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χ97Χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελονa stake (deceived) the vineZenobius 6.40. From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1), where the point is explicit: "the stake deceived the vine" (of the retaliation of Aristophanes himself against Kleon). cf. eta 672, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machinecf. 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, …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύεινpainful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless… 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 an instance of dissimilation of liquids. [4] From …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ715Λόχμηthicket, undergrowth… (and Phormion is mentioned in line 804; comment from the scholia to both of these lines). The reference is specifically to pubic hair: see Henderson ad loc. Not (despite what is implied here) taken …Matched in noteshighshort
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… Birds 186, the first two closely related to notes in scholia thereto, the third drawn from a paroemiographic source. [1] Thucydides 5.84.3 lists the Athenian generals as Kleomedes and Teisias; Nikias was among the …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ461Γρῦgrunt, ugh… common source by Photius and the Suda. Cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 17 (web address 1), about to be quoted, and to Knights 877 (where a personage with the name 'Gruttos' …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1347Κέπφοςstormy petrel… (web address 1), with scholion. [4] Anecdote repeated in several scholiasts, and ultimately from Aristotle, History of Animals 620a; the particular wording ("forward, then close by") occurs in the scholia to Plutus (see above) …Matched in noteshighshort
ει336Εἴ τις ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ σῖτον ἄγοι καὶ ἐν Κιλικίᾳ κρόκον(as) if one were to carry grain in Egypt and saffron in CiliciaFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 301, where 'an owl to Athens' (gamma 279) occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
α4543Αὐχμηρὰ τράπεζαdry table, parched table… this adjective. [1] Likewise in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 554A, where this adjective is used of a person.Matched in noteshighshort
β197ΒδέλλαleechProverbs 30:15 and scholia.Matched in noteshighshort
β410Βοτρυόδωροςgrape-giving… Peace 520 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [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
β212Βαίτηskin-coat, skin-tent… or similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 3.25 and 5.15 (where the Doric accusative form bai/tan is used). [2] This proverb is not in the standard collections …Matched in noteshighshort
β367Βολίτου δίκηνcase of a cow-patFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 658 (web address 1), where the the phrase "I was overcome by the cow-pats" (cf. beta 366) occurs. See also Appendix Proverbiorum 1.58. [1] This explanation is noteworthy …Matched in noteshighshort
χ64Χαμαίon the ground[1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.300, where an adverb (here chi 63) similar to the present headword occurs. [2] Appendix Proverbiorum 4.58 (and other paroemiographers); and see under pi 1776. [3] Addendum …Matched in noteshighshort
χ115ΧαρινάδηςCharinadesAristophanes, Wasps 232 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. For Charinades see also Peace 1155 (and LGPN ii s.v. no.1, where he is not regarded as a real person). No such …Matched in noteshighshort
α1551Ἀμενηνόςinsubstantialcf. generally alpha 1552. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.887, where the headword occurs (web address 1). Same or similar glossing in other lexica. [2] Homer, Odyssey 19.562 (web address 2). [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
λ250Λέοντα ξυρᾷςyou are shaving a lion[1] Also in Photius (and the paroemiographers), and cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 341C (where the phrase 'attempting to shave a lion' occurs). See web address 1. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, …Matched in noteshighshort
α4716Ἄχρησταuseless (things), unprofitable (things)… Clouds 996-999 (web address 1 below), with glosses from the scholia there. [7] cf. iota 41. [8] ibid. 994-995 (abridged); a difficult and probably corrupt passage; see web address 1 below. Again, comments from …Matched in noteshighmedium
η616Ἢ τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τάνeither this or on this… is glossed likewise in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Thucydides 2.39.1 (on the young men of Athens and Sparta). Proverbial in Apostolius 8.71, from Plutarch, Moralia 241F. See also under lambda …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1377Ἐν Καρὶ τὸν κίνδυνονthe risk in a CarianFrom the scholia to Plato, Laches 187B, where the headword phrase occurs (but in the nominative case). cf. Zenobius 3.58, and see further epsilon 1378.Matched in noteshighshort
χ410Χορόςchorus, orchestra… Homer, Iliad 18.590 (Hephaestus decorates a shield for Achilles), and scholia on this verse. [2] Scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 589. (Not proverbial, despite this billing.)Matched in noteshighshort
ι277Ἶκταρclose together… iota96 Theodoridis), explicitly on Plato, Republic 575C; see also the scholia there, and further, next note. [3] Zenobius 5.55; scholion on Plato, Republic 575C, where the proverb is quoted (web address 1); see also …Matched in noteshighshort
ι185Ἱερόνsacred[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 937, where this neuter form occurs. [2] Aristophanes fr. 33 Kock, now 32 K.A., and also in Xenophon, Plato and elsewhere; cf. Zenobius 4.40 and other …Matched in noteshighshort
λ178Λαίθαργοςsecretly-biting… Sophocles fr.885, quoted twice -- as proverbial -- in the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights (1031 and 1068). [3] cf. lambda 410, sigma 171.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1405ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Monkey-men… Kerkopes (or a similar race of mythological mischief-makers). cf. ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.9 (on Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36.1005c-d). [3] Xenagoras FGrH 240 F28. A similar account appears in Harpokration and Photius. See also …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2995Ἐριννύων ἀπορρώξFuries' limb, Furies' off-shoot[1] cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 813, where the headword phrase occurs; see already under alpha 3508. For this as a proverb (as the form of the gloss implies) cf. Apostolius 3.38. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
ε932Ἐμαυτῷ βαλανεύσωI will be my own bathmanAristophanes, Peace 1103, with comment from the scholia there; more fully in Hesychius and in Zenobius 3.58 and other paroemiographers. For 'bathman' see beta 63, beta 65. [1] The arytaina (alpha 4065); Suda mss …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2735Ἐπὶ τροχοῦ δεῖ σ' ἐκεῖ στρεβλούμενον εἰπεῖν ἃ πεπανούργηκαςyou must be racked there on the wheel and declare your villainies… Wealth [Plutus] 875 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. See also tau 1072. (Not, despite what is implied here, in the paroemiographers.)Matched in noteshighshort
χ90Χαραδριόςcharadrios, plover… is Plato, Gorgias 494B (web address 1 below), with the scholia thereto. [4] Aristophanes, Birds 266 (web address 2 below), with scholia. [5] For the erudition of Euphronius (the teacher of Aristophanes of Byzantium) …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1226Κεδνόςdiligent… including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in several Homeric and tragedic scholia; see the references at Photius kappa513 Theodoridis. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 661-664 (web address 1), abridged. In the material the Suda omits is the …Matched in noteshighshort

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