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3402
Ἀπόλογος Ἀλκίνου
Alkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale
Diogenianus
2.86. The phrase (explained thus in LSJ s.v. a)po/logos, I: "of long and tedious stories, from that told by Odysseus to Alcinous in Od. 9-12") is found in e.g. Comica Adespota fr. 743b …
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3438
Ἀπὸ μηχανῆς
from a machine
cf.
Diogenianus
2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the scholia to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …
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3471
Ἀπὸ πέντε ἅλλεσθαι πετρῶν εἰς κῦμα
to leap from five rocks into a wave
cf.
Diogenianus
1.80, where however the proverb itself ends (improbably) "into a cudgel".
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3494
Ἀπορραγείς
having been broken off
… be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities are all late. [2]
Diogenianus
2.89, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1491.
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3600
Ἀποτίσεις χοῖρε γίγαρτα
you, pig, will give back grape-pips
Diogenianus
3.32 and other paroemiographers.
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3668
Ἀπώλεσας τὸν οἶνον ἐπιχέας ὕδωρ
you ruined the wine by pouring in water
cf.
Diogenianus
2.32 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2205. [1] On Aristias of Phleious (C5 BCE) see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.154); this is his fr. 4 Nauck. On the Peripatetic philosopher …
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3756
Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύειν
painful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless
… of a gnomic couplet of Theognis; registered as proverbial by
Diogenianus
(2.90) and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.471, where a)rgale/on occurs. [3] Lejeune (below) 151 accepts this etymology, as …
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3788
Ἀργυρέα
silver (one)
… responses (Berkeley & Los Angeles 1978) 338 Q215. [4] cf.
Diogenianus
2.81. [5] Quoted from chi 470.
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3798
Ἀργύρου κρῆναι λαλοῦσιν
springs of silver prattle
cf.
Diogenianus
2.93 and other paroemiographers.
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3947
Ἀρκαδία
Arkadia, Arcadia
… -- to which one should add the paroemiographers, such as
Diogenianus
2.69 -- see J. Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle: its responses and operations (Berkeley 1978) 298, Q88.
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3954
Ἄρκου παρούσης τὰ ἴχνη ζητεῖς
a she-bear is here and you're looking for the tracks
Also in
Diogenianus
2.70, but with the more orthodox spelling of bear (a)/rktou; cf. alpha 3958, alpha 3961) and a crisper gloss: "in reference to cowardly hunters". See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) …
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4076
Ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις
you talk more old-fashioned than the hide
Comica Adespota fr. 564 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf.
Diogenianus
3.2, Macarius 2.48. cf. zeta 39.
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4097
Ἀρχὴ ἥμισυ παντός
a beginning (is) half of the whole
cf.
Diogenianus
2.97 and other paroemiographers (and see already under alpha 4091) -- and ultimately from Hesiod, Works and Days 40: ple/on h(/misu panto/s "the half is more than the whole." Tosi [see under …
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4112
Ἀρχίλοχος
Archilochus, Archilochos, Arkhilokhos
… Comica Adespota fr. 748 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf.
Diogenianus
2.95.
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4175
Ἀσκὸν δέρειν
to flay a wine-skin
… the headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below). Proverbial in
Diogenianus
and other paroemiographers. [1] This last sentence reappears at upsilon 548, q.v.
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4368
Ἄτλας
Atlas
… On the epigram's attribution, see alpha 4390 note. [3] cf.
Diogenianus
2.67 and similarly in other paroemiographers.
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4513
Αὐτὸν οὐ τρέφων κύνας τρέφεις
you can't keep yourself [yet] you keep dogs
Diogenianus
3.17.
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4520
Αὐτὸς αὑτὸν αὐλεῖ
he is playing the pipe to himself
Comica adespota fr. 733 Kock (but not in K.-A.);
Diogenianus
3.16 and other paroemiographers.
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4521
Αὐτὸς γὰρ εὗρε τοῦ κακοῦ τὴν πητύαν
for he himself found the rennet of the evil
A proverb
(Diogenianus
3.18) couched in an iambic trimeter; again at pi 1540.
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4523
Αὐτὸς ἔφα
he himself said; ipse dixit
cf. epsilon 428. [1]
Diogenes
Laertius 8.46; also in some of the paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2023.
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4666
Ἀφ' ὑψηλοῦ μου καταγελᾷς
you are laughing at me from on high
Diogenianus
3.24.
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4716
Ἄχρηστα
useless (things), unprofitable (things)
… of this adjective. [1] cf. mu 877 mu 973, and
Diogenianus
6.61; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1104. [2] pi 3124. [3] cf. epsiloniota 232. [4] cf. mu 938. [5] cf. theta 470. [6] …
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Αἰάντειος γέλως
Aiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter
… adjective *ai)a/nteios ('Ajax's') cf. theta 567. [1] = Zenobius 1.43,
Diogenianus
1.41, etc. [2] The phrase is found as an example of the use of the adjective in Theognostus 751.4. Adler also cites Lexicon …
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Αἰγυπτία κληματίς
Egyptian vine-branch.
This material is drawn from the opening chapters of
Diogenes
Laertius' Life of Zeno: briefly 7.1 (on the present headword phrase, for which 'Chrysippus [chi 568] in the first book of his Proverbs' is …
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101
Αἰεί
alway
… both in the headword and in the examples.) [2] cf.
Diogenianus
1.70; and see alpha 629. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 855: see next note. The issue addressed is which case of …
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125
Αἰθίοπα σμήχειν
to wash an Ethiopian white
… the Ignorant Book-buyer 28. See also the paroemiographers: Zenobius 1.46,
Diogenianus
1.45, Macarius 1.62. See generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1893. For this type of proverb see the cross-references under alphaiota 114.
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176
Αἱ λαχάνων προσθῆκαι
the additions of herbs
Similarly in several of the paroemiographers, e.g.
Diogenianus
2.52, where the analogous 'Daedalus' wings' (delta 109) is adduced.
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238
Αἲξ Σκυρία
Skyrian nanny-goat
cf. Zenobius 2.18,
Diogenianus
2.33. For Skyros in the Suda see also alpha 4101, sigma 714.
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376
Αἰτναῖος κάνθαρος
Etnaean dung-beetle
… fragments of Sophocles and Aristophanes: see LSJ s.v. ka/nqaros; cf.
Diogenianus
1.59 and other paroemiographers. [2] Aelian fr. 215b Domingo-Forasté (214 Hercher). For Aristaios see already alpha 3898. For Etna cf. alphaiota 373, alphaiota …
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382
Αἱ Οἰδίποδος ἀραί
the curses of Oedipus
Diogenianus
2.51 On the well-known misfortunes of Oedipus, see omicroniota 34.
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