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Γῇ θάλατταν συναναμίγνυσιν
they mix up the sea with the earth
The proverb [is used] in reference to those who are excessively angered.
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Ἀπόλογος Ἀλκίνου
Alkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who
talk
nonsense and stretch a
tale
out at length.
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230
Αἶνος
tale, story
… Or [intended as] praise, and encomium. There is a certain
tale:
how a man and not a man killed me, a bird and not a bird, but just the same a bird, while sitting …
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2263
Ἀνέμῳ διαλέγῃ
you are talking to a wind
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who are not heard. [Another] proverb [is]: "directions of winds"; "for locals know best not only the directions of the winds, according to the proverb, but …
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4076
Ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις
you talk more old-fashioned than the hide
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those saying unsound and outdated things. For the hide is very old, [the one] on which Zeus supposedly wrote what things came into being.
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41
Αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖς
you are talking to a beach
[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to the inaudible. Also 'you are conversing with a wind." Likewise in reference to the inaudible.
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Διὰ τοῦ τοίχου λαλεῖν
to talk through the wall
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those doing something senselessly.
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