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δ1204Διὸς ἐγκέφαλοςZeus' brain, Zeus' morselMore fully in Zenobius 3.41, and cf. other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1420. See also beta 145. One might compare (in the broadest of terms) the soft, pungent cheese dip of Lyon …Matched in noteshighshort
α1399Ἄλλως ᾄδειςyou are singing for nothingZenobius 1.72. cf. generally alpha 1318, alpha 1395, alpha 1396, alpha 1398, and again alpha 1400.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2367Κρέκουσαplaying… Anthology 5.139.2, from Meleager [Author, Myth]'s epigram to the citharode Zenophila (Gow and Page, p. 224). The Suda substitutes ligu/ ("clear, whistling"; cf. LSJ s.v.) for the original a(du/ (a Doric form of h(du/s, …Matched in noteshighshort
δ160Δέδοται καὶ κακοῖσιν ἄγραthe catch has been given even to bad menZenobius 3.31.Matched in noteshighshort
ει293Εἰς μελίττας ἐκώμασαςyou started a party involving beesHesychius epsilon1164; Zenobius 3.53; etc.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2183Κουρήτων στόμαKouretes' mouthSuch a proverb 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
α2712Ἀντὶ πέρκης σκορπίονa scorpion instead of a perchAlso in Zenobius 1.88 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
β80Βάλλ' εἰς ὕδωρcast into the water… gloss 'in reference to those who deserve to die') in Zenobius 2.72, Diogenianus 2.4, and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
ει230Εἰς ἀρχαίας φάτναςinto old mangerscf. Zenobius 3.50.Matched in noteshighshort
ει276Εἰς θεῶν ὦτα ἦλθενit came to the gods' earsZenobius 3.49, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1439Κευθωνύμου κλέος ἢ αἶσχοςKeuthonymos' fame -- or shameSlightly more fully in Zenobius 4.72. The only attested Keuthonymos -- Kythonymos in Zenobius, and cf. Hesychius kappa4448, but apparently lower-case there -- is the father of the herdsman Menoites in the myth of …Matched in noteshighshort
α538Ἀδύνατα θηρᾷςyou are hunting impossible thingsZenobius 1.29 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1543.Matched in noteshighshort
γ117Γέλως συγκροτούσιοςclamorous laughtercf. Zenobius 2.100.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1438Ἐν σκότῳ ὀρχεῖσθαιto dance in the darkZenobius 3.71, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3602Εὔνους ὁ σφάκτηςthe slaughterer is well-intentionedZenobius 3.94, etc. For Orestes (who murdered his murderous mother Clytemnestra: kappa 1846) see omicron 538.Matched in noteshighshort
α2499Ἀνθ' Ἑρμίωνοςinstead of Hermione… the dubious o(moi/ws i(era/ and adds instead tou\s i(ke/tas from Zenobius 2.22. Zenobius states that the phrase a)nq' *(ermi/onos appeared in the Babylonians of Aristophanes. [1] At the tip of the Argolid: epsilon 3043.Matched in noteshighshort
α806Ἀκαρπότερος ἀγρίππουmore barren than a wild oliveZenobius 1.60. See already alpha 364.Matched in noteshighshort
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

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