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κ2550Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyThey say that Pythagoras the philosopher persuaded those who associated with him as students to pool their property -- hence the proverb.Matched in translationhighshort
ι668Ἰσότης φιλότηςequality amity… 378] no.432. In Hesychius, i)so/ths is a headword glossed by filo/ths, with the comment dia\ to\ i)so/thti th\n fili/an e(/pesqai "because amity follows equality." For amity see phi 425.Matched in noteshighshort
ει340Εἰ φίλου χρῄζεις ὑπουργίαςif you need a friend's services[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those with a noble spirit. For when Antisthenes was ill Diogenes said something like this before handing him a dagger.

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Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλων

the property of friends is common property

They say that Pythagoras the philosopher persuaded those who associated with him as students to pool their property -- hence the proverb.

Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλων· φασὶν ὅτι τοὺς προσιόντας Πυθαγόρᾳ μαθητὰς ἔπειθεν ὁ φιλόσοφος κοινὰς τὰς οὐσίας ποιεῖσθαι. ὅθεν ἡ παροιμία.

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κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyTimaeus says in his 9th [book] that this [proverb] originated in Magna Graecia, in the period when Pythagoras persuaded those settling there to hold property undistributed [to private owners]. Menander uses the proverb in …Matched in headwordhighshort

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

η462ἩρακλείδηςHerakleides, Heracleides, Heraclides[a] Of Oxyrhynchus. Philosopher; the son of Sarapion; he was nicknamed Lembus. He lived under Ptolemy VI, who made the treaty with Antiochus. He wrote philosophical and other works. [b] Heraclides of Lycia, a …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1352ΔομετιανόςDomitian, Domitianus, Dometianos… shorn and brought into court in fetters. And when the philosopher did not relent in his ridicule of the things that had happened on account of him and in his criticism of the things …Matched in translationhighlong

ει291Εἰς λατομίαςinto (the) quarriesPhiloxenos the dithyrambic poet could not stand the poetry of the tyrant Dionysius because it was so bad. On one occasion Dionysius sent him to the quarries, but later decided to have him brought …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2862Ἄπαγέ με εἰς τὰς λατομίαςtake me away into the quarries… put up with what is unworthy. For they say that Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet was staying at the court of Dionysius the tyrant, and when the tyrant read out his hackneyed verses refused to …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4121ἈρχύταςArchytas, Arkhutas… son of Hestiaios or Mnesarchos or Mnasagetes or Mnasagoras; Pythagorean philosopher. This man saved Plato from being murdered by the tyrant Dionysios. He championed the [Greek-]Italian federation, and was chosen general with full powers …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ445Χωρὶς τὰ Μυσῶν καὶ Φρυγῶν ὁρίσματαseparate are the boundaries of Mysians and Phrygians… And elsewhere: "it is not the part of one doing philosophy to profess and practice the art of prophecy nor any other sacred discipline; for the boundaries of the philosophers and those of the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… The "she" in question is the 5th century CE Neoplatonic philosopher Aidesia/Aedesia of Alexandria, student of Proclus at Athens, daughter, wife, and mother of Neoplatonic philosophers: see alphaiota 79. [4] cf. tau 441 (and …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1298Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραιAlcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days… book] Concerning Animals, but Demagoras of Samos [says] 7, and Philochorus 9. Hegesander tells the myth about them in his Memoirs as follows. They were the daughters of the giant Alkyoneus: Phosthonia, Anthe, Methone, …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1019Ἀκροσφαλεῖςprecarious… in the [act of] walking. That is the Huns. In Philoctetes: "...that all things are awful for mortals and uncertain: to fare well or to fare otherwise. It is necessary for one who is …Matched in translationhighshort

ε336Ἔθυσας ἀντιθύσῃyou sacrificed [so] you should sacrifice in turnThe Cyclops says this to Odysseus in Philoxenus. For they misinterpret the [Homeric line] "and then we kindled a fire and sacrificed;" in the Poet [this] is said about sheep, and does not mean …Matched in translationhighshort

