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- α4098Ἀρχὴν ἰᾶσθαι πολὺ λώϊον ἠὲ τελευτήνfar better to heal a beginning than an endThe proverb shows that it is preferable to prevent suffering and anything else terrible as it is beginning rather than when it has fully developed and reached its conclusion.
- γ429Γραῦς ἀνακροτήσασα πολὺν κονιορτὸν ἐγείρειan old woman applauding stirs up a big dustcloud[sc. A proverb] in reference to those who set many matters in motion through experience.
- ε591Ἐκ πολλῶν ἀχύρων ὀλίγον καρπὸν συνήγαγονout of a lot of chaff they collected a small harvest[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who labour hard but reap small harvests.
- η160Ἡ κάμηλος ψωριῶσα πολλῶν ὄνων ἀνατίθεται φορτία(even) a mangy she-camel takes up the load of many donkeys[no gloss]
- δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who deserve punishment, inasmuch as when the octopus has been caught it is beaten many times to make it tender. And [there is] another proverb: "twice …
- η350Ἡμίσεια Ἥμισυ παντόςhalf… that it should be a god, the usual provider of poluwri/a in Aelian and elsewhere (see e.g. pi 1991).
- α4218ἈστάθμητονuncertainThe unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History …