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- β63Βαλανεύςbath-attendant, bath-mancf. Diogenianus 3.64.
- γ492Γυμνότερος παττάλουmore naked than a pegDiogenianus 3.98.
- μ525Μέλιτος μυελόςhoney's marrowDiogenianus 3.20, Apostolius 11.32, etc.
- γ507Γυπὸς σκιάvulture's shadowDiogenianus 3.100.
- α1343Ἀλλότρια βάλλεινto throw others' throwscf. Diogenianus 2.60.
- δ1095Δίκης δικαιότερος(someone) more just than justiceDiogenianus 6.13, etc.
- κ395Καρκίνος λαγὼν αἱρεῖa crab is catching a hareDiogenianus 5.96, Apostolius 9.27, etc.
- α2933Ἅπας ἐχῖνος τραχύςevery hedgehog [is] pricklyIn Diogenianus and other paroemiographers.
- β464Βοῦς ὑπὸ ζυγόνan ox under the yokeDiogenianus 3.54 and other paroemiographers.
- αι382Αἱ Οἰδίποδος ἀραίthe curses of OedipusDiogenianus 2.51 On the well-known misfortunes of Oedipus, see omicroniota 34.
- κ2472Κρόνου πυγήKronos' buttockcf. Diogenianus 5.64 and other paroemiographers. For other proverbial phrases involving Kronos (kappa 2466) see kappa 2469, kappa 2470, and cf. kappa 2471.
- λ815Λύκος ἀετὸν φεύγειa wolf is fleeing an eagleFrom Photius lambda451 Theodoridis; also in Diogenianus 6.19 and other paroemiographers.
- α442Ἀδελφὸς παρείηmay a brother be at handcf. Diogenianus 1.91 and other paroemiographers.
- α2260Ἀνέμου παιδίονwind's childIn Diogenianus (1.47) and other paroemiographers; also casually mentioned -- apparently as proverbial -- in Libanius, Letters 1196.2.
- β80Βάλλ' εἰς ὕδωρcast into the water… reference to those who deserve to die') in Zenobius 2.72, Diogenianus 2.4, and other paroemiographers.
- ει306Εἰς πάγας ὁ λύκοςthe wolf into trapsDiogenianus 2.55, etc.
- δ32Δαλόςfirebrand[1] Same glossing in other lexica. [2] cf. Diogenianus 7.82.
- β79Βάλλ' εἰς ἔχοντα τὴν ἐπιστήμηνstrike at him who has the knowledgeDiogenianus 3.56 and other paroemiographers.
- γ115Γέλως ΜεγαρικόςMegarian laughterComoedia Dorica testimonium #9 Kassel-Austin. cf. Diogenianus 3.88 and other paroemiographers.
- α1149Ἄλευεkeep away from… in ps.-Zonaras. [1] cf. generally alpha 1141, alpha 1148. [2] Diogenianus 2.56 and other paroemiographers.
- α1314Ἄλλο γλαὺξ ἄλλο κορώνη φθέγγεταιone thing the owl cries, another the crowDiogenianus 2.16 and other paroemiographers.
- δ87Δασύπους κρεῶν ἐπιθυμεῖa hare desires meatcf. Diogenianus 4.12. For hares and proverbs cf. delta 86.
- ε676Ἐκ τοῦ γεύματος γινώσκωfrom the taste I recognize (it)Diogenianus 4.92, etc.; and cf. Lucian, Hermotimus 58-60.
- α2804Ἀξία ἡ κύων τοῦ βρώματοςthe bitch is worthy of her foodcf. Diogenianus 2.78 and other paroemiographers.
- κ182Κακοὶ τῆς πονηρίας πίνουσι τὴν ὁμίχληνbad men drink the fog of villainyDiogenianus 5.99, etc.
- α3798Ἀργύρου κρῆναι λαλοῦσινsprings of silver prattlecf. Diogenianus 2.93 and other paroemiographers.
- α4513Αὐτὸν οὐ τρέφων κύνας τρέφειςyou can't keep yourself [yet] you keep dogsDiogenianus 3.17.
- αι176Αἱ λαχάνων προσθῆκαιthe additions of herbsSimilarly in several of the paroemiographers, e.g. Diogenianus 2.52, where the analogous 'Daedalus' wings' (delta 109) is adduced.
- β56Βάκχης τρόπονin a Bacchant's manner, like a Bacchantcf. Diogenianus 3.43 and other paroemiographers; again under sigma 1021.
- β415Βουδόρῳ νόμῳby an ox-flaying custom… entry in other lexica (and some of the paroemiographers, e.g. Diogenianus 3.66).