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Βοῦς ἐν αὐλίῳ κάθῃ
you are an ox sitting in a courtyard
A
proverb
in reference to useless people.
Matched in translation
high
short
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461
Βοῦς ἐπὶ σωρῷ
an ox on a grain-heap
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who are living luxuriously. Or to those who are threshing and are prevented from eating on account of a halter. Also [sc. attested is] bou=s ei)s …
Matched in translation
high
short
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462
Βοῦς Κύπριος
Cypriot ox
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to the coarse and unperceptive man. For they say that Cypriot oxen eat dung.
Matched in translation
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463
Βοῦς ὁ Μολοττῶν
Molossian ox
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who divide and chop up things into many pieces. For in their oath-taking the Molossians used to make their compacts by cutting up the oxen into …
Matched in translation
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short
β
464
Βοῦς ὑπὸ ζυγόν
an ox under the yoke
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those who are always toiling.
Matched in translation
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short
β
483
Βῶλος ἄρουρα
clod [to] a tilled field
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] applied to those eagerly contributing little things to big ones. Similar to "water out of a gulley to the sea." But bo/los [is] dew.
Matched in translation
high
short
β
583
Βοιωτία ὗς
Boiotian sow, Boeotian sow
[sc. A
proverbial
phrase] in reference to those lacking perception and education.
Matched in translation
high
short
β
11
Βαβυλωνία κάμινος
Babylonian oven
… The story is frequently cited by Christian authors to refer,
proverbially,
to endurance in the face of persecution. Azarias, an alternative name for Abednego, appears at alpha 581.
Matched in notes
high
short
β
55
Βακχεία ποιμαντική
Bacchic herdsmanship
… beta 57, beta 58. Perhaps the headword phrase is a
proverbial
saying, similar to English "a wolf in the sheepfold". Dionysus and his followers, with their habit of tearing animals to pieces (cf. Euripides' …
Matched in notes
high
short
β
145
Βασιλέως ἐγκέφαλος
king's brain, king's morsel
[1] delta 1204.
Proverbial
expression for rare and costly food; see LSJ s.v. e)gke/falos III. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychos (alpha 4251). Apparently this is what it means if you …
Matched in notes
high
short
β
189
Βατράχειον
frog-green
… to Aristophanes, Knights 1406, where the word occurs. [3] This
(proverbial?)
phrase is not otherwise attested.
Matched in notes
high
short
β
197
Βδέλλα
leech
Proverbs
30:15 and scholia.
Matched in notes
high
short
β
295
Βίος ἀκανθώδης
a thorny life
[1] The headword phrase sounds
proverbial,
like the others assembled for this entry, but it does not feature in the paroemiographers, and is indeed not otherwise attested. [2] For this and "a ready-kneaded life" …
Matched in notes
high
medium
β
568
Βρυγμός
gnashing
Same or similar entry in other lexica. The
proverbial
phrase 'then there will be a wailing and a gnashing of teeth' occurs several times in the Gospels (Matthew 8.12, 13.42, 13.50, 22.13, 24.51, 25.30; …
Matched in notes
high
short
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