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12 entries for Perses

α4576Ἀφελέςsimple… Ilissos of the throat; what should I say? If a person does not stop up his mouth, you will deluge their mouths."Matched in translationhighmedium
α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judges… in the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 1.25.) Possibly Contest, the divine personification of the agon (cf. Pausanias 5.26.3), though the apparently personifying language does not guarantee this. See further, next note. [3] Used in Plato, …Matched in noteshighmedium
β63Βαλανεύςbath-attendant, bath-man… A proverbial term] in reference to a meddlesome and officious person.Matched in translationhighshort
α675Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]… devices. For such was the dog-skin [helmet] of Hades, which Perseus used when he cut the throat of the Gorgon.Matched in translationhighshort
δ319Δειλότερος τοῦ παρακύπτοντοςmore cowardly than a peeper… turned to stone; and the stone which looks like a person still remains to this day. For he was afraid of Heracles and went down into the cave and because of his cowardice he …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3788Ἀργυρέαsilver (one)… you will conquer all." In reference to those who propose persuading someone [to do] something difficult with gifts. For the Pythia prophesied this oracle to Philip, speaking in riddles because of the treachery which …Matched in translationhighshort
α4543Αὐχμηρὰ τράπεζαdry table, parched table… Plato, Republic 554A, where this adjective is used of a person.Matched in noteshighshort
α1998Ἀνάπαυλανrest… a Christian source. [3] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 3.15.7, on veteran Persian envoy and military commander Mebod's negotiations with the invading Romans in 576-577; cf. de Boor (141) and Whitby (96). On Mebod, see PLRE …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2749Ἀντλεῖν ἀμφοτέραιςto draw [water] with both… a paradigmatic phrase to illustrate this idiom with dative of person), it is unidentifiable. However, the aorist a)ntlh/sate u(/dwr is attested several times in Christian writings as a variant of the future a)ntlh/sete u(/dwr …Matched in noteshighshort
α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… sense [is]: someone might more easily guard against the hot-tempered person than [against] someone hiding the anger with silence. Also [sc. attested is the proverbial phrase] "worth a hair"; in reference to something cheap …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ123Χάριταςfavors; Graces… envoy to Chosroes (cf. chi 418 generally) to thank the Persian king for the kind reception given to Trajan in a prior embassy. On Theodorus see PLRE IIIb s.v. Theodorus(33). On Trajan see PLRE …Matched in noteshighshort
χ333Χλαμύςchlamys… also sigma 1349 and sigma 1351. For Dareios (I) of Persia, see delta 72, delta 73.Matched in noteshighmedium