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24 entries for Zenobius

δ1186Δι' ὀξείας δραμεῖνto run through sharpsZenobius 3.13, etc.; cf. omicron 414.Matched in noteshighshort
δ91ΔατόςDatos, Datus, Daton, Datum… 92 (a superior version of the present entry). [1] cf. Zenobius 3.11.Matched in noteshighshort
α922Ἀκόνηwhetstone… glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (987). [2] Zenobius 1.58, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
α1192Ἄλλην μὲν ἐξηντλοῦμεν ἣ δ' ἐπεισρέειthe rest we drained but it still flows inZenobius 1.75; and already in tragedy (Tragica adespota fr. 89 Nauck = 89 Kannicht-Snell).Matched in noteshighshort
α1504Ἄμας ἀπῄτουν οἱ δ' ἀπηρνοῦντο σκάφαςthey were asking for shovels but the others were refusing them bowlsZenobius 1.83, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2101. See again alpha 1574.Matched in noteshighshort
αι114Αἰθέρα νήνεμον ἐρέσσειςyou are rowing the windless aetherZenobius 1.39. For this type of proverb cf. (e.g.) alpha 1399, alpha 1400, alpha 2261, gamma 508, alphaiota 125, epsilon 384, epsilon 591, epsilon 3207, epsilon 3238, epsiloniota 326, epsiloniota 327, kappa 129, pi …Matched in noteshighshort
ε49Ἐγένετο καὶ Μάνδρωνι συκίνη ναῦςeven Mandron got a fig-wood shipSlightly expanded from Photius, Lexicon epsilon33 Theodoridis. See also Zenobius 3.44 (Choliambica adespota fr. 8) and other paroemiographers; cf. mu 138, sigma 1324 (end). [1] Mandron is not regarded by Athenian prosopography as an …Matched in noteshighshort
α1574Ἄμηshovel… web address 1. [1] Again at pi 3190. [2] cf. Zenobius 1.83. See already alpha 1504, where the gloss is more intelligible.Matched in noteshighshort
γ282Γλαὺξ ἵπταταιan owl is flying… of an owl. For the headword phrase as proverbial cf. Zenobius 2.89 and other paroemiographers. [2] The main product of the Laureion mines was actually silver (with silver, rather than gold, coinage resulting). See …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1076Δικαιότερον σταχάνηςmore just than a stachaneZenobius 3.16, etc.; cf. sigma 1013, tau 1105. [1] Besides the different vocabulary, this version has 'more just' as masculine rather than neuter.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1426Ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κεραμίαν μανθάνεινto learn the potter's craft on a wine-jar… e.g. Plato (Laches 187B, with scholion; Gorgias 514E); cf. also Zenobius 3.65 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
α1077Ἅλας ἄγων καθεύδειςyou are asleep while carrying saltZenobius 1.23 and 2.20; and Photius s.v. [1] This has its own lemma (alpha 1381).Matched in noteshighshort
α796Ἄκανθαprickle, thorn, spike… 224 Hercher for comparison, but the differences are significant.) [4] Zenobius 1.51.Matched in noteshighshort
ι689Ἱστίονsail… of the Sophists 1.25.5; quoted again at pi 1758. [3] Zenobius 4.44, etc. ('Histia' is Hestia; cf. epsilon 3214.) See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1285.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2659Ἐπὶ τὰ Μανδροβόλουon Mandrobolos' propertycf. Zenobius 3.82, and see again under epsilon 2716. [1] cf. gamma 174, and see generally G. Shipley, A History of Samos 800-188 BC (Oxford 1987) appendix 2; 'Samian Earth' seems to have been …Matched in noteshighshort
μ904Μὴ κίνει Καμάρινανdo not move KamarinaFrom Zenobius 5.18; other sources in Fontenrose, below. For other 'do not move' proverbs see mu 905, mu 906. [1] On the SW coast of Sicily; see kappa 275. [2] Apollo, evidently. See Fontenrose, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματαDaidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations… result of inner creativity, see Snell (below) 179. [1] cf. Zenobius 3.7. [2] Homer, Iliad 5.60-62; cf. delta 437 (end). On the use of teu/xw see tau 435, Frontisi-Ducroux 58-59 and note 35, Snell …Matched in noteshighshort
αι237Αἲξ οὐρανίαheavenly goat… first part of this entry is also in Photius. Earlier, Zenobius (1.26) had begun at 'Cratinus ...'. See further below, n. 1. cf. epsilon 2748, phi 479, alpha 1478. [1] cf. generally kappa 2575 …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1421Ἐν παντὶ μύθῳ καὶ τὸ Δαιδάλου μύσοςin every myth (there is) also the defilement of Daedaluscf. Zenobius 4.6 and other paroemiographers. (There is wordplay, mythos/mysos, in the proverb itself which gets lost in translation.) For Daedalus (Daidalos) cf. generally delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109, delta 110; …Matched in noteshighmedium
η459Ἡρακλεία λίθοςHerakleian stone, Heraclean stone… battle. [2] This paragraph is also in Photius; and cf. Zenobius 4.22. [3] Euripides fr. 567. [4] cf. eta 468.Matched in noteshighmedium
β587ΒύβλονByblian… what is the feminine noun implicit in "all"? [3] cf. Zenobius 2.73 (omitting 'big'). The proverb itself is an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ325Λευκὴ στάθμηwhite measuring-line… [see below]; Aelius Dionysius lambda8, Hesychius lambda789, Photius lambda220 Theodoridis, Zenobius 4.89, [Diogenianus] 6.8, Gregorius 2.67 Apostolius 10.64. The locus classicus for the phrase, apart from the Sophocles passage quoted below, is Plato, Charmides …Matched in noteshighshort
λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… in the dative, as it appears in Aristophanes; likewise in Zenobius 4.94 and other paroemiographers. [8] Thucydides 5.116.2-4.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2745Κύρβειςkyrbeis, kurbeis, crested stelae, crested tablets… single letter it can become qusi/as 'sacrifices'. [8] Likewise in Zenobius (4.77), a compiler of proverbs in the second century CE, and doubtless the Suda's source here. [9] In mythology the Corybantes accompanied Dionysus …Matched in noteshighmedium

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