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α2477Ἀνίπτοις ποσίνwith unwashed feet[1] Similarly ('without any care') in other lexica; references in Photius alpha2007 Theodoridis. [2] See e.g. Lucian, Pseudologista 4. [3] Zenobius 1.95, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.651, with lavish parallels. [4] Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… Birds? On these important issues there can be no certainty without identifying the author of the entry and his relation to the Canon. All exclamations are oxytone (i.e. with an acute accent, never a …Matched in noteshighlong
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Ἀνίπτοις ποσίν

with unwashed feet

Meaning with unready [feet], and without any preparation. And [there is] a proverb: 'climbing up the roof with unwashed feet', in reference to those coming ignorantly to some deeds and transactions. And Homer [writes]:…

Ἀνίπτοις ποσίν· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνετοίμοις, καὶ χωρίς τινος παρασκευῆς. καὶ παροιμία· Ἀνίπτοις ποσὶν ἀναβαίνων ἐπὶ τὸ στέγος, ἐπὶ τῶν ἀμαθῶς ἐπί τινα ἔργα καὶ πράξεις ἀφικνουμένων. καὶ…

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Δός

give

… is included, this is a dactylic hexameter; but Adler notes (without positively endorsing) Bernhardy's judgment that the quotation begins at do/s (as adopted here). Without the kai/, the hexameter could be completed by Scaliger's …

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ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… warriors from Troy look for those who can "provide" their return (19.314) in order that they may "achieve" return (6.290). It is used most commonly, in the epics, of successfully hitting the mark with …Matched in noteshighshort

α101ἌβυδοςAbudos, Abydos, Abydus… Abydos/Ebot in Upper Egypt (Barrington Atlas map 77 grid F4); without much doubt, the former is meant here. (In Hesychius alpha23 the gloss is fuller -- 'a Trojan city of the Hellespont'. Latte regards …Matched in noteshighshort

α1790Ἄμφωboth… scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.523, where this phrase occurs (though without the article). [3] Again at alpha 1792 (and theta 78). (This 'saying', from Damascius, is not in the paroemiographers.)Matched in noteshighshort

α4438Αὐλητοῦ βίον ζῇςyou are living a piper's life… the proverb is correct -- a crucial proviso -- others without such guaranteed income had to make their living opportunistically. (For the phrase "for free", e)c a)telei/as, cf. e.g. [Demosthenes] 59.39 [web address 2]). …Matched in noteshighshort

β110Βάρβιτονbarbitos, long-armed lyreFor the barbitos (the neuter form barbiton in the present entry is late) see already beta 107; and cf. mu 20. [1] Greek Anthology 7.23b1. Followed by another extract from the Anthology at delta …Matched in noteshighshort

δ231Δεξιὸν εἰς ὑπόδημα ἀριστερὸν εἰς ποδονίπτρανright (foot) into a sandal (but) left into a foot-bathProverbial -- with this explanation, but without 'Aristophanes' -- in Zenobius 3.36; see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1625. A hexameter line, with hiatus between u(po/dhma and a)ristero/n. The 'Aristophanes' in question here …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1227Δίωκε ἀρετήνpursue excellenceSame entry (but without 'excellence') in Hesychius delta2041 and elsewhere; and cf. under delta 1229. For arete generally see alpha 3830, alpha 3831. As Latte on Hesychius suggests, the lemma might be related to …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1282Διοίσεινto bear through, to differ… view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti). [3] Again, quotation unidentifiable. Without a context it is not easy to make out what the reference to a wine-jar really means. It is clear that the meaning …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1451Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆαςgifts sway gods and revered kings… for the related maxim that Death is the one god without an interest in gifts.Matched in noteshighshort

ε555Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλουout of every timber… 1 below). Others seem to allude to this proverb, but without quoting it verbatim, and giving it a slightly different meaning. The closest occurrence is in Apuleius, who puts it in the mouth of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1294Ἔνηthe day after tomorrow; the old… assembly has been adjourned and the Thracians are invited to return two days later (on the third day under Greek inclusive reckoning). Cf. delta 1205. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 410 (later proverbial). On …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermescf. Photius, Lexicon epsilon2153 (without the quotations), and, more briefly under eu)ermh/s, Hesychius epsilon6804. Photius records a related verb eu)ernw= (epsilon2156), unattested and probably in error for eu)erme/w, for which see Pollux 5.135. [Theodoridis …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3864Ἐφέσια γράμματαEphesian letters… 'carrying fine Ephesian letters in stitched leather'), and similar allusions without explanation occur in (e.g.) Menander (fr.274 Kassel-Austin: see under alpha 1139) and in Plutarch's Table-Talk (Moralia 706E). Explanation begins in the 2nd. century …Matched in noteshighshort

η187Ἡ κύων ἐν τῇ φάτνῃthe bitch in the manger… and Photius. See again kappa 2729, where this proverb reappears without the definite article of the present entry. That allows it to be translated in the form still more familiar today: "dog in the …Matched in noteshighshort

ι574Ἵππον εἰς πεδίον ἄξειςyou will lead a horse into a plainSynesius, Letter 155 (293c Hercher), without the 'you will lead', and variations in the paroemiographers. See the translation of A. Fitzgerald at web address 1. For the general idea see already iota 527. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

χ236Χειμὼν ὀρνιθίαςbird storm, bird tempest, fowl wind… cranes do not maintain a steady course, but wheeling round return back home" (translations, D.A. Kidd).Matched in noteshighshort