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- α1084Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ῥείτω κατ' οὖρονbut let these things flow on a fair wind… cf. omicron 953. The "you" addressed, as Deianeira refocuses her attention on the immediate situation, is Lichas the herald.
- κ2023Κομψευριπικῶςboasteuripically… [2] Aelian fr. 157 Domingo-Forasté (154 Hercher). Adler notes the observation of Perizonius [Jakob Voorbroek, 1651–1715] that this sentence refers to a different (missing) headword. [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 1317 (web address 2); it contains …
- αι359Αἰσχύνη πόλεως πολίτου ἁμαρτίαthe citizen's error (is) the city's disgraceAdler draws attention to Aeschines 3.241, where Demosthenes is described as 'a fellow who is a disgrace of the city'. The present four-word lemma as a whole appears as proverbial in the C15 paroemiographer …
- ε3781Εὐτυχεῖsucceeds… in its usage 'mark you', "with a proverb or general reflection [...] to point the applicability of a universal truth to the special matter in hand" (J.D. Denniston, The Greek Particles, 2nd. corr. edn., …
- κ227ΚαλλίμαχοςCallimachus, Kallimachos, Kallimakhos… But O'Brien has since argued for the traditional reading, calling attention to strange words used by Democritus, many preserved in ancient testimonia.
- χ296Χιάζεινto play the Chian… (sigma 510) could mean 'play in the Siphnian style'. This observation is the import of this entry; it also occurs at Pollux, Onomasticon 4.65. The two sources attribute the origin of the Chian musical …