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Χελώνη μυιῶν
a tortoise [uncaring] of flies
[sc. a
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who think little of someone/something. Also [sc. attested is] 'to a tortoise'. "You think your frankness is 'worth four obols', as the saying goes. You do …
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Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται
finally the mouse is tasting pitch
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who come late on to a realization of where they are.
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Ἀφέντες τὴν ὑπέραν τὸν πόδα διώκουσιν
they let go the brace and chase the sheet
[sc. A
proverbial
saying] in reference to those who abandon necessities and favour superfluities instead. In Hyperides.
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Ἀνέμου παιδίον
wind's child
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to the changeable and capricious.
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Ἄλλως ἀναλίσκεις ὕδωρ
you are using up water for nothing
[sc. A
proverbial
saying] in reference to those toiling in vain in speeches. It is taken from those speaking to water in the [sc. Athenian] jurycourts.
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Ἀμαία
Amaia
… Azesia [is another name for] Kore. And [there is] a
proverb:
"Amaia looked for Azesia"; in reference to those making long searches.
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Ἄνω ποταμῶν χωροῦσι πηγαί
streams are flowing up rivers
A
proverb
in reference to those acting or speaking in a contradictory manner, such as if the male prostitute were to claim that the temperate man was a male prostitute. For rivers flow down …
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Ἄξιον
proper, fine, worthy
… be from fine timber [that you will hang]". From the
proverb:
"to hang from fine timber." He wants to say, then, that it is better to employ noble and well-scrutinized generals than inferior ones. …
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Ἀπὸ ἵππων ἐπ' ὄνους
from horses to donkeys
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those taking a turn for the worse.
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Ἀπὸ λεπτοῦ μίτου τὸ ζῆν ἠρτῆσθαι
life has hung by a fragile thread
… say that life has hung by a fragile thread." The
proverb
[is applied] to those who are in the utmost danger.
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Ἄχρι
up to
… phrase] a)/xri ko/rou ["up to one's limit"]. There was a
proverb,
[saying] that "that man is unfeeling up to his limit." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "this man played the deceiver up to …
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Βάλλειν μήλοις
to hit with apples
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who happen upon those they love. Also [sc. attested is] ba/llw ["I hit"]: [used] with an accusative. "Those far away [he was] hitting with arrows out …
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Βοτρυόδωρος
grape-giving
… peace-time. Aristophanes [writes]: "o grape-giving mistress." And [there is] a
proverb:
"grape ripens upon grape", in reference to those striving to be equal.
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Ἀστάθμητον
uncertain
… Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or
proverbial
saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History p.41.16), to\ ga\r a)sta/qmhton th=s tuxh=s kai\ a)/dhlon… u(pologizo/menos. [2] For the second gloss here …
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Χωρὶς τὰ Μυσῶν καὶ Φρυγῶν ὁρίσματα
separate are the boundaries of Mysians and Phrygians
The unglossed headword phrase is
proverbial:
see e.g. Gregorius 3.99 (= Tragica adespota fr. 560 Nauck). Here it is unglossed, but illustrated by the second quotation given. The first quotation merely illustrates the commonplace …
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