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Διογενειανός
Diogenianus, Diogenianos
C2 AD. See generally RE Diogenianos(4); NP Diogenianos(2); OCD4
Diogenianus(2).
For further bibliography see [delta 1140]
Diogenianus,
who is probably identical (despite the doubt raised there). [1] OCD4 Heraclea(3).
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618
Ἀεὶ ἔστω
eternal being
… 1972).) [2] (An addition to Harpok. The Suda mss have
Diogenianus
in the nominative, which Adler prints; it should obviously be genitive, as in Photius.) On the scholar
Diogenianus
of Heraclea, who had evidently …
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Αἰεὶ ἐστώ
eternal being
… a)eiestw/ at alpha 618. See also epsilon 3446. [2] On
Diogenianus
and Antiphon's Truth, see notes at alpha 618.
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2133
Κόρχορος
blue pimpernel
… name for a)nagalli\s h( kuanh=, Anagallis caerulea. [2] Zenobius 4.57,
Diogenianus
5.36a (repeated in Apostolius 9.100); scholia on Aristophanes, Wasps 239a, 239b (web address 1); scholia on Nicander, Theriaca 626a; often in the variant …
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277
Ἀγνοεῖ δ' ἀράχνη παῖδας ὡς παιδεύεται
a spider knows not how she educates her children.
Iambica adespota fr. 16a Diehl; cf.
Diogenianus
1.70 and other paroemiographers
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281
Ἁγνότερος πηδαλίου
purer than a steering-oar
Diogenianus
1.11 and other paroemiographers. Presumably this proverb's effect turns on the purificatory properties of salt. On the steering oars -- always in pairs -- of ancient ships, see pi 1493 and pi 1494, …
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442
Ἀδελφὸς παρείη
may a brother be at hand
cf.
Diogenianus
1.91 and other paroemiographers.
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493
Ἀδμήτου μέλος καὶ Ἁρμοδίου
Admetos' song and Harmodios'
cf.
Diogenianus
2.68 (and other paroemiographers), where it is clearer than it is here that no single song encompassing both these individuals is meant. "Skolia" were songs sung in turn by guests at a …
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517
Ἀδώνιδος κῆποι
Adonis' gardens
… Hesychius. [2] From the scholia to Plato, Phaedrus 276B; cf.
Diogenianus
1.14.
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607
Ἀεί
always
… Tyana (alpha 3420). [3] Sophocles fr. 809; cf. Zenobius 2.44,
Diogenianus
1.58; Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.116. [4] So the transmitted text, but it should probably read 'triple six'; cf. omicroniota 106, tau …
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1064
Ἄλλα μὲν ὁ Λεύκωνος ὄνος φέρει ἄλλα δὲ Λεύκων
some things Leukon's donkey carries (but) others Leukon
The proverb appears in this form in
Diogenianus
2.21, who explains it as applying to a mismatch between words and actions and adds an anecdote about an Athenian farmer of this name. (Other paroemiographers …
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1149
Ἄλευε
keep away from
… in ps.-Zonaras. [1] cf. generally alpha 1141, alpha 1148. [2]
Diogenianus
2.56 and other paroemiographers.
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1194
Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζε
shake acorns from another oak
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1]
Diogenianus
1.19. [2] Macarius 1.88.
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1314
Ἄλλο γλαὺξ ἄλλο κορώνη φθέγγεται
one thing the owl cries, another the crow
Diogenianus
2.16 and other paroemiographers.
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1343
Ἀλλότρια βάλλειν
to throw others' throws
cf.
Diogenianus
2.60.
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1392
Ἀλώπηξ τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει
a fox drives the ox
[1] So too in Photius, Lexicon alpha1089 Theodoridis, and cf.
Diogenianus
1.75; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1886. [2] A line of iambic verse, apparently oracular. (Adler cites Astrampsychus, ed. Opsopoeus in Oraculis metricis …
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1400
Ἄλλως ἀναλίσκεις ὕδωρ
you are using up water for nothing
[1] cf., more generally, alpha 1399.
Diogenianus
2.61. [2] That is, within a fixed time-limit measured by a waterclock (klepsydra). See in brief S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 130-2.
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1460
Ἅμα δίδου καὶ λάμβανε
give and take at the same time
Diogenianus
2.77a and other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.476, citing precedents and parallels.
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1486
Ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν ἕλκει
a wagon is dragging the ox
Very similar entry in Photius (glossed as 'a proverb'); cf.
Diogenianus
3.30. A Greek version of "putting the cart before the horse" or "the tail is wagging the dog." Tosi (cited under alpha 378) …
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1683
Ἀμύξεις
you will scratch, you will tear
… scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.243, where the headword occurs. [2]
Diogenianus
6.69; cf. mu 865. [3] Greek Anthology 7.218.11 (Antipater of Sidon), epitaph for the famous Corinthian courtesan Lais; cf. Gow and Page (vol. …
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2156
Ἀνδραποδώδεις
slavish
… [2] Meaning in practice crudely close-cropped; cf. alpha 2157. [3]
Diogenianus
1.73. [4] Imperfectly quoted from Plato, Alcibiades 1.120B (web address 1 below).
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2260
Ἀνέμου παιδίον
wind's child
In
Diogenianus
(1.47) and other paroemiographers; also casually mentioned -- apparently as proverbial -- in Libanius, Letters 1196.2.
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2804
Ἀξία ἡ κύων τοῦ βρώματος
the bitch is worthy of her food
cf.
Diogenianus
2.78 and other paroemiographers.
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2863
Ἄπαγε μόθων' ἀπὸ κώπης
keep a impudent man away from an oar
cf.
Diogenianus
3.27 and other paroemiographers.
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2933
Ἅπας ἐχῖνος τραχύς
every hedgehog [is] prickly
In
Diogenianus
and other paroemiographers.
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3137
Ἄπειροι γῦπες
inexperienced vultures, innumerable vultures
Diogenianus
2.88 and other paroemiographers -- which however read a(/per oi( gu=pes, "(you are acting) just as the vultures." The Suda's a)/peiroi is a mistake. See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.768.
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3402
Ἀπόλογος Ἀλκίνου
Alkino(o)s' story, Alkino(o)s' tale
Diogenianus
2.86. The phrase (explained thus in LSJ s.v. a)po/logos, I: "of long and tedious stories, from that told by Odysseus to Alcinous in Od. 9-12") is found in e.g. Comica Adespota fr. 743b …
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3471
Ἀπὸ πέντε ἅλλεσθαι πετρῶν εἰς κῦμα
to leap from five rocks into a wave
cf.
Diogenianus
1.80, where however the proverb itself ends (improbably) "into a cudgel".
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3494
Ἀπορραγείς
having been broken off
… be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities are all late. [2]
Diogenianus
2.89, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1491.
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3600
Ἀποτίσεις χοῖρε γίγαρτα
you, pig, will give back grape-pips
Diogenianus
3.32 and other paroemiographers.
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