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- μ392Μέγα τοι ἄγγελος ἐσθλόςa good messenger [is] a great thing[Said proverbially] in reference to those announcing good news.
- μ138ΜάνδρωνMandronA proper name. See a proverb about him in the [entry] 'even Mandron got'.
- μ403ΜέδιμνονbushelA measure of 48 choinikes. And [there is] a proverb: 'I am measuring out from my father's money by a bushel'; in reference to people expecting great and substantive benefit.
- μ116Μᾶλλον ὁ Φρύξrather the PhrygianThe proverb [arose] from the following: when the Seven Sages were asked by Croesus which living thing was happiest, some of them replied "wild beasts, for they die in defence of their independence"; others …
- μ383Μεγαρέων δάκρυαMegarians' tears… of garlic grows in the Megarid, it led to a proverb in reference to those pretending to weep, or forced to, and not at something they had actually suffered. Megareus ['a Megarian'] [is] the …
- μ481Μέλειis an object of care… It is used so in Homer. And [there is] a proverb: 'I care for such things no less than [sc. I do for] the frogs in the swamps'.
- μ51Μακαρίαblessedness, Makaria… [Makaria was] a daughter of Hades. And [there is] a proverb: "be gone into blessedness", meaning into misery and utter destruction. Or "begone into blessedness" [is said] by euphemism. Since even the dead are …
- μ107Μαλθακόνgentle, soft, feeble, weak, luxuriant… by the weakness of his wisdom." And [there is] a proverb: "[sc. they are] tender from warm baths, delicate from soft beds;" in reference to those who waste away from luxury and comfort.
- μ181ΜάραςMaras… just of all men. And so Maras migrated into a proverb, by his just treatment of his neighbors.
- μ607Μενετοὶ θεοὶ καὶ μὴ ἀποδιδῶσι μισητίᾳlong-suffering are the gods and (if) he does not pay back out of insatiability… half of the line is the first half of a proverb -- "the gods are long-suffering but not deceitful" -- though it does not appear as such in the paroemiographers. 'He' is a hypothetical …
- μ382Μεγαρέων ἄξιοι μερίδοςworthy of a Megarians' portion; worthy of a Megarians' share… Attica (east) and Corinthia (south), see also mu 383 (another proverb, mu 384, mu 385, mu 386. Megara -- on the site of the modern Greek city of the same name, where several monuments …
- μ187ΜαργίτηςMargites… Photius (mu106 Theodoridis). The name Margites is used of both proverbal madmen and proverbial simpletons (mu 185), and at gamma 118 the present material attaches to someone called (apparently) Melitides.
- μ525Μέλιτος μυελόςhoney's marrow[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to excessively sweet things.
- μ548Μεμαγμένη μᾶζαkneaded barley-cake[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to good things close at hand.
- μ177ΜαραθώνMarathon… s.v. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 260 Pfeiffer. [3] Apparently a proverbial or quasi-proverbial phrase: see e.g. Plutarch, Flamininus 11.6. [4] Aristophanes, Acharnians 181 (web address 1); from alpha 4343. [5] delta 929.
- μ380Μεγάνορος πλούτου[more than] lordly wealth… of gold. [2] "Gold/wealth is the sinews of war" is proverbial, and not otherwise attributed to Pindar. The saying is quoted in the Pindar scholia to Olympian 1.4b, Appian (Civil War 4.12.99), Plutarch (Agis …