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- κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… honest to make gains". The proverb is interpreted differently in Diogenianus 5.53 (Mazarin codex): "concerning the greedy, who pretend to fast; for the animal is insatiable" (on the gluttony of mullets, discussed in Aristotle, …
- κ2133Κόρχοροςblue pimpernel… name for a)nagalli\s h( kuanh=, Anagallis caerulea. [2] Zenobius 4.57, Diogenianus 5.36a (repeated in Apostolius 9.100); scholia on Aristophanes, Wasps 239a, 239b (web address 1); scholia on Nicander, Theriaca 626a; often in the variant …
- κ2183Κουρήτων στόμαKouretes' mouthSuch a proverb is cited in Zenobius 4.61, Diogenianus (Mazarin ms.) 5.60, and Apostolius 9.95, as well as in Hesychius kappa3848. The present gloss is from Zenobius, though oi(=on "as in" appears there instead …
- μ107Μαλθακόνgentle, soft, feeble, weak, luxuriant… mu 108). [2] The end of the epigram written by Diogenes Laertius (2.15 = Greek Anthology 7.95.3-4) on the philosopher Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (alpha 1981): despite the intervention of his friend Pericles (pi 1179, …
- κ2030Κόνδυλονknuckle… 123, and also in various paroemiographers: see e.g. Zenobius 1.92, Diogenianus 1.81, Apostolius 3.2; they interpret it as "applying to those who ask for something good, and get back something evil", with Apostolius connecting …
- κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour… to the corner". Fragment taken up by collectors of proverbs (Diogenianus 5.42, Zenobius 4.67, Macarius Chrysocephalus 5.13, Michael Apostolius 9.68). The proverb is vaguely connected to the passage from Sophocles discussed next. [1] An …
- κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the ape… frequently commented on by lexicographers, grammarians and other paroemiographers, e.g.: Diogenianus, Hesychius, the Lexica Segueriana, Photius, Eustathius, Gregorius (Patriarch Gregory II), Michael Apostolius. The Suda's infinitive, here, was once regarded as an unattributable fragment …