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ε1112Ἐν ἀμούσοις καὶ κόρυδος φθέγγεταιamongst the unmusical even a lark sings… proverb of the 'in the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king' type (for which cf. generally epsilon 1147, epsilon 1154). Modern editions of Zenobius 3.77 seek to restore a more elaborate, …Matched in noteshighshort
α4599Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving let go and having set free… entry (as far as n.2) is an abridgement of the one in Harpokration s.v. [1] Demosthenes 36.25; Isaeus 5.14. [2] Demosthenes 36.2. [3] Hyperides fr. 181 Jensen; see already under alpha 4582. [4] alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… "utterly," the synonyms being the lexicographer's. [6] Quotation unidentifiable, though one (proverbial-sounding) element of it, "the happiness of Aristotle", is used in fr.4 (preserved by Eusebius) of the C2-CE Platonist philosopher Atticus [OCD(4) p.204]. …Matched in noteshighmedium
β186Βάττου σίλφιονBattos' silphium, Battus' silphium… Its afterlife as a proverb generated other glosses besides the one given here; see e.g. Appendix Proverbiorum 1.50, Apostolius 15.49. See also beta 185 (for Battos), sigma 422, sigma 423. [1] For Ammon see …Matched in noteshighshort
ει78Εἰκῆ ῥαψῳδεῖsings at random… the headword here. [1] The headword phrase is a quasi-proverbial one attested in patristic writers (Basil of Caesarea, John of Damascus). [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.)Matched in noteshighshort
ε3248Ἔσχατα ἐσχάτων κακὰ διαπέπρακταιevils ultimate of ultimates have been perpetrated… The similarity noted between these two phrases and the headword one happens to be one of substance, but the verbal alliteration may nonetheless be what has prompted the comparison; in the Proverbs of the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε11Ἔαρος χρῄζειis in want of spring… in its own right in Appendix Proverbiorum 2.3. The proverb "One swallow does not make a spring" (we would say "summer"), Cratinus fr. 33 Kock, now 35 K.-A., is quoted by Aristotle at Nicomachean …Matched in noteshighshort
γ48Γαμηλίαwedding-feast… [2] On Adler's punctuation, no such saying is cited, and one would have to regard these words as an intrusion from somewhere else. Alternatively, 'to bring in a wedding-feast' is the 'saying' referred to. …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… helmet at Homer, Iliad 7.175ff. (web address 2), to choose one to fight the duel with Hector. Teucer reports the allegation that Agamemnon threw in a "runaway lot" (or perhaps the lot "of a …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… "to escort away: to turn away, to send the ill-omened one [sc. a scapegoat] far away, to purify"; delta1900 diopompei=sqai: kaqai/rein, i)di/ws de\ tou\s kaqai/rontas pro\s to\n prostro/paion *di/a a)pope/mpein, "to purify; properly, to …Matched in noteshighshort
λ566Λίνον λίνῳ συνάπτειςyou are joining linen with linen… you not...?' That version is reckoned to be the authentic one, though the paroemiographers preferred this one. For 'linen' (or flax) cf. generally lambda 561, lambda 564, lambda 571, lambda 572.Matched in noteshighshort
α108Ἀγαθάgoods, goodies… Anabasis 4.4.9 (web address 1 below). [2] This is only one possible explanation of the proverbial phrase. For another, probably better one - with another version of the name (Killikon: apparently authentic, as it …Matched in noteshighshort
ι165Ἱερείας ἐνύπνιονpriestess's dream… (which alludes to this episode of 'the priestess's dream' as one mentioned in the spoken version of Demosthenes 19). The old woman Himeraia is cross-referenced at iota 346. [1] On Dionysius I, tyrant of …Matched in noteshighmedium
β446Βοῦν ἐν γνάθοις φέρειhe is carrying an ox in his jawsMantissa Proverbiorum 1.36; cf. beta 460 (an ox on one's tongue).Matched in noteshighshort
α4613Ἀφ' ἱερᾶςfrom a holy… Theodoridis. [3] kappa 1642, which actually has two explanations, this one (again at tau 758) and one deriving from sailors in peril.Matched in noteshighshort
