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χ101Χάρητος ὑποσχέσειςChares' promisescf. Zenobius 2.13. For Chares (c.400-c.325 BCE) see generally OCD(4) p.305, under 'Chares(1)'.Matched in noteshighshort
χ90Χαραδριόςcharadrios, plover[1] Probably the Norfolk plover or thick-knee (Charadrius oedicnemus), a wading bird. [2] See also iota 279. [3] Hipponax fr.52. Also relevant is Plato, Gorgias 494B (web address 1 below), with the scholia thereto. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1378Ἐν Καρὸς εἵπετο τάξειhe followed in a Carian's role… Julian, Speech 2, 56c Hertlein. Cf. Zenobius 3.59, etc. For Carians in proverbs see also epsilon 1377; for mercenaries see mu 1121, mu 1122.

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Χάρητος ὑποσχέσεις

Chares' promises

Chares, an Athenian general, is said to have been both prompt and very eager when it came to his promises. Hence the proverb applies to those making promises glibly.

Χάρητος ὑποσχέσεις· Χάρης στρατηγὸς Ἀθηναίων εὐχερής τε καὶ ἑτοιμότατος πρὸς τὰς ὑποσχέσεις λέγεται γεγονέναι. ὅθεν ἡ παροιμία τάττεται ἐπὶ τῶν προχείρως ἐπαγγελλομένων.

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χ115ΧαρινάδηςCharinades… (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 proverb appears in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… also found in the scholia. It has additional examples. A careful examination of the citations shows that the cries mimicked do not always obey the rules of the Canon. With the exception of oi)/moi …Matched in noteshighlong

α425ἈδάμAdam… unidentifiable scholar quite outside the type of neutral reticence which characterises most of the contributors to the Suda (although Küster suggests a comparison with the entry on Job at iota 471). His self-styled "essay" …Matched in noteshighlong

ε695Ἐκκυβεύεινto gamble (everything) on dice… in the first citation) falls for the ruse of the Carthaginian general Hannibal and allows the Carthaginian army to escape. Clearly Polybius comments on the need for gambles in warfare (cf. kappa 2601, kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

α249Ἀγκώνelbow… Justinian 3.20.4-7 (web address 1), the prison guard at Gelimer's Carthage palace releases the captive traders as Belisarius's (cf. beta 233, generally) fleet makes its approach (September 533 CE); cf. Kaldellis (184). On Gelimer, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4703Ἀχθοφόρονburden-bearing… quoted from somewhere. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 1406 (of corpses and chariots: web address 1 below), with scholion. [3] cf. e.g. Aristophanes, Birds 1133. Passages such as these appear to reflect awareness of the Pyramids …Matched in noteshighshort

χ465Χρείαservice… comedy of that name. Alternatively (and preferably?), as Bernhardy suggested, 'Carthaginian' is a displaced gloss on Scipio's wound (for which cf. Polybius 3.66.2 & 9, 3.68.6).Matched in noteshighshort

α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… senses the word is used as a metaphor for human character. This entry takes it for the opposite of a sour, crabbed character (LSJ entry at web address 3), but at phi 379 Aeschylus's …Matched in noteshighshort

α1073Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδηbut now anything might happen… ("Under every stone, my friend, there lurks a scorpion. Take care that it does not strike you; all kinds of trickery attend the unseen") and Sophocles fr. 138 Nauck ("For in every stone a …Matched in noteshighshort

α1486Ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν ἕλκειa wagon is dragging the ox… proverb'); cf. Diogenianus 3.30. A Greek version of "putting the cart before the horse" or "the tail is wagging the dog." Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1885.Matched in noteshighshort

α2477Ἀνίπτοις ποσίνwith unwashed feet[1] Similarly ('without any care') in other lexica; references in Photius alpha2007 Theodoridis. [2] See e.g. Lucian, Pseudologista 4. [3] Zenobius 1.95, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.651, with lavish parallels. [4] Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort

α3770Ἀργείους ὁρᾷςyou see Argives… another one, about suspicions of theft (said to be a charge comically levelled at Argives -- cf. alpha 3771). Additionally, the App.Prov. quotes Sophocles fr.201h (from the Eriphyle), where the phrase seems to originate.Matched in noteshighshort

α4570Ἀφαιρεῖν κροκύδαςto pluck off threads… part of 689 K.-A. For a better-known instance see Theophrastus, Characters 2.3 (the Flatterer does this, and plucking grey hairs out of the beard, to the object of his attentions); and cf. Valeria and …Matched in noteshighshort

β71Βάλλ' ἐς κόρακαςgo 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). …Matched in noteshighshort

δ243Δέονnecessary… pi 1180, pi 1181; for the bare bones of his career see Robert Develin, Athenian Officials 684-321 BC (Cambridge 1989) Index I no. 2293. [1] The name should be Kleandrides (Kleandridas), as correctly later. …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines… compete with her father King Oinomaos [Author, Myth] in a chariot-race and were decapitated when they lost -- until Pelops won by cheating.)Matched in noteshighshort

δ565Διαθήκην διαθώμεθα ἣν διέθετο πίθηκος τῇ γυναικίlet us arrange the arrangement that the ape arranged with his wife… pun on the name of Panaitios ('Mr. All-responsible' or [less charitably] 'All-guilty'). [2] Aristophanes fr. 394 Kock, now 409 K.-A.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1164λέγεται καὶ ἵπποςDiomedeian compulsion… reports, occurs in only two of the mss.) On the carnivorous horses of Diomedes [Author, Myth] -- the Thracian one about to be mentioned -- see generally OCD(4) 458, under 'Diomedes(1)'. [2] cf. omicron …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1178ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, Dionysios[1] Dionysius I of Syracuse (c.430-367 BCE). [2] See generally Kassel-Austin, PCG V p. 41. [3] The quotation, left unattributed by Adler both here and when it reappears at tau 1187, derives from Dionysius …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… In the present instance Hesychius and the Suda transmit the cardinal phrase as to\ qewrhtiko/n, but Latte printed to\ qewriko/n in Hesychius on the strength of Zenobius (zeta 73), and that is the preferable …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1004Ἐμπεδοκλέους ἔχθραEmpedokles' hatred, Empedocles' hatred… 1002, epsilon 1003. [1] Lysias fr. 261 Sauppe, now 459 Carey OCT; from a letter. (It underlines its point with wordplay: Empedokles/e)mpodw\n "impede".) The phrase sounds proverbial already by this time, and it certainly …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2120Ἐπειδὴ τὸν οἶνον ἠξίους πιεῖνsince you saw fit to drink the wine you should drink the dregs too… 1483, where the quotation is different again (but the proverbial character of the sentiment more explicit).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2348Ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦνto sow for straw… in Gregorius 3.51. [1] Lysias fr. 212 Sauppe, now 284 Carey (OCT).Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3013Ἐρρίφθω κύβοςlet the die have been cast… the compound verb a)nerri/fqw; also, in the indicative, of a character who is "tossed as the final die" (apparently a reference to the last desperate action in the war game, Pente Grammai or Petteia; …Matched in noteshighshort