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303 entries for Zenobius

α3258Ἀπὸ βραδυσκελῶν ὄνων ἵππουςfrom slow-legged donkeys [to] horsesZenobius 2.5 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1186Δι' ὀξείας δραμεῖνto run through sharpsZenobius 3.13, etc.; cf. omicron 414.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1934Ἐπακτὸς ὅρκοςimposed oathSimilar entry in Hesychius epsilon4121; and see also Zenobius 3.80. See further the next entry, epsilon 1935.Matched in noteshighshort
ν486Νόμος καὶ χώραcustom and countryMore fully in Zenobius 5.25; summarily, as here, in other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
α1354Ἀλλ' οὐκ αὖθις ἀλώπηξbut not again a foxcf. Zenobius 1.67. Again at alpha 2908.Matched in noteshighshort
β87Βαλὼν φεύξεσθ' οἴει;do you suppose you will strike and escape?Zenobius 2.71 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
ι314Ἰλιὰς κακῶνIliad of evils, Iliad of woesDemosthenes 19.148; Diodorus Siculus 36.6; Photius, Lexicon iota108 Theodoridis; Zenobius 4.43; etc. (In Latin Ilias malorum: Cicero and others.) cf. iota 313.Matched in noteshighshort
αι41Αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖςyou are talking to a beach[1] Zenobius 1.38; cf. alpha 2263.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1266Ἔνεστι κἂν μύρμηκι χολήthere is venom even in an antZenobius 3.70, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1721. cf. sigma 256.Matched in noteshighshort
α2283Ἀνεῳγμέναι Μουσῶν θύραιthe Muses' doors have been openedZenobius 1.89 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows[1] Zenobius 3.24. Repeated at pi 1996, q.v. [2] Zenobius 3.33; attributed to Empedocles in a scholion on Plato, Gorgias 498E. [3] Apostolius 6.27; Gregorius 1.89, 2.88; scholion on Plato, Axiochus 367B; Tosi [cited …Matched in noteshighmedium
α575Ἀετὸς ἐν νεφέλαιςeagle in cloudsZenobius 2.50; again at alphaiota 98.Matched in noteshighshort
α1462Ἅμα ἔπος ἅμα ἔργονno sooner said than doneZenobius 1.77, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1307. Again under iota 88.Matched in noteshighshort
α1464Ἅμ' ἠλέηται καὶ τέθνηκεν ἡ χάριςno sooner had grace shown pity than she diedZenobius 1.81.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1190Ἐνδύεταί μοι τὴν λεοντῆνI am putting on the lionskinZenobius 3.75, etc. cf. tau 523.Matched in noteshighshort
α577Ἀετοῦ γῆρας κορύδου νεότηςeagle's old age, lark's youthZenobius 2.38, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1105.Matched in noteshighshort
α1337Ἄλλος βίος ἄλλη δίαιταanother life (and) another way of livingComica adespota fr. 650 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Zenobius 1.22Matched in noteshighshort
δ91ΔατόςDatos, Datus, Daton, Datum… 92 (a superior version of the present entry). [1] cf. Zenobius 3.11.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1110Ἐν ἅλῳ κρύπτῃyou would hide on a threshing-floorcf. Zenobius 3.74, and see also epsilon 1111.Matched in noteshighshort
ει300Εἰς οὐρανὸν τοξεύεινto shoot arrows into heavenMore usually (Zenobius 3.46, etc.) second-personal singular than this infinitive (a change of a single letter in the Greek).Matched in noteshighshort
αι235Αἴξgoat… alphaiota 236. [1] Similarly in other lexica and grammars. [2] Zenobius 1.27 has a fuller version of what follows. See also Hesychius alpha2012 and Photius s.v. 'the nanny-goat'. [3] Adler reports that ms F …Matched in noteshighshort
α2637Ἀντ' εὐεργεσίης Ἀγαμέμνονα τῖσαν Ἀχαιοίthe Achaeans punished Agamemnon for benefactionZenobius 2.11 and other paroemiographers; a line of hexameter verse.Matched in noteshighshort
ι88Ἴδ' ἀφύη πῦρthe sprat saw the firecf. Zenobius 4.25, Apostolius 4.57, and other paroemiographers. Already at alpha 1462. For sprats/anchovies (and already this proverb) see alpha 4660.Matched in noteshighshort
μ905Μὴ κινεῖν ἀκίνηταdon't move immovables even with a fingertip… 11.913B; and for touching with fingertips in proverbs cf. e.g. Zenobius 1.61 (and under kappa 586). See also alpha 888, mu 906.Matched in noteshighshort
α1419Ἄλλοις μὲν γλῶττα ἄλλοις δὲ γόμφοιfor some a tongue [but] for others molarsZenobius 1.73. On gomphoi, molars, see gamma 373, gamma 374, gamma 376.Matched in noteshighshort
α2666Ἀντὶ κακοῦ κυνὸς σῦν ἀπαιτεῖςin exchange for a bad dog you are demanding a pigAlso in Zenobius 1.100 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1359Ἐν θέρει τὴν χλαῖναν κατατρίβειςyou are wearing out your cloak in summerZenobius 3.72, etc.; also in Photius.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1500Ἐν νυκτὶ βουλήcounsel in the nightcf. Zenobius 3.97, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
ει229Εἷς ἀνήρ οὐδεὶς ἀνήρone man (is) no manComica adespota fr. 679 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Zenobius 3.51; Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.260, with parallels.Matched in noteshighshort
ει326Εἰς ὕδωρ σπείρεινto sow seed into waterZenobius 3.55, etc. [1] For the latter see kappa 129; also epsiloniota 327 and epsilon 3238.Matched in noteshighshort

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