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2819
Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθός
the wage [is] worth taking
… hiding the anger with silence. Also [sc. attested is the
proverbial
phrase] "worth a hair"; in reference to something cheap and commonplace; inasmuch as hair is worth nothing. Aristophanes [writes]: "if I stole something …
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2263
Ἀνέμῳ διαλέγῃ
you are talking to a wind
[sc. A
proverbial
saying] in reference to those who are not heard. [Another]
proverb
[is]: "directions of winds"; "for locals know best not only the directions of the winds, according to the
proverb,
but …
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Ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι
I a dung-beetle will hatch an eagle
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those avenging themselves on their betters, with whom the bad thing started. For it is said that the dung-beetle steals the eggs of the eagle.
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1183
Ἀληλεσμένον
ground-up
… worked on, ready to eat. Also [sc. attested is the
proverbial
phrase] a)lhlesme/nos bi/os, in reference to those with an ample supply of what they need. But another
proverb
says: "for [there are] no …
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1194
Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζε
shake acorns from another oak
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those continually begging something or always borrowing from the same people. And [there is] another
proverb:
enough of oak. In reference to those eating something with difficulty …
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1388
Ἀλωπεκίζειν
to play the fox
… 1), where it is presented as an already-existing song or
proverb.
Zenobius (1.70) and other paroemiographers present both
proverb
and gloss more fully: "to play the fox to another fox: in reference to those …
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732
Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλία
Athenians' ill-counsel
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who prosper against expectations and undeservedly. For taking decisions badly is practiced by Athenians; Athena offers to turn that which has been decided badly to good; …
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1355
Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματος
but it does not have [a charm] against an informer's bite
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to ineffectual things. It leaves out the [word] "charm". The attendant says in character that there is no spell on the ring that serves as an antidote for …
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1391
Ἀλώπηξ οὐ δωροδοκεῖται
a fox does not take bribes
[sc. A
proverbial
saying] in reference to those not easily won over by bribes. Cratinus in Laws [writes]: "each one of you is a fox who takes bribes"
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2536
Ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου δαιμόνιον
man (is) man's divinity
A
proverb
in reference to those who are unexpectedly saved by a man and who are popular because of them. Also [sc. attested are the phrases] 'a man [like the] Euripos', 'fortune [like the] …
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2570
Ἄννος κρίβανον
Annos (and) the potter's oven
A
proverb
in reference to those discovering something new. For Annos was an Egyptian who contrived the potter's oven for the baking of bread.
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3471
Ἀπὸ πέντε ἅλλεσθαι πετρῶν εἰς κῦμα
to leap from five rocks into a wave
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who because of what they are suffering prefer to throw themselves into some difficulty.
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3770
Ἀργείους ὁρᾷς
you see Argives
A
proverbial
saying in reference to those who see keenly and astonishingly [well].
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3990
Ἀρουραία μάντις
field mantis
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who are sluggish and ineffectual. There is a clumsy locust, green, called a mantis, whose movements some heed and [thereby] prophesy. The aroura contains 50 feet.
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4043
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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4582
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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518
Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθον
singing of the span of life to a dill-plant
The phrase 'span of life' appears as, seemingly,
proverbial
in its own right in some of the paroemiographers (with a gloss like the one at sigma 942), but as a whole this
proverb-like
headword …
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1173
Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳ
truer things than those at Sagra
A
proverb
in reference to things that are true, but are not believed. For Sagra [is] a place in Lokris. Menander in Anatithemene mentions the
proverb.
They say that the Epizephyrian Lokrians were at …
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1073
Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδη
but now anything might happen
["But now anything might happen.] I applaud the old
proverb.
For one must look under every stone, lest a politician bite." The
proverb
[is as follows]: "under every stone a scorpion sleeps: watch out!"
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3891
Ἄριστα
best
[Meaning] finest. And [there is] a
proverb:
"a lame man mounts best." In reference to those who chose their own evils rather than the good things of another.
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328
Ἀγωνάρχαι
contest-judges
… my arms to the Achaeans." Also [sc. attested is] a
proverb:
"a contest does not accept excuses." It is applied to those who have not profited at all if they made excuses. Also [sc. …
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1077
Ἅλας ἄγων καθεύδεις
you are asleep while carrying salt
[sc. A
proverb]
in reference to those sleeping or being idle in great danger. For when some merchant-shipper has filled the ship with salt, the bilge water comes up and the salt is dissolved. …
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3729
Ἀράβιος ἄγγελος
Arabian messenger
… Dedicated Girl or Messenian Woman [uses the phrase]. From the
proverb
[about the] "Arabian piper". "So I started an Arabian pipe going"; it is applied to those who speak incessantly. Long ago, they say, …
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749
Ἄθως καλύπτει πλευρὰ Λημνίας βοός
Athos conceals the flank of a Lemnian cow
A
proverb
in reference to those paining or harming anyone; since Mount Athos overshadows the cow, made of white stone, in Lemnos.
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878
Ἀκκιζόμενος
acting coyly, being prudish, toying
… the man naturally on to jealousy". And [there is] a
proverb:
a Scythian toying with the donkey. In reference to those ostensibly nauseated but in fact avid. For someone who had seen a dead …
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1561
Ἀμετρί
limitlessly
[Meaning] without limit. And [there is] a
proverb:
"[they who are] eating barley-bread limitlessly."
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1791
Ἀμφῶες
two-eared
… of ones which have two ears. And [there is] a
proverb:
"up to the ear-muffs"; in reference to those things which are exceedingly full, meaning up to the ears.
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2031
Ἀναπολεῖ
repeats
[Meaning he/she/it] unfolds. And [there is] a
proverb:
"even if you ruin your shoulders winnowing water, water still remains"; in reference to those who labour endlessly. Als [sc. attested is] a)napo/lhsis ["repetition"] a feminine …
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2260
Ἀνέμου παιδίον
wind's child
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to the changeable and capricious.
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2521
Ἄνθρακες ὁ θησαυρὸς ἦσαν
the treasure was ashes
A
proverb
in reference to those hoping for good things but distressed as a result of how their hope for good things turned out.
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