αι165Αἴ κε πάθοι τά κ' ἔρεξε δίκη δ' ἰθεῖα γένοιτοif he should endure the sufferings which he has inflicted, the punishment would be just… the Ethics quotes this as two verses -- the first one is ei) kaka/ tis spei/rai, kaka\ ke/rdea k' a)mh/seien ("if anyone should sow evils, he should reap evil gains") -- and attributes them …Matched in noteshighshort
α4096Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσινoffice exposes a man… Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.181 -- is quoted in one of the Exordia (Proems) of Demosthenes (48.2). The present entry is a cut-down version of the one in Harpokration, where Sophocles (among his …Matched in noteshighshort
α4472Αὐτὴ κάμινος αὐτὸς εἵλκυσε καπνὸς ἢ τροχόςthe oven itself, the smoke itself or the wheel dragged on… Photius, explicitly, with a gloss very similar to the present one; also Hesychius, who has such a gloss plus the extra comment that 'the metaphor [comes] from the potter's wheel'. So the Suda's 'wheel' …Matched in noteshighshort
α3947ἈρκαδίαArkadia, Arcadia… C6 BCE. For this and later references -- 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.Matched in noteshighmedium
η5ἮI was, he was… Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.730. [6] A line from one of the tragedies (fr. 2 Snell) of Diogenes of Sinope (delta 1143).Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the ape… time of Zenobius (whose etymology from ke/rkos was already fanciful). One tradition guessed that it involved the Kerkopes, hence deceit (or flattery, through Zenobius' wagging tail); another guessed it involved the kerkops ape, hence …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1550Κῆρυξherald… extant in the paroemiographers), but it has the look of one. In any event, it is a version of a scholion on Thucydides 1.29.1 (where the Corinthians send a herald to declare war on …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2337Κρατεῖνto prevail [over]… perhaps from a proverbial anecdote (but, if so, not the one about the hare and the tortoise; cf. kappa 395, and more generally lambda 28, lambda 29).Matched in noteshighshort
α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… different. The present version should be taken as the authentic one.) [5] i.e. the consequences implied above, of the vengeance of the local "hero" Anagyros, to whom the grove was (as such groves often …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ451Λήμνιον κακὸν βλέπωνlooking a Lemnian evil… in Photius lambda271 Theodoridis (from Pausanias the Atticist) and similar ones in the paroemiographers. Lemnos (see lambda 448 and the other cross-references there) was known for two different massacres, both referenced here, though in …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3254Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖνto sail last of the Mysians… is a suggestion of Erbse, who would supplement it with one or more additional consultations of the oracle -- a suggestion consistent with the longer account in the Rhesos scholium.) Oddly, here in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ845Λυπηρότεροι σταλαγμοῦmore vexing than a drool… is masculine plural there (and here) but neuter singular in one of the paroemiographers (Arsenius 10.93a, with same gloss).Matched in noteshighshort
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… quoted below, is Plato, Charmides 154B (web address 1). While one might suppose that the phrase refers to a line dusted with white chalk, and hence potentially good for making a mark on surfaces …Matched in noteshighshort
λ860ΛυσικράτηςLysikrates, Lysicrates… certainty that L. the corrupt and L. the vain are one and the same. (The name is common: 45 listings in LGPN ii.) One would also have wished for some corroborating evidence for the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2290Κῷος πρὸς ΧῖονCoös against Chios, Coan against Chian… or knucklebones; cf. alpha 4250) beats the throw Chios (the one-spot or ace), as Hesychius understands: *Kw=os *Xi=on: o( *Kw=os a)stra/galos, o( e(/c. o( me\n ga\r *Xi=os e)du/nato e(/n, o( de\ *Kw=os e(/c; "Coös …Matched in noteshighshort

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