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Ἐκδεδαρμένον δέρεις
you are flaying the flayed
… in either case, flogging a dead horse; cf. kappa 2691.
Apostolius
6.87, etc.
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405
Ἐκ δυεῖν τρία βλέπεις
out of two things you are seeing three
… and other lexica; also in some of the paroemiographers (e.g.
Apostolius
6.88). On duei=n as the genitive/dative of du/o, see delta 1565.
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490
Ἐκ λύκου στόματος
out of a wolf's mouth
Apostolius
6.99, etc. For the story of the injured fox and the crane see e.g. Fabulae Aphthonii rhetoris (ed. Hausrath and Hunger) fab.25.
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591
Ἐκ πολλῶν ἀχύρων ὀλίγον καρπὸν συνήγαγον
out of a lot of chaff they collected a small harvest
Apostolius
14.40, etc. For 'chaff' cf. alpha 4721.
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806
Ἐλευθεριώτερος Σπάρτης
freer than Sparta
cf. Diogenianus 4.87,
Apostolius
7.2. [1] So, famously (but implicitly), Thucydides 1.10.
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814
Ἐλέφαντα ἐκ μυίας ποιεῖν
to make an elephant out of a fly
Zenobius 3.68,
Apostolius
7.5, etc.; cf. epsilon 816. As we say, to make a mountain out of a molehill. [1] Lucian, Muscae Encomium 12.
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816
Ἐλέφαντος οὐδὲν διαφέρεις
you are no different from an elephant
[1] cf. Gregorius 2.9, 3.37;
Apostolius
7.4; etc. Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1364. [2] See already epsilon 814. [3] From delta 27.
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1147
Ἐν γὰρ ἀμηχανίῃ καὶ Καρκίνος ἔμμορε τιμῆς
for in a hopeless situation even Karkinos got his share of honour
… 51-52 Kock, now combined as 951 Kassel-Austin; cf. Zenobius 3.77,
Apostolius
7.16, etc. For this type of saying see also under epsilon 1112.
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1384
Ἐν μύρτου κλαδὶ τὸ ξίφος κρατήσω
in a branch of myrtle I will master my sword
… the tyrannicides of 514 BCE; but here, as also in
Apostolius
7.26 and Appendix Proverbiorum 2.64, the main verb is changed from forh/sw ('I will carry') to krath/sw ('I will master'). Here as elsewhere …
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1429
Ἐν πυρὶ βέβηκας
you walked in a fire
Apostolius
7.43; cf. Diogenianus 4.52.
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1536
Ἐξ ἄμμου σχοινίον πλέκεις
you are weaving a rope out of sand
Apostolius
7.50, etc.
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1822
Ἔξω βελῶν καθῆσθαι
to stay out of missile-range
Apostolius
7.54, etc. For "out of missile-range" see e.g. Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4,15; Cyropaedia 3.3.58, 3.3.70, 4.1.3.
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1824
Ἔξω Γλαῦκε
away o Grey one
Likewise in Photius. More fully at
Apostolius
7.58. For the glaukos see the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.295B-F (7.45-46 Kaibel).
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2119
Ἐπειδὴ τὸν Ταντάλου λίθον τῆς κεφαλῆς ἀπετιναξάμεθα
since we shook Tantalus' stone off our head
Likewise in Photius. See also
Apostolius
7.60, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.663. For Tantalus cf. generally iota 620, sigma 659, tau 77, tau 78, tau 79 (stone), tau 80, tau 81 tau …
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2255
Ἐπὶ βύρσης ἐκαθέζετο
he was sitting on a hide
Apostolius
7.75; Appendix Proverbiorum 2.80; cf. Lucian, Toxaris 47-50. [1] Imperfect in a past general condition is to be found in classical usage (see Smyth's Greek Grammar, §2342 [web address 1]), though the use …
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2440
Ἐπὶ Λειψυδρίῳ μάχη
a battle at Leipsydrion
… phrase, although not described as such here, was proverbial: see
Apostolius
7.70, where it is glossed as 'in reference to those involved in a brave struggle'. For the rest of the present material cf. …
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2471
Ἐπιμενίδης
Epimenides
… [5] See generally sigma 776. [6] (Or: secrets.) Diogenianus 8.28,
Apostolius
7.73. For apotheta cf. alpha 3317.
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2598
Ἐπὶ σπείρᾳ σχοινίον
rope as well as cord
… and braces." Again, briefly, under sigma 933. Paroemiographers (Gregorius 3.47,
Apostolius
7.84) have a similar explanation but relate it specifically to the receipt of gifts.
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2995
Ἐριννύων ἀπορρώξ
Furies' limb, Furies' off-shoot
… a proverb (as the form of the gloss implies) cf.
Apostolius
3.38. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 1034. [3] epsilon 3580, epsilon 3581. (And see also epsilon 2994.)
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3161
Ἐς Μασσαλίαν πλεύσειας
to Massalia may you sail
cf.
Apostolius
6.69; and see epsilon 499 for a variant. For Massalia, present-day Marseilles, see mu 242.
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3207
Ἐς τέφραν γράφεις
you are writing on ashes
Apostolius
6.73, etc. See also epsiloniota 314.
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3238
Ἐς ὕδωρ γράφειν
to write on water
Apostolius
6.80, etc. Literary references to this proverb include ones in Sophocles (fr. 811 Radt) and Plato (Phaedrus 276C); cf. also Catullus 70.3-4 (mulier cupido quod dicit amanti ...rapida scribere oportet aqua). See generally …
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3248
Ἔσχατα ἐσχάτων κακὰ διαπέπρακται
evils ultimate of ultimates have been perpetrated
Apostolius
7.99, etc.; see further, n. 1 below. For 'ultimate evils', e)/sxata kaka/, cf. epsilon 3249. In the present context, however, the proverbial heart of the headword phrase is e)/sxata e)sxa/twn kaka/, 'evils ultimate …
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3291
Ἑτερομόλιος δίκη
one-arrival lawsuit
The phrase is attested only in paroemiographers (Zenobius 3.88,
Apostolius
8.4) and lexicographers. The implied etymology of the adjective is uncertain (see LSJ s.v. at web address 1); perhaps, despite the omicron spelling, connected …
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3347
Ἔοικα βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν μολεῖν
I seem to be going as an ox to slaughter
… comica adespota fr. 631 Kock (not in K.-A.). Later proverbial:
Apostolius
7.59, Appendix Proverbiorum 2.73, etc.
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3864
Ἐφέσια γράμματα
Ephesian letters
… 2405). See also, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 402.23 (Kallierges), the paroemiographer
Apostolius
(11.29), and Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey vol. 2.201 lines 43ff. The entry is primarily in reported speech, which appears in its correct …
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3996
Ἔχετος
Echetus, Echetos
… Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1092-1095; Hesychius s.v.; ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.48; Michael
Apostolius
s.v. *fala/ridos a)rxh\ kai\ *)exe/tou; and under beta 279 and tau 1187. [1] Homer, Odyssey 18.84-86 (here abridged; see at web address 1); …
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4064
Ἕψια
puns
… the proverb *file/yios o(/de (to\n tro/pon) in Gregorius 3.29 and
Apostolius
17.86. [3] phi 400. [4] cf. generally Hesychius s.v. filolo/gos (two entries). The Suda's 'with a smooth breathing' obviously cannot refer to the …
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