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κ1606Κιλίκιος ὄλεθροςCilician ruinGloss-less in Photius, Lexicon kappa712 Theodoridis, but cf. Zenobius 4.53; Appendix Proverbiorum 2.7; and see also kappa 1608 and epsilon 97.Matched in noteshighshort
α3330Ἀπὸ ἵππων ἐπ' ὄνουςfrom horses to donkeyscf. Zenobius 2.33 and other paroemiographers; also e.g. Libanius, Epistles 34.2. Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.12.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3196Ἐς πῦρ ξαίνειςyou are carding wool into the fire… Laws 780C and was duly collected by the paroemiographers (e.g. Zenobius 5.27).Matched in noteshighshort
α629Ἀεί με τοιοῦτοι πολέμιοι διώκοιενalways might such enemies pursue meZenobius 2.52 and other paroemiographers; again at alphaiota 101. [1] Literally, un-manly.Matched in noteshighshort
α1541ἈμαίαAmaiaZenobius 4.20. See already alpha 597 and the note there.Matched in noteshighshort
δ648Διὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥιπτεῖν χρήit is necessary to hurl through knives and fireAlready, with slightly different wording, at delta 514. Zenobius 3.19, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1111Ἐν ἅλῳ δρακάζειςyou are absconding on a threshing-floorcf. already epsilon 1110. In Zenobius 3.74, the source of the present version, the verb is (correctly) draska/zeis, on which see generally LSJ s.v..Matched in noteshighshort
α922Ἀκόνηwhetstone… glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (987). [2] Zenobius 1.58, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
β74Βάλλ' ἐς Μακαρίανbe gone into blessednessZenobius 2.61. A euphemism for beta 71, q.v., used when the situation calls for praise rather than blame. See also under beta 75.Matched in noteshighshort
ει231Εἰς ἀσθενοῦντας ἀσθενῶν ἐλήλυθαI have visited the sick when sickTragica adespota fr.579; Zenobius 3.56, etc.; and see generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1119. For the gloss cf. epsilon 151.Matched in noteshighshort
ι381Ἰνοῦς ἄχηIno's distressMore fully in Zenobius 4.38. For Ino see also iota 382, iota 386, lambda 331; and OCD(4) s.v. Ino-Leucothea.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the apeThe verb is found in the proverb collector Zenobius (4.50), whom the Suda cites verbatim. It is frequently commented on by lexicographers, grammarians and other paroemiographers, e.g.: Diogenianus, Hesychius, the Lexica Segueriana, Photius, Eustathius, …Matched in noteshighshort
α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetorComica adespota fr. 627 Kock, now 947 K.-A.; Zenobius 1.15; Tosi (below) no.2104, with later material. For "rustic" cf. alpha 375, alpha 376, alpha 377, alpha 380.Matched in noteshighshort
δ334Δεινῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἰσχυρότερονnothing is mightier than terrible necessityZenobius 3.9. [1] Plato, Laws 741A (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
γ34Γαλῇ χιτώνa chiton for a weaselcf. Zenobius 2.93 and other paroemiographers. [1] cf. gamma 35, omicron 929.Matched in noteshighshort
δ100Δαφνίνην φορῶ βακτηρίανI am carrying a laurel staffZenobius 3.12, and other paroemiographers. The proverbial phrase itself is the bulk (minus the opening) of an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighshort
δ514Διὰ γὰρ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥίπτειν δεῖfor it is necessary to throw (oneself) through knives and fireZenobius 3.19, etc.; virtually repeated at delta 648.Matched in noteshighshort
ε675Ἐκτὸς πηλοῦ πόδας ἔχεινto keep one's feet outside the mudcf. Zenobius 3.62; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1132. See also alphaiota 299.Matched in noteshighshort
η467Ἡράκλειος ψώραHerakleian itch, Heraclean itchcf. Diogenianus 5.7, Zenobius 6.49, etc. [1] For which see eta 460.Matched in noteshighshort
ι518Ἱππαρχίων ἄφωνοςHipparchion speechlessMore fully in some of the paroemiographers, e.g. Zenobius 2.35, who gives the location as Helioupolis. [1] For the kithara see generally kappa 1590.Matched in noteshighshort
κ292Κάμπιος δρόμοςwinding course… phrase also features as a proverb (with this gloss) in Zenobius 4.47 and elsewhere. See also alpha 795.Matched in noteshighshort
α642Ἀεί τις ἐν Κύδωνοςalways someone at Kydon'sZenobius 2.42, etc.; again at tau 654, and see also kappa 2618.Matched in noteshighshort
β60ΒάκχυριςBakchuris, Bocchuris, Bokchyris… Siculus 1.94-95. For it as proverbial, in any event, see Zenobius 2.20 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
α1011Ἄκρον λάβε καὶ μέσον ἕξειςseize the extremity and you will have the meanAbridged from Zenobius 1.57, who provides an aetiological explanation (from an oracle about the foundation of Aigina [Myth, Place]: alphaiota 53).Matched in noteshighshort
γ180Γεράνδρυον μεταφυτευόμενονtransplanted tree-stumpZenobius 3.1 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1086.Matched in noteshighshort
ι524Ἱππάρχου πίναξhipparch's tabletZenobius 4.42, etc. For hipparchs (cavalry-commanders) cf. iota 522. [1] Syrcause was the leading city of Greek Sicily: sigma 1658.Matched in noteshighshort
λ668Λοκρῷ ξυνθήματαagreements with a Lokrian; agreements with a Locrian… is given as *Lokrw=n cunqh/mata "Lokrians' agreements"). Hesychius lambda1254 and Zenobius 4.97 give the supposed aetiology: the Lokrians (cf. lambda 667) renege on an agreement with the Heraclidae.Matched in noteshighshort
α2190Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος ἀσταφὶς τὸ κρανίονan old man's head is a dried grape[1] Zenobius 1.96. This proverb recurs at alpha 4223. [2] Diogenianus 1.78 & 86. [3] Zenobius 1.90. This proverb (Euripides fr.799a Snell) recurs at epsilon 586, omicroniota 72, and upsilon 300. See generally Tosi …Matched in noteshighmedium
α340Ἀγναπτότατος βάτος αὖοςstiffest dried skate… or unwashed; for "stiffest", a)gnampto/tatos, which is surely correct, see Zenobius 1.16.Matched in noteshighshort
αι98Αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλαιςan eagle in cloudsZenobius 2.50, already at alpha 575. For eagles cf. beta 593, alphaiota 97, epsilon 4025, omicron 992, pi 2185.Matched in noteshighshort

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