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αι76Αἰγυπτία κληματίςEgyptian vine-branch.… drawn from the opening chapters of Diogenes Laertius' Life of Zeno: briefly 7.1 (on the present headword phrase, for which 'Chrysippus [chi 568] in the first book of his Proverbs' is cited) and more …Matched in noteshighshort
α3947ἈρκαδίαArkadia, Arcadia… Constantinopolitanarum 164.11-17 (= ps.Codinus, Patria Constantinopoleos 2.27). On the emperor Zeno see zeta 83, zeta 84, and web address 1 (Hugh Elton). On Basiliscus see alpha 3970 and beta 164. The "arch-general" would be …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… dragmh\ xalazw=sa here but draxmh\ xalazw=sa in two earlier versions, Zenobius 3.27 and Hesychius delta2351: see further on this discrepancy below -- has been claimed as a fragment of Attic comedy (Adespota 314 Kock, …Matched in noteshighshort
χ249Χειροβρῶτιwith a hand-gnawingHesychius chi287 and Zenobius 6.44 both give 'with a hand-gnawing fetter' as a phrase in the dative case, and gloss it as 'with a boxer's [hand-]straps'; but Zenobius goes on to connect it specifically …Matched in noteshighshort
β191Βατράχῳ ὕδωρwater to a frog[1] Zenobius 2.79. [2] Zenobius 2.78.Matched in noteshighshort
α1621Ἄμμον μετρεῖνto measure sandZenobius 1.80, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
ε690Ἐκ τριχὸς κρέματαιit is hanging by a hairZenobius 3.47, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2067Κόραξ ὑδρεύειa crow is drawing watercf. Hesychius kappa3585; Zenobius 4.56 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2920Ἐρεβίνθινος Διόνυσοςchickpea DionysusComica adespota fr. 862 Kock (344 K.-A.); Zenobius 3.83. cf. generally epsilon 2919.Matched in noteshighshort
β461Βοῦς ἐπὶ σωρῷan ox on a grain-heap[1] Zenobius 2.75. [2] cf. Zenobius 2.79.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2107Κορώνη τὸν σκορπίονa crow [caught] the scorpionZenobius 4.57, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
γ202Γέρων ἀλώπηξ οὐχ ἁλίσκεται πάγῃan old fox is not caught in a trap[1] Zenobius 2.90, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1083; cf. gamma 203, with ape for fox. [2] Zenobius 2.97.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1091Δίκη δίκην ἔτικτε καὶ βλάβη βλάβηνsuit begat suit and hurt hurtTosi (see under alpha 378) no.488. [1] Zenobius 3.28. [2] Zenobius 3.20.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1481Ἐντὸς ἑβδόμηςbefore (the) seventhcf. Zenobius 3.79; Hesychius epsilon3383; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1039. Such a stipulation is otherwise unattested. (Photius says the reason for it had been given in Callimachus' Aitia.) For the preposition e)nto/s in this sense see …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1474Δῶρονwhen someone gives a gift praise itcf. Zenobius 3.42, where it is part of the oracle given to Myskellos (mu 1473, mu 1474). Tosi (see under alpha 378) no.503.Matched in noteshighshort
ε803Ἐλεύθεραι αἶγες ἀρότρωνnanny-goats [are] free of ploughsZenobius 3.69, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1204Διὸς ἐγκέφαλοςZeus' brain, Zeus' morselMore fully in Zenobius 3.41, and cf. other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1420. See also beta 145. One might compare (in the broadest of terms) the soft, pungent cheese dip of Lyon …Matched in noteshighshort
α1399Ἄλλως ᾄδειςyou are singing for nothingZenobius 1.72. cf. generally alpha 1318, alpha 1395, alpha 1396, alpha 1398, and again alpha 1400.Matched in noteshighshort
δ160Δέδοται καὶ κακοῖσιν ἄγραthe catch has been given even to bad menZenobius 3.31.Matched in noteshighshort
ει293Εἰς μελίττας ἐκώμασαςyou started a party involving beesHesychius epsilon1164; Zenobius 3.53; etc.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2183Κουρήτων στόμαKouretes' mouthSuch a proverb is cited in Zenobius 4.61, Diogenianus (Mazarin ms.) 5.60, and Apostolius 9.95, as well as in Hesychius kappa3848. The present gloss is from Zenobius, though oi(=on "as in" appears there instead …Matched in noteshighshort
α2712Ἀντὶ πέρκης σκορπίονa scorpion instead of a perchAlso in Zenobius 1.88 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
β80Βάλλ' εἰς ὕδωρcast into the water… gloss 'in reference to those who deserve to die') in Zenobius 2.72, Diogenianus 2.4, and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
ει230Εἰς ἀρχαίας φάτναςinto old mangerscf. Zenobius 3.50.Matched in noteshighshort
ει276Εἰς θεῶν ὦτα ἦλθενit came to the gods' earsZenobius 3.49, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1439Κευθωνύμου κλέος ἢ αἶσχοςKeuthonymos' fame -- or shameSlightly more fully in Zenobius 4.72. The only attested Keuthonymos -- Kythonymos in Zenobius, and cf. Hesychius kappa4448, but apparently lower-case there -- is the father of the herdsman Menoites in the myth of …Matched in noteshighshort
α538Ἀδύνατα θηρᾷςyou are hunting impossible thingsZenobius 1.29 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1543.Matched in noteshighshort
γ117Γέλως συγκροτούσιοςclamorous laughtercf. Zenobius 2.100.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1438Ἐν σκότῳ ὀρχεῖσθαιto dance in the darkZenobius 3.71, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3602Εὔνους ὁ σφάκτηςthe slaughterer is well-intentionedZenobius 3.94, etc. For Orestes (who murdered his murderous mother Clytemnestra: kappa 1846) see omicron 538.Matched in noteshighshort