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462
Βοῦς Κύπριος
Cypriot ox
… to the coarse and unperceptive man. For they say that
Cypriot
oxen
eat dung.
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415
Βουδόρῳ νόμῳ
by an ox-flaying custom
… who deserve to be flayed in the same way as
oxen.
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463
Βοῦς ὁ Μολοττῶν
Molossian ox
… Molossians used to make their compacts by cutting up the
oxen
into small pieces.
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1186
Δι' ὀξείας δραμεῖν
to run through sharps
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those taking risks. For 'sharp' is what they call the spear-point.
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457
Βοῦς ἕβδομος
seventh ox
… not have anything living to sacrifice used to mould [an
ox]
out of dough. When the 6 living [beasts] were being sacrificed -- sheep, pig, ram,
ox,
bird, goose -- a seventh, the one …
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458
Βοῦς ἕβδομος
seventh ox
… the first phase moon. They used to call this an
ox
and set it up as the seventh, because this seventh used to be one of the sacrifices at the six moons, as Euthycles …
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460
Βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώττης
an ox on the tongue
… the strength of the animal, or because there was an
ox
stamped on the Athenian coin which those who spoke freely had to pay.
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461
Βοῦς ἐπὶ σωρῷ
an ox on a grain-heap
… a halter. Also [sc. attested is] bou=s ei)s a)mhto/n ["an
ox
into harvest"], in reference to those who are toiling with assistance.
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446
Βοῦν ἐν γνάθοις φέρει
he is carrying an ox in his jaws
Mantissa Proverbiorum 1.36; cf. beta 460 (an
ox
on one's tongue).
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1392
Ἀλώπηξ τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει
a fox drives the ox
The proverb is applied to things which do not happen in accordance with reason. "When associating with a fox, expect foxiness."
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1486
Ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν ἕλκει
a wagon is dragging the ox
[no gloss]
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459
Βοῦς ἐν αὐλίῳ κάθῃ
you are an ox sitting in a courtyard
A proverb in reference to useless people.
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464
Βοῦς ὑπὸ ζυγόν
an ox under the yoke
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are always toiling.
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3347
Ἔοικα βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν μολεῖν
I seem to be going as an ox to slaughter
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147
Εἰ μὴ δύναιο βοῦν ἔλαυνε ὄνον
if you can't [drive] an ox drive a donkey
A proverb in reference to those advising [people] to act in accordance with the resources they have.
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731
Ἀθήναιος
Athenaios, Athenaeus
… animal food, when he won an Olympic victory made an
ox
out of incense, myrrh and expensive perfumes and divided it among those who came to the festival. And Ion of Chios, when he …
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2082
Ἀνάστατοι
anastatoi
… sprouting." Besides six mooncakes they used to dress a "seventh
ox",
which had horns replicating the early moon. Accordingly they would sacrifice this
ox
in addition to four round-cakes and call it "fifth
ox".
…
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25
Ἑβδομαῖος
seventh-day
… seventh. Besides six mooncakes they used to dress a "seventh
ox",
which had horns replicating the early moon. So [there arises the phrase] "seventh
ox",
applied to those who are unfeeling. The wise proverb …
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2807
Ἐποποῖ
epopoi (in hoopoe-ese)
… all the examples are of mimic words and shouts with
oxytone
accents on the last syllable. Has a copyist erroneously restored the Canonical accentuation on words that Suda correctly listed as exceptions to the …
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2255
Ἐπὶ βύρσης ἐκαθέζετο
he was sitting on a hide
… thought himself not equal alone in combat, he sacrificed an
ox,
cut the flesh into pieces, and boiled it. Then he spread the hide out on the ground and sat on it, having drawn …
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2090
Ἀνὰ σοὶ τάδε πάντα λέπαργε
all these things (are) on you now, white-coat
… are not even freed after labor. From the metaphor of
oxen:
for whenever they are let off work, the farmers are accustomed to put the yoke and burdens on the stronger one.
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417
Βοῦθος περιφοιτᾷ
Bouthos is wandering around
It is said about those who are stupid and thick-witted. Also [sc. attested is] Bouthoinas ["Beef-eater"], [meaning] Herakles. For when his son Hyllus was hungry, he feasted and ate one of the plow-oxen of …
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1395
Δόρυ κηρύκειον
a spear as a herald's wand
… oracle]: "to a Gephyraean man a house [is] dear." Following
oxen,
until they grew tired, because the god had told them that they should remain there, while the Athenians were being fought in a …
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4009
Ἐχῖνος τὸν τόκον ἀναβάλλῃ
a hedgehog would postpone childbirth
… *)exi=nos [means] both the animal and the stomach of an
ox.
In the Epigrams [it is written]: "the hedgehog body, shaggy with sharp quills." And elsewhere: "seeing the hedgehog carrying grape-clusters on its back, …
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90
Χαραδριός
charadrios, plover
… matters. And in reference to the bird the accent is
oxytone,
but in reference to the ravine [charadra] it is barytone. Since plovers also produce a certain type of melody through the streams. Therefore, …
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125
Ἀγαθώνιος
Agathonios, Agathonius
… and on his aulos music, M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music
(Oxford
1992) 354-5.
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1400
Ἄλλως ἀναλίσκεις ὕδωρ
you are using up water for nothing
… See in brief S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law
(Oxford
1993) 130-2.
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2536
Ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου δαιμόνιον
man (is) man's divinity
… and Boiotia/Attica, see generally D. Whitehead, Hypereides: the forensic speeches
(Oxford
2000) 421-3.
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3298
Ἀπὸ δὶς ἑπτὰ κυμάτων
from twice seven waves
… 5, 7) in the same context see Robert Parker, Miasma
(Oxford
1983) 226; cf. E. Rohde, Psyche (English tr. London 1925) 589.
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4103
Ἀρχίας
Archias
… arising see F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, iii
(Oxford
1979) 546-7. Archias, here intriguing with Demetrius I of Syria, was the Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus at this time.
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