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17 entries for proverbs

κ1585Κίγκλοςdabchick… [sc. attested is the phrase] "poorer than a dabchick": a proverb, which Menander uses in Thais.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galley… and cock-boats [are] kinds of boats. And [there is] a proverb: "and a light galley [sc. belongs] among herbs". A herb [is] something wild, worthless, hence the proverb.Matched in translationhighshort
κ2133Κόρχοροςblue pimpernelA worthless wild herb. Hence the proverb "and a blue pimpernel among herbs". Some render the korchoros as a certain fish, like the dolphin-fish, and as a cheap dish. But the proverb is spoken …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… of flat cakes, never of wheat. And [there is] a proverb: "the mullet fasts"; in reference to those who act honestly, and for that very reason end up worse off. And who walk away …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2299ΚωρυκαῖοςKorykaian, man from Korykos… introduce a certain god [from Korykos] as listening, from a proverb. For Korykos [is] a cape in Pamphylia, next to which [is] the city of Attaleia. The townspeople there wanted to suffer no ill-treatment …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2183Κουρήτων στόμαKouretes' mouth[sc. A proverbial phrase used] because people thought they were seers. But others [sc. say it means] a mouth singing oracles.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1226Κεδνόςdiligent… hand this gift from Hector, my greatest enemy, ... men's [proverb is true]."Matched in translationhighshort
κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour… adulterer to the corner". Fragment taken up by collectors 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] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the apeThe proverbial saying is a metaphor from animals that wag their tail [kerkos] towards one. But [it would be] more sound to derive it from the Kerkopes, which the story goes are very deceitful …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1324Κενότεροςmore empty, rather empty… cf. kappa 1316, kappa 1322. For its use in a proverb see gamma 491, tau 1217. Parallels in Choeroboscus, Dionysius Thrax, and the Etymologicum Magnum suggest that the glosses may have been intended rather …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1432Κεστρεῖςmullets… considered as out of condition." [4] From discussion of the proverb "the mullet fasts" (see under kappa 1429); the wording is verbatim from Pausanias *)attikw=n o)noma/twn sunagwgh/ kappa29. [5] So already kappa 1431.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1696Κιχρᾷlends… of ki/xrhmi. It is quoted, as Naber first realised, from Proverbs 13:11 LXX (not in the Masoretic text): "a just man takes pity, and lends".Matched in noteshighshort
κ1348Κεπφωθείςcajoled, ensnared… nominative singular, of the verb kepfo/w -- is extracted from Proverbs 7:22 LXX (which is the first attestation of this verb derived from ke/pfos, a type of petrel: kappa 1347.) The Suda also uses …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1347Κέπφοςstormy petrel… that is what they say the petrel is like. The proverbial saying is applied to thoughtless men. For the petrel eats sea foam: and the fishermen's children cast foam first forwards, then close by, …Matched in translationhighshort
κ1382Κερδαλέοςwily… lexica; see the references at Photius kappa595 Theodoridis. A longstanding proverbial association, dating from Archilochus 89.5 (LSJ s.v. I.1.b); cf. kappa 1391, kappa 1148 (on the adjective kerdw=|os). [3] Glossed in more detail in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1756Κλεισθένην ὁρῶI see Kleisthenes, I see Clisthenes… though only the Suda seeks to elevate it to a proverbial saying. The headword phrase is extrapolated by the Suda from the passage in Aristophanes (see below). [2] As noted in sigma 1186, with …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tail… 1585), and literally means to act like the dabchick, which proverbially wagged its tail. The wording of the entry is the same in Photius kappa695 Theodoridis, and similar in the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls …Matched in noteshighshort