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23 entries for Apostolius

κ395Καρκίνος λαγὼν αἱρεῖa crab is catching a hareDiogenianus 5.96, Apostolius 9.27, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1352Κεραμέως πλοῦτοςa potter's wealth… not in K.-A.); and in several of the paroemiographers (e.g. Apostolius 9.71).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2183Κουρήτων στόμαKouretes' mouth… is cited in Zenobius 4.61, Diogenianus (Mazarin ms.) 5.60, and Apostolius 9.95, as well as in Hesychius kappa3848. The present gloss is from Zenobius, though oi(=on "as in" appears there instead of oi( de\ …Matched in noteshighshort
κ717Κατὰ ποδὸς βάσινby a foot's stepAlso in Apostolius 9.48 and other paroemiographers. cf. generally kappa 716.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2136Κοσκινηδόνsieve-fashion, sieve-style… [1] Rare adverb used by Lucian and others. [2] cf. Apostolius 9.91, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
κ177Κακῶν πανήγυριςfestival of evils[1] cf. Gregorius 2.43, Apostolius 9.29. [2] George of Pisidia fr. 41 Tartaglia. The fragment has no context.Matched in noteshighshort
κ888Κατ' αἶγας ἀγρίαςtowards wild goats… loc. connects this with Callimachus, Aetia fr. 75. Proverbial in Apostolius 9.61 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2030Κόνδυλονknuckle… also in various paroemiographers: see e.g. Zenobius 1.92, Diogenianus 1.81, Apostolius 3.2; they interpret it as "applying to those who ask for something good, and get back something evil", with Apostolius connecting it with …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2673Κυλώνειον ἄγοςKylonian curse, Cylonian curse… Athenian history -- here (and in the longer version in Apostolius 10.19) conflated with its reverberations two centuries later -- see pi 1179 and the notes there.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2113ΚόροιβοςKoroibos, Coroebuscf. generally Hesychius kappa3649; Photius, Lexicon kappa980 Theodoridis. [1] cf. Apostolius 10.3 (with 'counting'). [2] Callimachus, Fragmenta incertae sedis 587. [3] From beta 468.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1138Καύνιος ἔρωςKaunian passion… siblings: see Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.454 (web address 1). Proverbial in Apostolius 9.39 and other paroemiographers. cf. already beta 586, kappa 317.Matched in noteshighshort
κ149Κακὴ μὲν ὄψιςface [is] bad… 21 Kock and K.-A.); cf. in any event Diogenianus 5.89, Apostolius 9.23.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1642Κινήσω τὸν ἀφ' ἱερᾶςI will move the (stone) from a holy… Laws 739A (web address 1) and 820C (web address 2); Apostolius 4.55 and 9.80; and see under alpha 4613.Matched in noteshighshort
κ259Κάλωςcord… like this occurs; see rather under nu 602). Proverbial in Apostolius 2.99 and other paroemiographers. See also pi 221. [3] cf. kappa 247, kappa 255. [4] Aristophanes, Frogs 121 (on suicide), with scholion; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2560Κοινὸς ἙρμῆςHermes [is] common… to individuals see LSJ s.v., IV. [1] cf. Diogenianus 5.38, Apostolius 10.1.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2407Κρητίζεινto Cretanise, to play the Cretan, to speak like a Cretan… fully in Zenobius 4.62; see also next note. [3] cf. Apostolius 14.98 and other paroemiographers. See further at pi 2745. The claim that all Cretans are liars is attributed to the Cretan Epimenides (fr. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2691Κύνα δέρειν δεδαρμένηνto flay flayed skin… (see web address 1). The general import of the proverb (Apostolius 10.29), on the lines of flogging a dead horse, seems clear enough (cf. epsilon 384), but a sexual meaning is required in the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2798Κυφόνbent… also the variant ku/fwn, i.e. masculine singular, in Zenobius 4.7, Apostolius 6.95 and other paroemiographers ('a crooked man might come'). Even granted these differences in the object mentioned, the overall meaning of the proverb …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour… of proverbs (Diogenianus 5.42, Zenobius 4.67, Macarius Chrysocephalus 5.13, Michael Apostolius 9.68). The proverb is vaguely connected to the passage from Sophocles discussed next. [1] An approximation of Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 889-894 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2258Κώμηvillage, neighborhood… Find another excerpt from this epigram at lambda 742. [5] Apostolius 17.72 and other paroemiographers; also Hesychius; cf. Theognostus in Anecdota Oxoniensia ed. Cramer 2.24.6; and upsilon 189.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2133Κόρχοροςblue pimpernel… kuanh=, Anagallis caerulea. [2] Zenobius 4.57, Diogenianus 5.36a (repeated in Apostolius 9.100); scholia on Aristophanes, Wasps 239a, 239b (web address 1); scholia on Nicander, Theriaca 626a; often in the variant ko/rkoros. Mangled in kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the ape… the Lexica Segueriana, Photius, Eustathius, Gregorius (Patriarch Gregory II), Michael Apostolius. The Suda's infinitive, here, was once regarded as an unattributable fragment of Attic comedy: adespota fr. 1036 Kock, but not registered by K.-A. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ kappa29; Libanius, Letters 332.2; Gregorius, Proverbs 2.90; Apostolius 9.76. In LSJ s.v. kestreu/s, it is glossed as "of those too honest to make gains". The proverb is interpreted differently in Diogenianus …Matched in noteshighmedium

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