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Αἰδώς
shame
[Meaning] honor. And [there is] a
proverb:
"shame is not good for a man who is a beggar in need." In reference to those whose pleasantness harms them. Homer [says this]. Hesiod [writes]: "shame …
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Αἰθίοπα σμήχειν
to wash an Ethiopian white
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those exerting vain efforts.
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Αἰγὸς τρόπον
goat-fashion, like a goat
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who bring an evil on themselves. From a Corinthian
proverb,
"The nanny-goat giving the knife."
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Αἰγυπτία κληματίς
Egyptian vine-branch.
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to lean and fairly tall men; such a man was Zeno of Citium. It is said that he consulted the oracle to learn how he might live the …
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114
Αἰθέρα νήνεμον ἐρέσσεις
you are rowing the windless aether
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who labor in vain.
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Αἰσώπειον αἷμα
Aesopic blood
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those being killed unjustly. For the Delphians did not kill Aesop justifiably. Thus 'Aesopic blood' [is used] in reference to those who are beset by irremediable disgraces …
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Αἴ κε πάθοι τά κ' ἔρεξε δίκη δ' ἰθεῖα γένοιτο
if he should endure the sufferings which he has inflicted, the punishment would be just
… di/kh k'), and attributed to Rhadamanthys (rho 12, rho 13);
proverbial
in Appendix
Proverbiorum
2.12. An anonymous commentator on the Ethics quotes this as two verses -- the first one is ei) kaka/ tis …
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Αἰάντειος γέλως
Aiantean laughter, Ajax's laughter
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those laughing insanely. Also [sc. attested is] "Aiantean house," [meaning] that of Ajax. Also [sc. attested is] "Aiantian tribe," [meaning] that of Ajax.
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Αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖς
you are talking to a beach
[sc. A
proverbial
saying] in reference to the inaudible. Also 'you are conversing with a wind." Likewise in reference to the inaudible.
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Αἰγιεῖς οὔτε τρεῖς οὔτε τέσσαρες
Aigians (are) neither three nor four
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to the excessively paltry. For the Aigians in Argos [Myth, Place], after they had beaten the Aitolians, asked the Pythia who were [the best of Greeks]. She responded …
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98
Αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλαις
an eagle in clouds
[sc. A
proverbial
saying] in reference to those who are difficult to catch. Inasmuch as an eagle when it is in the clouds cannot be caught.
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101
Αἰεί
alway
Meaning always. "Alway may such enemies pursue me"; [sc. a
proverbial
phrase] in reference to people who are easy to despise. And elsewhere: "for alway your wife has you in her mouth." Meaning by …
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Αἰεὶ φέρει τι Λιβύη κακόν
always Libya produces something bad
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who do bad things and who are always discovering some new kind of bad thing. Since Libya is accustomed to produce a great variety of beasts.
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176
Αἱ λαχάνων προσθῆκαι
the additions of herbs
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to things that do not produce a single benefit.
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230
Αἶνος
tale, story
[Meaning a]
proverbial
story. Or [intended as] praise, and encomium. There is a certain tale: how a man and not a man killed me, a bird and not a bird, but just the same …
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235
Αἴξ
goat
[ai)/c], [genitive] ai)go/s. And [there is] a
proverb:
"the nanny-goat giving the knife." For as the Corinthians were sacrificing to Hera Akraia, [whose cult] Medea is said to have established, the hired men hiding …
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237
Αἲξ οὐρανία
heavenly goat
… extorting money from others. And so "heavenly goat" is [a
proverbial
phrase used] in reference to those getting as much as they want. For they say that the nanny-goat which nursed Zeus was placed …
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238
Αἲξ Σκυρία
Skyrian nanny-goat
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who ruin good deeds: for they say that [these goats] have plenty of milk, but when they are milked, they overturn the pail.
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382
Αἱ Οἰδίποδος ἀραί
the curses of Oedipus
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those experiencing major misfortunes.
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Αἱ Χάριτες γυμναί
the Graces (are) naked
[sc. This
proverbial
phrase is used] because it is necessary to give favors simply and openly; or because those who lack the gifts of the Graces are deprived of their own adornment.
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Αἰγῶν ὀνόματα
nanny-goats' names
[1] Also, thus far, in Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.8.
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Αἵματι κλαίειν
to weep blood, to weep in blood
… in other lexica which stem from Pausanias the Atticist (alpha46);
proverbial,
besides, in Apostolius 1.63. The source of the (full) quotation, however, is indeterminable. [2] Also in Apostolius 1.63 (see preceding note), but otherwise …
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Αἰσχύνη πόλεως πολίτου ἁμαρτία
the citizen's error (is) the city's disgrace
… city'. The present four-word lemma as a whole appears as
proverbial
in the C15 paroemiographer Michael Apostolius (1.70); note also the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 929: the phrase su\ d' a)ci/an ou)k …
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