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21 entries for Zenobius

αι41Αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖςyou are talking to a beach[1] Zenobius 1.38; cf. alpha 2263.Matched in noteshighshort
δ648Διὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥιπτεῖν χρήit is necessary to hurl through knives and fireAlready, with slightly different wording, at delta 514. Zenobius 3.19, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
γ491Γυμνότερος Ἰαλέμουmore naked than a Ialemos[1] Zenobius 4.39, etc. For Ialemos, claimed by some to be a son of Kalliope (kappa 234), and another proverb involving him see iota 17. [2] Zenobius 2.95, etc.; cf. lambda 218, sigma 1694, …Matched in noteshighmedium
αι386Αἱ Χάριτες γυμναίthe Graces (are) nakedZenobius 1.36; cf. chi 123 in which there are variants for the text here.Matched in noteshighshort
γ432Γραῦς χορεύειan old woman is dancing[1] Zenobius 2.96. [2] Diogenianus 3.79.Matched in noteshighshort
αι104Αἰεὶ φέρει τι Λιβύη κακόνalways Libya produces something badcf. Zenobius 2.51, Macarius 1.42.Matched in noteshighshort
α1504Ἄμας ἀπῄτουν οἱ δ' ἀπηρνοῦντο σκάφαςthey were asking for shovels but the others were refusing them bowlsZenobius 1.83, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2101. See again alpha 1574.Matched in noteshighshort
αι114Αἰθέρα νήνεμον ἐρέσσειςyou are rowing the windless aetherZenobius 1.39. For this type of proverb cf. (e.g.) alpha 1399, alpha 1400, alpha 2261, gamma 508, alphaiota 125, epsilon 384, epsilon 591, epsilon 3207, epsilon 3238, epsiloniota 326, epsiloniota 327, kappa 129, pi …Matched in noteshighshort
γ126Γενναῖοςnoble… lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. [2] Also in Photius; cf. Zenobius 2.88 and other paroemiographers. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 48 Zintzen (24 Asmus).Matched in noteshighshort
γ282Γλαὺξ ἵπταταιan owl is flying… of an owl. For the headword phrase as proverbial cf. Zenobius 2.89 and other paroemiographers. [2] The main product of the Laureion mines was actually silver (with silver, rather than gold, coinage resulting). See …Matched in noteshighmedium
α422Ἄδακρυς πόλεμοςtearless war, war without tearsZenobius 1.28 and other paroemiographers. For the phrase in its literal military sense see Diodorus Siculus 15.72 (the priestess at Dodona foretells such a war for the Spartans against the Arkadians in 368 BCE); …Matched in noteshighshort
αι332Αἰσώπειον αἷμαAesopic blood… the proverb -- in its second version here -- see Zenobius 1.47, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
α301Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπωνmarket of Kerkopes… Kerkopes" as meaning "knaves' market" see Diogenes Laertius 9.114; also Zenobius 1.5 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
αι45Αἰγιεῖς οὔτε τρεῖς οὔτε τέσσαρεςAigians (are) neither three nor fourcf. Zenobius 1.48 (with, geographically correctly, 'Aigians in Achaia' -- alphaiota 55) and other paroemiographers. [1] The priestess (and mouthpiece) of Apollo at Delphi: pi 3127. [2] cf. upsilon 108, where (as is more …Matched in noteshighshort
α946ἈκκώAkko, AccoZenobius 1.53 and other paroemiographers. [1] cf. alpha 878 (where in fact the principal idea is the pretence, rather than the reality, of stupidity etc.; see also LSJ s.v.). [2] cf. sigma 953. Since …Matched in noteshighshort
γ493Γυμνῷ φυλακὴν ἐπιτάττειςyou are assigning guard-duty to a naked man… 144 Kock, now 154 K.-A.) in the first instance; cf. Zenobius 2.98. [2] Quotation unidentifiable; found also in a syntactical lexicon. [3] Quotation unidentified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as one of …Matched in noteshighshort
α3459Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσώνhaving fallen from a donkey… address 1 below), with scholion; cf. lambda 467. See also Zenobius 2.57 and other paroemiographers; and tau 1158. [2] Plato, Laws 701C (web address 2). The manuscript tradition of this passage is actually divided …Matched in noteshighshort
α4101Ἀρχὴ ΣκυρίαSkyrian empire, Scyrian empire… it see alphaiota 238, sigma 714. [2] Similarly explained in Zenobius 1.32 and other paroemiographers. [3] For Theseus and Lykomedes see e.g. Pausanias 1.17.6 and Plutarch, Theseus 35 (neither, however, mentioning L.'s wife). In …Matched in noteshighshort
β587ΒύβλονByblian… what is the feminine noun implicit in "all"? [3] cf. Zenobius 2.73 (omitting 'big'). The proverb itself is an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε4028Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμαenemies' charities are uncharitable and not helpful… mu 1234, nu 441. For this as a proverb see Zenobius 4.4 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2210. [2] Ascribed to the verse dream-book of Astrampsychos (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1164λέγεται καὶ ἵπποςDiomedeian compulsion… 'Diomedeian compulsion' see e.g. Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1029; Plato, Republic 493D; Zenobius 3.8. [By a slip, the SOL headword gives not this phrase but the opening of the gloss.] [1] (This initial gloss, Adler reports, …Matched in noteshighmedium

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