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ι500Ἰωρόςioros[Meaning] doorkeeper, guard. And [there is] a proverb: "nor inside the ioros". And the law in force amongst Athenians used to stipulate that murderers stay "outside the ioros." So the proverb was applied to …Matched in translationhighshort
ι623Ἴσαι ψῆφοιequal votes[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are narrowly convicted in the jurycourts [sc. of classical Athens]. For if the votes are equal, defendants are relieved from trials in which the man …Matched in translationhighshort
ι165Ἱερείας ἐνύπνιονpriestess's dream… Photius iota49 Theodoridis), and cf. the headword phrase as a proverb: Appendix proverbiorum 3.25. Ultimately a fragment of tau 602, the Sicilian historian Timaeus of Tauromenium (FGrH 566 F29) preserved in the scholia to …

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[Meaning] doorkeeper, guard. And [there is] a proverb: "nor inside the ioros". And the law in force amongst Athenians used to stipulate that murderers stay "outside the ioros." So the proverb was applied to people…

Ἰωρός· θυρωρός, φύλαξ. καὶ παροιμία· οὐδ' ἐντὸς ἰωροῦ. καὶ ὁ νόμος ὁ παρ' Ἀθηναίοις ἐκτὸς ἰωροῦ ἐκέλευεν εἶναι τοὺς ἀνδροφόνους. ἐπὶ τοίνυν τῶν ἀπειλούντων καὶ σοβαρευομένων τῇ…

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ι185Ἱερόνsacred… that is dedicated to the gods. And [there is] a proverb: "a sacred thing [is] counsel." A proverb [used] in reference to those who are very clever in taking counsel.Matched in translationhighshort

ι689Ἱστίονsail… all his power, his whole soul. And [there is] a proverb: "to sacrifice to Histia." The proverb is said against those who do not easily share with anyone. For it was a custom among …Matched in translationhighshort

ι88Ἴδ' ἀφύη πῦρthe sprat saw the fireA proverb relating to speed. No sooner said than done.Matched in translationhighshort

ι277Ἶκταρclose together… it is said from arriving [e)f-iknei=sqai]. And [there is] a proverb: "strikes nowhere near." This is said in dialect like diwlu/gion.Matched in translationhighshort

ι780Ἰχθυάᾳfishes, goes fishing[Meaning he/she/it] hunts for fish. And [there is] a proverb: "you are teaching a fish to swim". In reference to those teaching things that are [already] known.Matched in translationhighshort

ι17ἸάλεμοςIalemos, dirge… which brings grief to the lost. And [there is] a proverb, "more chilly than Ialemos." They call a dirge a Ialemos. They say that he was the son of Calliope, unfortunate and deprived and …Matched in translationhighshort

ι80ἼβυκοςIbykos, Ibycus… and the robbers were punished. So from this came the proverb, "the cranes of Ibycus".Matched in translationhighmedium

ι241ἼθοροςithorosProverbial, in reference to those who give encouragement.Matched in translationhighshort

ι283Ἴκτινοςkite… prey which appears in the spring. And [there is] a proverb: "rolling down before kites." For when spring begins, the kite appears. Delighted by this they used to roll, as if falling on their …Matched in translationhighmedium

ι314Ἰλιὰς κακῶνIliad of evils, Iliad of woes[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to great evils.Matched in translationhighshort

ι524Ἱππάρχου πίναξhipparch's tablet[sc. A proverbial phrase arising] because amongst Syracusans the hipparchs used to publicize the names of those unfit for service by writing them on tablets.Matched in translationhighshort

ι562ἹππόλυτοςHippolytos, Hippolytus… a commentary on the visions of Daniel and on the proverbs of Solomon.Matched in translationhighshort

ι563Ἱππόλυτον μιμήσομαιI will copy Hippolytus[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those professing self-control.Matched in translationhighshort

ι586Ἵππῳ γηράσκοντι τὰ μείονα κύκλον ἐπίβαλλεmake an ageing horse do the lesser circuit[sc. A proverb] in reference to those who because of age need some rest and respite.Matched in translationhighshort

ι638Ἴσθμιαneck-ornaments… Greeks' festivals are also called [this]. And [there is] a proverbial expression: i)sqmia/zein ["to attend the Isthmian Games"], [used] in reference to those who have a bad life-style. For the time of the Isthmian …Matched in translationhighshort

ι200ἹερώνυμοςHieronymos, Hieronymus… passages in F.W. Walbank, Commentary on Polybius ii.40. Both were proverbial for their cruelty. [2] Polybius 7.1.3 says, more intelligibly, "thirteen months". [3] "Good" Sicilian tyrants (of the early C5 BCE).Matched in noteshighmedium

ι313ἸλιάςIliadProbably from the proverbial phrase "an Iliad of evils," as at iota 314.Matched in noteshighshort

ι363Ἵνα μή σε βάψω βάμμα Σαρδινιακόνlest I dye you with Sardinian dye… the adjective (web address 1); cf. beta 89, sigma 130. Proverbial in Apostolius 4.74.Matched in noteshighshort

ι527Ἱππέας εἰς πεδίον προκαλῇyou are calling the cavalrymen onto a plain… Theodoridis (where a source is cited: Plato, Theaetetus 183D); and proverbial in Apostolius 9.13, etc. For the general idea see again iota 574.Matched in noteshighshort

ι700ἽστοροςknowledgeableSimilarly in other lexica and grammars. The headword is genitive singular of i(/stwr (cf. iota 698, iota 705). It must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps the quasi-proverbial fragment of the Hellenistic tragedian Apollonides excerpted …Matched in noteshighshort