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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
κ149Κακὴ μὲν ὄψιςface [is] bad… 21 Kock and K.-A.); cf. in any event Diogenianus 5.89, Apostolius 9.23.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.

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Κόνδυλον

knuckle

[...] the [phrase] "they slapped him", as it seems, hence the Attic speakers; but Kolaphos is [used] in Epicharmus. Aristophanes [writes]: "if the child asks for wine, give him a knuckle". [Said] in order to accustom…

Κόνδυλον· τὸ ἐκολάφισαν αὐτόν, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἐντεῦθεν οἱ Ἀττικοὶ λέγουσιν. ὁ δὲ κόλαφός ἐστι παρ' Ἐπιχάρμῳ. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἢν ὁ παῖς οἶνον αἰτῇ, κόνδυλον αὐτῷ δίδου. ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἐθίζειν…

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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

κ395Καρκίνος λαγὼν αἱρεῖa crab is catching a hareDiogenianus 5.96, Apostolius 9.27, etc.Matched in noteshighshort

κ717Κατὰ ποδὸς βάσινby a foot's stepAlso in Apostolius 9.48 and other paroemiographers. cf. generally kappa 716.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

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

κ1352Κεραμέως πλοῦτοςa potter's wealth… not in K.-A.); and in several of the paroemiographers (e.g. Apostolius 9.71).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

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

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

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

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

κ2136Κοσκινηδόνsieve-fashion, sieve-style… [1] Rare adverb used by Lucian and others. [2] cf. Apostolius 9.91, etc.Matched in noteshighshort