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Ἅλα
salt
… 1). Apparently a proverbial expression for a minimal gift; compare
Theocritus,
Idylls 27.61.
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1791
Ἀμφῶες
two-eared
… a neuter singular and a nominative plural, a)mfw=es (probably from
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.28 -- cf. Orion [Author, Myth] s.v. a)mfwreu/s) and a)mfwti/des. The genitive plural a)mfwti/dwn is presumably extracted from the proverb quoted, though …
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4043
Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται
finally the mouse is tasting pitch
… occurrence of this proverb is in [Demosthenes] 50.26; see also
Theocritus,
Idylls 14.51.
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212
Βαίτη
skin-coat, skin-tent
… glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 3.25 and 5.15 (where the Doric accusative form bai/tan is used). [2] This proverb is not in the standard collections in quite …
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Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν
[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth
… became proverbial (see Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers), comes from
Theocritus,
Idylls 10.11.
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