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- β63Βαλανεύςbath-attendant, bath-mancf. Diogenianus 3.64.
- β464Βοῦς ὑπὸ ζυγόνan ox under the yokeDiogenianus 3.54 and other paroemiographers.
- β80Βάλλ' εἰς ὕδωρcast into the water… reference to those who deserve to die') in Zenobius 2.72, Diogenianus 2.4, and other paroemiographers.
- β79Βάλλ' εἰς ἔχοντα τὴν ἐπιστήμηνstrike at him who has the knowledgeDiogenianus 3.56 and other paroemiographers.
- β56Βάκχης τρόπονin a Bacchant's manner, like a Bacchantcf. Diogenianus 3.43 and other paroemiographers; again under sigma 1021.
- β415Βουδόρῳ νόμῳby an ox-flaying custom… entry in other lexica (and some of the paroemiographers, e.g. Diogenianus 3.66).
- β6Βαβαὶ Μύξοςhey Myxos!cf. Diogenianus 3.65; Apostolius 4.79. The entry is repeated at mu 1419. For babai see already beta 5. The Myxos in question is otherwise unknown.
- β190Βάτραχος ἐκ Σερίφουa frog out of Seriphoscf. Diogenianus 3.44 and other paroemiographers. Seriphos was a proverbially insignificant (cf. e.g. Plutarch, Themistocles 18 [web address 1]) little island in the south Aegean Sea. Skyros is a larger one -- though still, …
- β78Βάλλειν μήλοιςto hit with apples[1] Diogenianus 3.63; and cf. mu 938, mu 942. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as a passage from Gregory of Nazianus' Funeral speech for Basil of Caesarea. [3] …
- β261Βὴξ ἀντὶ πορδῆςa cough instead of a fart… J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 195-99. [1] Diogenianus 3.62. [2] cf. Michael Apostolius 3.33. On harps see generally M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 70-75. There is no reason why …
- β457Βοῦς ἕβδομοςseventh oxSee also beta 458, epsilon 25, theta 617. [1] cf. Diogenianus 3.50. [2] Greek Anthology, Appendix (epigrammata irrisoria) no.57.