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- λ715Λόχμηthicket, undergrowthA saying: "you're carrying a lot of undergrowth". Meaning you should be depilated. This Phormion was hairy and had swarthy buttocks.
- μ968Μὴ πάντα κατὰ βοὸς ἕξειςyou will not have everything in the manner of an ox[sc. This proverbial saying] recommends not to do everything through prayers and one's hopes in the gods, but rather to act also through oneself.
- μ971Μὴ παιδὶ μάχαιρανdon't [sc. give] a knife to a child[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those delegating recklessly. Also Eupolis in Demes [writes]: "don't [sc. entrust] public matters to a child."
- μ972Μὴ πολλάκις πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν λίθον παίεινnot to stumble against the same rock many times if one has an agreed-upon occasion[no gloss]