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β110Βάρβιτονbarbitos, long-armed lyre… kind of musical instrument. "O friend, you who loved the dear barbitos". This is said about Anakreon. [sc. The barbitos features in] a saying in reference to dissimilar things. Aristophanes [writes]: "What [does] the …Matched in translationhighshort
α277Ἀγνοεῖ δ' ἀράχνη παῖδας ὡς παιδεύεταιa spider knows not how she educates her children.… nurtured them she has died at the hands of her dearest ones. [Sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those who look after something against their own interest.Matched in translationhighshort
ε1684Ἐξέχειν τὸν ἥλιονthe sun to shine out[Meaning] to have appeared. "Shine out, dear sun". A proverbial verse-fragment spoken by children, whenever it is cold and cloudy. Aristophanes in Islands [writes]: "so you will say, just like the children, 'shine out, …Matched in translationhighshort
δ1395Δόρυ κηρύκειονa spear as a herald's wand… [from the oracle]: "to a Gephyraean man a house [is] dear." Following oxen, until they grew tired, because the god had told them that they should remain there, while the Athenians were being fought …Matched in translationhighmedium
χ157Χαῖρε φίλον φῶςfarewell dear lightWhen a woman wants to misbehave and puts out the lamp, this, they say, is what she says. But others [specify] a bad woman, others an old one.Matched in headwordhighshort
α3771Ἀργεῖοι φῶρεςArgive thieves[A phrase used] in reference to obvious rascals. For the Argives are mocked for theft. Aristophanes in Anagyros [uses the phrase].Matched in translationhighshort
α4112ἈρχίλοχοςArchilochus, Archilochos, Arkhilokhos… gods never forget the important people even after they die. Archilochus at any rate was a noble poet in most respects, if one overlooks his shameful speech and his foul utterances, just as one …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3824ἈρεοπαγίτηςAreopagiteSpelled in two ways. And [there is] a saying, "Areopagite", in reference to those who look glum and are solemn and silent. Also "Ares' chick" [*)/arews neotto/s], and "Ares' child" [*)/arews paidi/on], in reference …Matched in translationhighshort
α3947ἈρκαδίαArkadia, Arcadia… territory. Also a proper name. "There is a gravestone for Arkadia, the second wife of Zenon, in the Arcadian [baths] in the part near to the group of monuments known as 'Places' in the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4099Ἀρχὴν μὲν μὴ φῦναι ἐπιχθονίοισιν ἄριστονFirst, not to be born is best for earth-bound men, and not to look upon the rays of the sharp sun; but, once born, [best] to drive as quickly as possible through Hades' gates[Applied] to those who have lived miserably.Matched in headwordhighshort
α126Ἀγαθοὶ δ' ἀριδάκρυες ἄνδρεςtearful men are goodIn reference to those who are strongly inclined toward pity.Matched in translationhighshort
α3770Ἀργείους ὁρᾷςyou see Argives… of theft (said to be a charge comically levelled at Argives -- cf. alpha 3771). Additionally, the App.Prov. quotes Sophocles fr.201h (from the Eriphyle), where the phrase seems to originate.Matched in noteshighshort
α4121ἈρχύταςArchytas, Arkhutas… plainly a teacher of Empedocles. And [there is] a proverb: Archytas' rattle; [coined] because Archytas invented the rattle, which is a kind of instrument producing sound and noise. "He made a bronze rattle and …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε803Ἐλεύθεραι αἶγες ἀρότρωνnanny-goats [are] free of ploughsA proverb in reference to those relieved of some burden or evils.Matched in headwordhighshort
α3754ἈρβέλαιArbelai, ArbeleArbele [is] a small Sicilian city. Those who live there seemed to be easily deceived. And [hence] a proverb: "What will you not become when you go to Arbelai?"Matched in translationhighshort
δ565Διαθήκην διαθώμεθα ἣν διέθετο πίθηκος τῇ γυναικίlet us arrange the arrangement that the ape arranged with his wife['Arrangement'] meaning agreement. For a certain person, ugly to look at, was continually quarrelling with his wife, and he made an arrangement, with his friends as witnesses, neither to beat nor to be beaten, …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2045Κόνος ἀρτοξύῃkonos artoxuei, donkey scratch[es] back (?)A proverb [used] in reference to those exchanging benefits.Matched in headwordhighshort
α3990Ἀρουραία μάντιςfield mantis[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are sluggish and ineffectual. There is a clumsy locust, green, called a mantis, whose movements some heed and [thereby] prophesy. The aroura contains 50 feet.Matched in translationhighshort
α3798Ἀργύρου κρῆναι λαλοῦσινsprings of silver prattle[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are uneducated, but because of an excess of wealth speak freely and prattle.Matched in translationhighshort
α3729Ἀράβιος ἄγγελοςArabian messenger… Messenian Woman [uses the phrase]. From the proverb [about the] "Arabian piper". "So I started an Arabian pipe going"; it is applied to those who speak incessantly. Long ago, they say, free men did …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4096Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσινoffice exposes a man[sc. A proverb] applied to those who are decent men before holding office but become violent in the post itself. They say that this a dictum of Solon's, though Aristotle and Theophrastus [says it …Matched in translationhighshort
β329Βλέπειν γὰρ ἄντικρυς δόξεις μ' Ἄρηfor you will think that I look a downright Ares… to aid. You will consider me, he is saying, an Ares to look at, successful and practical.Matched in translationhighshort
ει230Εἰς ἀρχαίας φάτναςinto old mangers[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who have lost the enjoyment of something, but regain it.Matched in headwordhighshort
α3954Ἄρκου παρούσης τὰ ἴχνη ζητεῖςa she-bear is here and you're looking for the tracks… in reference to those who pretend to seek things which are present.Matched in translationhighshort
μ273Μασχάλην αἴρειςyou are lifting an armpitMeaning you are drunk. For drinkers use to lift their armpits in mockery. "And the suitors raised up their hands [and] were dying with laughter." Also [sc. attested is the phrase], "raising up their …Matched in translationhighshort
α4103ἈρχίαςArchias… 2878. For a discussion of the date and other matters arising see F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, iii (Oxford 1979) 546-7. Archias, here intriguing with Demetrius I of Syria, was the Ptolemaic …Matched in noteshighshort
β483Βῶλος ἄρουραclod [to] a tilled field[sc. A proverbial phrase] applied to those eagerly contributing little things to big ones. Similar to "water out of a gulley to the sea." But bo/los [is] dew.Matched in headwordhighshort
α4097Ἀρχὴ ἥμισυ παντόςa beginning (is) half of the whole[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those beginning something and making progress [in it].Matched in headwordhighshort
α4091Ἀρχήauthority, rule… material (also in ps.-Zonaras) is unidentifiable. [2] In the proverb arkhe is used in the sense of "beginning": "well begun is half done." See alpha 4097. [3] Marinus, Life of Proclus 34.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2348Ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦνto sow for straw… idle for a year, so that the crops it nourishes are wholesome, and to prevent it becoming tired by annual effort on the seeds. Lysias in the speech In Reply to Tlepolemos, attacking one …Matched in translationhighmedium