239 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Apostolius 5.52 and other paroemiographers. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); cf. epsilon 3133, tau 1077.

β410

Βοτρυόδωρος

grape-giving

[Referring to] peace. Since vines flourish in peace-time. Aristophanes [writes]: "o grape-giving mistress." And [there is] a proverb: "grape ripens upon grape", in reference to those striving to be equal.

Βοτρυόδωρος· ἡ εἰρήνη. ἐπεὶ αἱ ἄμπελοι ἐν εἰρήνῃ φύονται. Ἀριστοφάνης· ὦ πότνια βοτρυόδωρε. καὶ παροιμία· Βότρυς πρὸς βότρυν πεπαίνεται, ἐπὶ τῶν ἐξισοῦσθαι φιλονεικούντων.

meter and music8

meter and music8

trade and manufacture8

trade and manufacture8

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Robert Dyer

Robert Dyer

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Ross Scaife ✝1

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γ316Γλυκὺς ἀγκώνsweet elbowSee already under alpha 249 (end). [1] Apostolius 5.50. See LSJ s.v. a)gkw/n III, with references (Plato, Phaedrus 257D, etc.) at web address 1. [2] cf. epsilon 1923, nu 524. [3] Plato Comicus fr. …Matched in noteshighshort

γ461Γρῦgrunt, ugh… the C2 CE (Youtie 96.2). [4] See Appendix Proverbiorum 4.91, Apostolius 17.3 (cf. 5.64), and fully at tau 730.Matched in noteshighmedium

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

γ502Γυνὴ εἰς Ἡρακλέους οὐ φοιτᾷa woman does not go into Heracles' house… strathgei= and gunh\ strathgei=tai; but see next note. [4] cf. Apostolius 5.76, etc. (where however the second verb is strateu/etai, 'goes on campaign'). See generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.288.Matched in noteshighshort

δ273Δεσμοὶ ΤυρρηνοίEtruscan chains, Etruscan fetters… (mysterious) gloss is 'the ones [the] Athenians used'. Proverbial in Apostolius 5.97, with the same glossing as here. In Appendix Proverbiorum 1.96 a second sentence of explanation is added: 'applied to those fettered inescapably'. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ319Δειλότερος τοῦ παρακύπτοντοςmore cowardly than a peeper[1] Zenobius 3.32; cf. rho 121 (end). [2] Apostolius 14.14. [3] Aristophanes, Birds 1556-8 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there; cf. pi 1467.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ400Δηλίου κολυμβητοῦDelian diver… fact, register the proverb in this nominative-case form; see rather Apostolius 5.100 (genitive, as above).Matched in noteshighmedium

δ795Διὰ τοῦ τοίχου λαλεῖνto talk through the wallCf. Apostolius 6.28.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1096Δίκης ὀφθαλμόςeye of justicePolybius 23.10.3; Apostolius 6.8; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.889. cf. epsilon 3228 and the note there.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1115Δίκτυονnet… See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1904. [2] cf. Apostolius 5.70, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1213Διὸς ψῆφοςZeus's tribunal, Zeus's vote… 8.55, Pausanias 1.24.3. [1] Cratinus fr.7 Kock (and K.-A). [2] Apostolius 6.20 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows… to Empedocles in a scholion on Plato, Gorgias 498E. [3] Apostolius 6.27; Gregorius 1.89, 2.88; scholion on Plato, Axiochus 367B; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1096. See also kappa 497, sigma 122. [4] Zenobius …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1419Δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχειςdespite being a slave you have [long] hair… Aristophanes, Birds 911 (web address 1), and scholion; proverbial in Apostolius 6.34. [2] As at e.g. Herodotus 7.7.1 (web address 2), of Egypt after Xerxes' punitive invasion. Note also the proverb 'more enslaved than …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1451Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆαςgifts sway gods and revered kings… version with 'and' for the second 'gifts' occurs also in Apostolius 6.42; and see futher Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.491. A variation (or perhaps derivative) of the sentiment is also spoken by Medea …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1461ΔώριοςDorian… yuxh=s ("of the soul") instead of the manuscripts' tu/xhs. [3] Apostolius 3.61. [4] From Synesius, Praise of Baldness 4, PG 66.1173c; cf. lambda 638.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1581Δύο τοίχους ἀλείφειςyou are oiling two wallsPhotius, Lexicon delta786; Apostolius 6.37; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2200. [1] cf. epsilon 3790.Matched in noteshighshort

ε384Ἐκδεδαρμένον δέρειςyou are flaying the flayed… in either case, flogging a dead horse; cf. kappa 2691. Apostolius 6.87, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

ε405Ἐκ δυεῖν τρία βλέπειςout of two things you are seeing three… and other lexica; also in some of the paroemiographers (e.g. Apostolius 6.88). On duei=n as the genitive/dative of du/o, see delta 1565.Matched in noteshighshort

ε490Ἐκ λύκου στόματοςout of a wolf's mouthApostolius 6.99, etc. For the story of the injured fox and the crane see e.g. Fabulae Aphthonii rhetoris (ed. Hausrath and Hunger) fab.25.Matched in noteshighshort

ε591Ἐκ πολλῶν ἀχύρων ὀλίγον καρπὸν συνήγαγονout of a lot of chaff they collected a small harvestApostolius 14.40, etc. For 'chaff' cf. alpha 4721.Matched in noteshighshort

ε806Ἐλευθεριώτερος Σπάρτηςfreer than Spartacf. Diogenianus 4.87, Apostolius 7.2. [1] So, famously (but implicitly), Thucydides 1.10.Matched in noteshighshort

ε814Ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖνto make an elephant out of a flyZenobius 3.68, Apostolius 7.5, etc.; cf. epsilon 816. As we say, to make a mountain out of a molehill. [1] Lucian, Muscae Encomium 12.Matched in noteshighshort

ε816Ἐλέφαντος οὐδὲν διαφέρειςyou are no different from an elephant[1] cf. Gregorius 2.9, 3.37; Apostolius 7.4; etc. Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1364. [2] See already epsilon 814. [3] From delta 27.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1147Ἐν γὰρ ἀμηχανίῃ καὶ Καρκίνος ἔμμορε τιμῆςfor in a hopeless situation even Karkinos got his share of honour… 51-52 Kock, now combined as 951 Kassel-Austin; cf. Zenobius 3.77, Apostolius 7.16, etc. For this type of saying see also under epsilon 1112.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1429Ἐν πυρὶ βέβηκαςyou walked in a fireApostolius 7.43; cf. Diogenianus 4.52.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1536Ἐξ ἄμμου σχοινίον πλέκειςyou are weaving a rope out of sandApostolius 7.50, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1822Ἔξω βελῶν καθῆσθαιto stay out of missile-rangeApostolius 7.54, etc. For "out of missile-range" see e.g. Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4,15; Cyropaedia 3.3.58, 3.3.70, 4.1.3.Matched in noteshighshort

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