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α352Ἀγρία μέλιτταwild beecf. Macarius Chrysocephalus 1.24.Matched in noteshighshort
α3853Ἄρης τύραννοςAres despot; Ares tyrantMacarius 2.39; also (with no glossing) in Hesychius.Matched in noteshighshort
α4359Ἀττικὴ πίστιςAttic pledgeMacarius 2.60-61.Matched in noteshighshort
αι102Αἰεὶ δὲ γέροντι νέαν ποτιβάλλεο κούρηνalways offer a young girl to an old manSimilarly (and with a banal gloss) in Macarius 1.52. Dactylic verse.Matched in noteshighshort
η11Ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσιςthe statement from Scythians… paroemiographers: Diogenianus 5.11 (who adds a comparison with epsiloniota 149), Macarius 8.22, Apostolius 8.39, Arsenius 16.49c. For Dareios and the Scythians cf. generally delta 72. [1] Literally, tell someone to lament; cf. epsilon 3073, …Matched in noteshighshort
α3824ἈρεοπαγίτηςAreopagite… of the Are(i)opagos Council/Court in Athens. See alpha 3838.) [2] Macarius 2.30. [3] Macarius 2.31. [4] Plato Comicus fr. 104 Kock, now 112 K.-A. [5] Anaxandrides ["Alexandrides" is in error, as Hemsterhuys pointed out: …Matched in noteshighshort
α3337Ἀπὸ καταδυομένηςfrom a sinking (ship)[1] Also in Macarius 2.27.Matched in noteshighshort
β583Βοιωτία ὗςBoiotian sow, Boeotian sowMacarius 2.79 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1866. Though a phrase more likely to be favoured by non-Boiotians (and especially Athenians, their neighbours), it is actually first attested in Pindar, Olympian …Matched in noteshighshort
α1341Ἄλλοτε μητρυιὴ πέλει ἡμέρη ἄλλοτε μήτηρsometimes a day is a step-mother (but) sometimes a motherHesiod, Works and Days 825; in Macarius 1.90 and other paroemiographers. Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.31.Matched in noteshighshort
α292Ἀγόμενος διὰ φρατέρων κύων μαστιγοῦταιa dog led through phratry-members is whipped… 694, and generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.1141-2). As a proverb (cf. Macarius Chrysocephalus 1.15) the phrase presumably concerns admission to phratries and the exposure of fraudulent attempts at this.Matched in noteshighshort
αι125Αἰθίοπα σμήχεινto wash an Ethiopian white… Book-buyer 28. See also the paroemiographers: Zenobius 1.46, Diogenianus 1.45, Macarius 1.62. See generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1893. For this type of proverb see the cross-references under alphaiota 114.Matched in noteshighshort
αι104Αἰεὶ φέρει τι Λιβύη κακόνalways Libya produces something badcf. Zenobius 2.51, Macarius 1.42.Matched in noteshighshort
α3770Ἀργείους ὁρᾷςyou see Argives… some of the later paroemiographers. In Appendix Proverbiorum 3.35 and Macarius 2.38 the Suda's explanation appears alongside another one, about suspicions of theft (said to be a charge comically levelled at Argives -- cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
β81Βακτηρία καὶ σχῆμα καὶ τριβώνιον ἢ τριώβολονstaffs and manner and little cloak, or three-obol feecf. Macarius 2.73. For the jurors' staffs cf. already beta 49; for their fee cf. tau 998. There is a punning resemblance in Greek -- lost in translation -- between tribonion and triobolon.Matched in noteshighshort
α4076Ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγειςyou talk more old-fashioned than the hide… fr. 564 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf. Diogenianus 3.2, Macarius 2.48. cf. zeta 39.Matched in noteshighshort
α4099Ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστονFirst, not to be born is best for earth-bound men, and not to look upon the rays of the sharp sun; but, once born, [best] to drive as quickly as possible through Hades' gatesA gloomy proverb (Macarius 2.45) expressed in one-and-a-half elegiac couplets.Matched in noteshighshort
α1194Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζεshake acorns from another oakSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Diogenianus 1.19. [2] Macarius 1.88.Matched in noteshighshort
ε155Ἐγὼ ποιήσω πάντα κατὰ ΝικόστρατονI myself will do everything according to Nikostratos… K.-A.: instead, registered as Aelius Aristides 36.85 K). Proverbial in Macarius Chrysocephalus 3.46 and elsewhere. The present material is repeated (changing only this perfect infinitive to a present) at the end of nu 405.Matched in noteshighshort
α1142Ἀλλ' ἕπου χώρας τρόποιςbut follow a country's wayscf. Macarius 1.89, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1619. The headword phrase -- precursor of the modern "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" -- comes from what is perhaps an unidentifiable …Matched in noteshighshort
β212Βαίτηskin-coat, skin-tent… in the standard collections in quite this form, but cf. Macarius Chrysocephalus 8.71 (on lentil soup).Matched in noteshighshort
α371Ἀγροῦ πυγήrump of the country; fat of the land… alpha21; Hesychius alpha837; Photius, Lexicon alpha272 Theodoridis; Appendix Proverbiorum 1.4; Macarius Chrysocephalus 1.3. The phrase itself is taken to come from Old Attic Comedy: Archippus fr. 7 Demianczuk, now 29 Kassel-Austin. As to its …Matched in noteshighshort
α853Ἀκέφαλοςheadless… illustrated in a quite different content by alpha 852.) [2] Macarius 1.70 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2127, with Latin and later parallels. As a phrase of unfinished dialog (commonly so …Matched in noteshighshort
α4257Ἀστρονομίαastronomy, astrology… 160, zeta 161. [3] cf. mu 28, omicron 710. [4] Macarius 2.50. [5] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (3403). [6] From gamma 365; cf. mu 29, pi 1367.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ388Καρικῇ Μούσῃwith a Carian muse… 1). For "barbarian-speaking Carians," see Homer, Iliad 2.867. [3] cf. Macarius Chrysocephalus [metropolitan of Philadelphia, 1336-82], Proverbs 5.9: *ka/rios ai)=nos: e)pi\ tw=n a)porou/ntwn ti diapra/casqai: a(lie/a ga/r fasi trofh=s a)porou=nta xeimw=ni ei)pei=n: *kolumbh/sw, a)lla\ …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour… 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 approximation of Sophocles, Oedipus …Matched in noteshighshort

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