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- δ795Διὰ τοῦ τοίχου λαλεῖνto talk through the wallCf. Apostolius 6.28.
- δ1096Δίκης ὀφθαλμόςeye of justicePolybius 23.10.3; Apostolius 6.8; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.889. cf. epsilon 3228 and the note there.
- δ1115Δίκτυονnet… See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1904. [2] cf. Apostolius 5.70, etc.
- δ1581Δύο τοίχους ἀλείφειςyou are oiling two wallsPhotius, Lexicon delta786; Apostolius 6.37; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2200. [1] cf. epsilon 3790.
- δ273Δεσμοὶ ΤυρρηνοίEtruscan chains, Etruscan fetters… (mysterious) gloss is 'the ones [the] Athenians used'. Proverbial in Apostolius 5.97, with the same glossing as here. In Appendix Proverbiorum 1.96 a second sentence of explanation is added: 'applied to those fettered inescapably'. …
- δ1419Δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχειςdespite being a slave you have [long] hair… Aristophanes, Birds 911 (web address 1), and scholion; proverbial in Apostolius 6.34. [2] As at e.g. Herodotus 7.7.1 (web address 2), of Egypt after Xerxes' punitive invasion. Note also the proverb 'more enslaved than …
- δ1213Διὸς ψῆφοςZeus's tribunal, Zeus's vote… 8.55, Pausanias 1.24.3. [1] Cratinus fr.7 Kock (and K.-A). [2] Apostolius 6.20 and other paroemiographers.
- δ1451Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆαςgifts sway gods and revered kings… version with 'and' for the second 'gifts' occurs also in Apostolius 6.42; and see futher Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.491. A variation (or perhaps derivative) of the sentiment is also spoken by Medea …
- δ319Δειλότερος τοῦ παρακύπτοντοςmore cowardly than a peeper[1] Zenobius 3.32; cf. rho 121 (end). [2] Apostolius 14.14. [3] Aristophanes, Birds 1556-8 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there; cf. pi 1467.
- δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows… to Empedocles in a scholion on Plato, Gorgias 498E. [3] Apostolius 6.27; Gregorius 1.89, 2.88; scholion on Plato, Axiochus 367B; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1096. See also kappa 497, sigma 122. [4] Zenobius …
- δ1461ΔώριοςDorian… yuxh=s ("of the soul") instead of the manuscripts' tu/xhs. [3] Apostolius 3.61. [4] From Synesius, Praise of Baldness 4, PG 66.1173c; cf. lambda 638.
- δ400Δηλίου κολυμβητοῦDelian diver… fact, register the proverb in this nominative-case form; see rather Apostolius 5.100 (genitive, as above).
- δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… ta\ *kinhsi/ou dra=| 'he does the acts of Cinesias': Michael Apostolius, Proverbs 15.89) and lampooned for his gruesome appearance, covered with scabs of abscesses burned by the famous doctor Euryphon of Cnidus (Plato Comicus …