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- ει150Εἰ μὴ ταχέως ἀπολώμεθα οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθημενhad we not perished so fast we would not have been saved… of Greece in 146 BCE. For other versions of the proverb see Walbank's commentary ad loc. (3.717). The verb should probably be the aorist indicative a)pwlo/meqa rather than the Suda's subjunctive. [2] cf. Appendix …
- ει284Εἰς κόπρον θυμιᾷςyou are burning incense for shitcf. Appendix Proverbiorum 2.22 (with a slightly different gloss) See omicron 399, where four other ways of expressing the same thing are listed.
- ει321Εἰς τὸν τετρημένονinto the perforatedFor the myth see under epsiloniota 315; for the proverb Xenophon, Oeconomicus 7.40; Apostolius 6.79, etc.
- ει334Εἶτ' ἐφ' ὕδωρ κακόςthen a wretch on water-dutyAppendix Proverbiorum 2.92.
- ει89Εἰκότωνprobable [things]… scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 280; cf. eta 189. [4] This proverb has appeared already at epsiloniota 79, with a rather different explanation.
- ει241Εἰς δέονneedfully, to meet a need… [2] For the historical incident which gave rise to this proverb see delta 243.
- ει313Εἰς πῦρ ξαίνεινto card wool into a fire[1] From the scholia to Plato, Laws 780C, where the proverb is used. cf. already epsilon 3196. [2] cf. Apostolius 9.45.
- ει324Εἰς Τροιζῆνα δεῖ βαδίζεινyou need a walk to Troezen… and Calauria island) see Herodotus 8.42.1 (web address 1). The proverb -- also in theta 462 -- had another version with sailing rather than walking, and (more substantively) could relate to beards which were …
- ει319Ἐς τὸ δέονfor the necessary… see already at delta 243 (and epsiloniota 241 for the proverb arising). The sum of money involved appears variously as ten, fifteen (as here), twenty and fifty talents. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 859. [4] Menander …
- ει149Εἰ μὴ πατὴρ ἦσθαwere you not my father… Sophocles, Antigone 755 (web address 1); cf. Photius s.v., Appendix Proverbiorum 2.13, etc.
- ει78Εἰκῆ ῥαψῳδεῖsings at randomFor 'at random' (ei)kh=|) cf. epsiloniota 76, epsiloniota 77, epsiloniota 79. The iota subscript is omitted from the headword here. [1] The headword phrase is a quasi-proverbial one attested in patristic writers (Basil of …