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1049
Ἅλα
salt
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] A misinterpretation, surely, of this accusative singular (especially if, as is reasonable to suppose, it is extracted from the quotation given); cf. generally alpha 1047. [2] Homer, Odyssey 17.455 …
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1149
Ἄλευε
keep away from
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] cf. generally alpha 1141, alpha 1148. [2] Diogenianus 2.56 and other paroemiographers.
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1194
Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζε
shake acorns from another oak
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Diogenianus 1.19. [2] Macarius 1.88.
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4091
Ἀρχή
authority, rule
See also alpha 4092, alpha 4093. [1] The source of this material (also in ps.-Zonaras) is unidentifiable. [2] In the proverb arkhe is used in the sense of "beginning": "well begun is half done." …
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4368
Ἄτλας
Atlas
Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] One of the Titans. Among the historians, Mount Atlas is a mountain in northwest Africa, cf. Herodotus (4.184) and Strabo (17.3.2), evidently a coastal promontory opposite Gibraltar, to the north …
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Βάκχυρις
Bakchuris, Bocchuris, Bokchyris
The name is spelled Bakchuris here and in ps.-Zonaras, but Bo- elsewhere, e.g. Diodorus Siculus 1.94-95. For it as proverbial, in any event, see Zenobius 2.20 and other paroemiographers.
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71
Βάλλ' ἐς κόρακας
go to the crows!
From a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 133 (web address 1 below). Expressions similar to this are common in comedy; see LSJ on korax "raven" (web address 2 below). Probably they derive from the carrion-eating …
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2348
Ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦν
to sow for straw
First part of this entry also in ps.-Zonaras. Proverbial in Gregorius 3.51. [1] Lysias fr. 212 Sauppe, now 284 Carey (OCT).
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2807
Ἐποποῖ
epopoi (in hoopoe-ese)
This delightful collection of shouts and 'mimic words' (bird cries and onomatopoeic words: cf. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 11.251 = vol.3.230.12) from the extant plays of Aristophanes, meticulously ordered and unusually well preserved, throws …
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96
Χάραξ
palisade; stake
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [2] Polybius 18.18.6; again at pi 2243. [3] Timostratus [sic] fr. 2 Kock and K.-A. The Suda and other lexica (for which see below) have "Demostratus", but …
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171
Χαιριδεῖς
Chairideis
[1] cf. ps.-Zonaras s.v. Chairis. [2] cf. pi 1302. [3] cf. chi 172. [4] Aristophanes, Peace 951-3 (web address 1); see also Acharnians 16 & 866 (web addresses 2 & 3) and Birds 858 …
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