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… pastiche of tragic laments (cf. its later use at Sophocles, Philoctetes 743, 790). See also iota 56. Modern texts read the same phrase twice: a)ttatai\ a)ttatai/. The prefix para- is used in Byzantine literary …Matched in noteshighlong

α249Ἀγκώνelbow… proverbial expression: wiping one's nose with the elbow. Bion the philosopher said: "my father was a freed slave, wiping his nose with his elbow;" it indicated clearly the saltfish-importer. See another proverbial expression, 'sweet …Matched in translationhighmedium

α3459Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσώνhaving fallen from a donkey… as if you had fallen from a donkey?" But the philosopher Plato says the proverb with "the mind" taking the place of the animal, like so: "[I should not], as if my mouth were …Matched in translationhighshort

α4523Αὐτὸς ἔφαhe himself said; ipse dixit"This proverbial [phrase], in reference to Pythagoras the philosopher, entered into [usage in everyday] life." For this man, glorifying his own word and life in his lectures, used to say "he said himself"; meaning …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1178ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, Dionysios… ill-treatment [inflicted] on any state." Concerning the tyrant Dionysius and Philoxenus the dithyrambic poet, see in the [entry] 'take me away to the quarries'.Matched in translationhighshort

ε410Ἐκκέκοφθ' ἡ μουσικήthe culture has been cut outThey say that whereas the ancients engaged in philological enquiry during their symposia, their successors introduced the singing-girls and kithara-girls and dancing-girls. Hence some people used to use this saying when criticizing innovation.Matched in translationhighshort

ε1368Ἔνθ' οὔτε μίμνειν ἀνέμους οὔτ' ἐκπλεῖν ἐᾷthe wind allows neither staying there nor sailing out… in reference to those who have fallen into difficult circumstances. Philoctetes in Aeschylus speaks it.Matched in translationhighshort

η358Ἢ Μορσίμου τὶς ῥῆσιν ἐξεγράψατοor (if) someone has copied out a passage of Morsimos… Morsimos was a tragedian, a rather frigid writer, son of Philokles, ophthalmologist, small; he had a son, Astydamas.Matched in translationhighshort

κ710Κατὰ πῆχυν ἐπεδίδουwas advancing [cubit] by cubit… to those who progress towards greater things. "Unhindered in practicing philosophy, he continued to make a contribution and was advancing [cubit] by cubit, to speak simply, until the panic misfortune."Matched in translationhighshort

κ1719ΚλεόβουλοςKleoboulos, Cleobulus… those of his time for strength and beauty, he studied philosophy in Egypt. He had a daughter named Kleobouline who composed riddles in hexameter verse. Kleoboulos wrote songs and riddles in 3,000 verses. Of …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ2141Κόσμειput in order… is set before my life, if I do not abandon philosophy even when she is suffering misfortune."Matched in translationhighshort

α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstress… revenge on her husband Tereus. See the OCD(4) entry on Philomela (p.1133). [5] Homer, Odyssey 19.518 (web address 3). [6] Sappho fr. 136 Page (but the adjective is i(mero/fwnos "lovely-voiced").Matched in noteshighmedium

α1002Ἀκροθίνιαspoils, akrothinia… the neuter plural headword occurs. [2] cf. Hesychius alpha2606. [3] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.19; cf. eta 462 and nu 387. [4] cf. Apostolius 15.12; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1906.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2252Ἀνέλπιστον βίονhope-free life, hopeless life… misplaced. (It is also in Apostolius 2.91.) Perhaps, rather, a philosophical (Stoic?) twist on the word "hopeless", which in Greek normally had the same unfavourable implications as it does in English: see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α2521Ἄνθρακες ὁ θησαυρὸς ἦσανthe treasure was ashes… in Photius. For this proverb see e.g. Lucian, Zeuxis 2, Philopseudes 32, Navigium 26. Its modern (if nowadays little-used) equivalent would be "apples of Sodom".Matched in noteshighshort

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