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δ1091Δίκη δίκην ἔτικτε καὶ βλάβη βλάβηνsuit begat suit and hurt hurtTosi (see under alpha 378) no.488. [1] Zenobius 3.28. [2] Zenobius 3.20.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1474Δῶρονwhen someone gives a gift praise itcf. Zenobius 3.42, where it is part of the oracle given to Myskellos (mu 1473, mu 1474). Tosi (see under alpha 378) no.503.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1204Διὸς ἐγκέφαλοςZeus' brain, Zeus' morselMore fully in Zenobius 3.41, and cf. other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1420. See also beta 145. One might compare (in the broadest of terms) the soft, pungent cheese dip of Lyon …Matched in noteshighshort
δ160Δέδοται καὶ κακοῖσιν ἄγραthe catch has been given even to bad menZenobius 3.31.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1186Δι' ὀξείας δραμεῖνto run through sharpsZenobius 3.13, etc.; cf. omicron 414.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows[1] Zenobius 3.24. Repeated at pi 1996, q.v. [2] Zenobius 3.33; attributed 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ91ΔατόςDatos, Datus, Daton, Datum… 92 (a superior version of the present entry). [1] cf. Zenobius 3.11.Matched in noteshighshort
δ648Διὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥιπτεῖν χρήit is necessary to hurl through knives and fireAlready, with slightly different wording, at delta 514. Zenobius 3.19, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
δ334Δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχυρότερονnothing is mightier than terrible necessityZenobius 3.9. [1] Plato, Laws 741A (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
δ100Δαφνίνην φορῶ βακτηρίανI am carrying a laurel staffZenobius 3.12, and other paroemiographers. The proverbial phrase itself is the bulk (minus the opening) of an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighshort
δ514Διὰ γὰρ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥίπτειν δεῖfor it is necessary to throw (oneself) through knives and fireZenobius 3.19, etc.; virtually repeated at delta 648.Matched in noteshighshort
δ28Δάκτυλοιfingers, finger[-dates][1] cf. Artemidorus 5.89. [2] Zenobius 3.10.Matched in noteshighshort
δ98Δαυλόνshaggy… Same or similar glossing elsewhere. [2] cf. (e.g.) Hesychius delta325, Zenobius 3,14. But the explanation is misconceived: the "Daulian crow" was Procne (pi 1475), from Daulis (in Phocis), who became a nightingale.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1115ΔίκτυονnetThe headword here is unglossed; contrast Hesychius delta1837. [1] Zenobius 3.17. See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1904. [2] cf. Apostolius 5.70, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
δ298Δέχεται καὶ βῶλον ἀλήτηςa vagabond accepts even a clod… way, to the verb in the headword phrase (de/xomai). [2] Zenobius 3.22.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… dragmh\ xalazw=sa here but draxmh\ xalazw=sa in two earlier versions, Zenobius 3.27 and Hesychius delta2351: see further on this discrepancy below -- has been claimed as a fragment of Attic comedy (Adespota 314 Kock, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1076Δικαιότερον σταχάνηςmore just than a stachaneZenobius 3.16, etc.; cf. sigma 1013, tau 1105. [1] Besides the different vocabulary, this version has 'more just' as masculine rather than neuter.Matched in noteshighshort
δ536Διὰ δακτυλίου δεῖ σε ἑλκυσθῆναιyou must have been dragged through a ringZenobius 3.18; cf. Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 1036 (web address 1), and more generally Shakespeare, Henry IV Part I, act 2, scene 4: "When I was about thy years, Hal, I was not an eagle's …Matched in noteshighshort
δ212Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκειςyou are teaching a dolphin to swim.From Zenobius 3.30 & 38; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1919. Entry out of alphabetical order. [1] cf. generally gamma 279, iota 780.Matched in noteshighshort
δ231Δεξιὸν εἰς ὑπόδημα ἀριστερὸν εἰς ποδονίπτρανright (foot) into a sandal (but) left into a foot-bathProverbial -- with this explanation, but without 'Aristophanes' -- in Zenobius 3.36; see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1625. A hexameter line, with hiatus between u(po/dhma and a)ristero/n. The 'Aristophanes' in question here …Matched in noteshighshort
δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines[1] Zenobius 3.37. The headword phrase itself is Aeschylus fr. 373 Nauck (726 Mette). [2] Homer, Iliad 2.742, 15.626. The added comment comes from the scholia to the first of these passages. (The fame …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1233Διωλύγιονenormous… 1314 (see web address 1), and scholion on this passage; Zenobius 3.34, 5.55 and other paroemiographers. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 195 Zintzen (77 Asmus, 113M Athanassiadi).Matched in noteshighshort
δ1207Διὸς ΚόρινθοςZeus' [son] Korinthos… Euthydemus 292E (both of which passages mention the proverb); and Zenobius 3.21. For an alternative explanation to the one given here see omicron 40. [1] Other versions have Corinth and Corcyra.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ997Διειρωνόξενοιfalsely-hospitable, guest-dissembling… Aristophanes; cf. alphaiota 355. [3] Aristotle fr. 544 Rose (from Zenobius 2.24 and other paroemiographers; see generally Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1790).Matched in noteshighshort
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.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1395Δόρυ κηρύκειονa spear as a herald's wandLikewise in Photius, similarly elsewhere. [1] Zenobius 3.26. For heralds' wands see kappa 1544, kappa 1545, kappa 1546. [2] In Boeotia. [3] Pausanias the Atticist fr. 135 (Eustathius 1.408.4). For the Gephyraioi see gamma …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματαDaidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations… result of inner creativity, see Snell (below) 179. [1] cf. Zenobius 3.7. [2] Homer, Iliad 5.60-62; cf. delta 437 (end). On the use of teu/xw see tau 435, Frontisi-Ducroux 58-59 and note 35, Snell …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1164λέγεται καὶ ἵπποςDiomedeian compulsion… 'Diomedeian compulsion' see e.g. Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1029; Plato, Republic 493D; Zenobius 3.8. [By a slip, the SOL headword gives not this phrase but the opening of the gloss.] [1] (This initial gloss, Adler reports, …Matched in noteshighmedium