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3234
Ἁπλοῦν θύλακον πάτει
treads a single sack
Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.37 (etc.).
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3428
Ἀπὸ λύκου θύρας
from a wolf's door
Likewise in Apostolius 3.52; similarly in Appendix
Proverbiorum
3.95.
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α
3438
Ἀπὸ μηχανῆς
from a machine
… scholia to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the
proverbiality
of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, testifies that..." [1] cf. theta 181.
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α
3471
Ἀπὸ πέντε ἅλλεσθαι πετρῶν εἰς κῦμα
to leap from five rocks into a wave
cf. Diogenianus 1.80, where however the
proverb
itself ends (improbably) "into a cudgel".
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α
3770
Ἀργείους ὁρᾷς
you see Argives
Also in some of the later paroemiographers. In Appendix
Proverbiorum
3.35 and Macarius 2.38 the Suda's explanation appears alongside another one, about suspicions of theft (said to be a charge comically levelled at Argives …
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α
3990
Ἀρουραία μάντις
field mantis
Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.40 (and elsewhere). [1] The praying mantis (Mantis religiosa); again at mu 169. [2] An Egyptian land-measure. [3] cf. sigma 981.
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4043
Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται
finally the mouse is tasting pitch
… to the same general effect.) The earliest occurrence of this
proverb
is in [Demosthenes] 50.26; see also Theocritus, Idylls 14.51.
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4101
Ἀρχὴ Σκυρία
Skyrian empire, Scyrian empire
… in the dead centre of the Aegean Sea; for other
proverbs
mentioning it see alphaiota 238, sigma 714. [2] Similarly explained in Zenobius 1.32 and other paroemiographers. [3] For Theseus and Lykomedes see e.g. …
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4582
Ἀφέντες τὴν ὑπέραν τὸν πόδα διώκουσιν
they let go the brace and chase the sheet
[1] A
proverb
using nautical terminology, as is made explicit in Harpokration s.v. (from which the present entry derives). [2] Hyperides fr. 181 Jensen (from the first of the two speeches For Chairephilos, on …
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αι
76
Αἰγυπτία κληματίς
Egyptian vine-branch.
… which 'Chrysippus [chi 568] in the first book of his
Proverbs'
is cited) and more fully 7.2. [1] cf. sigma 1313.
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αι
114
Αἰθέρα νήνεμον ἐρέσσεις
you are rowing the windless aether
Zenobius 1.39. For this type of
proverb
cf. (e.g.) alpha 1399, alpha 1400, alpha 2261, gamma 508, alphaiota 125, epsilon 384, epsilon 591, epsilon 3207, epsilon 3238, epsiloniota 326, epsiloniota 327, kappa 129, pi …
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αι
332
Αἰσώπειον αἷμα
Aesopic blood
… of Aesop's death is told at alphaiota 334. For the
proverb
-- in its second version here -- see Zenobius 1.47, etc.
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β
212
Βαίτη
skin-coat, skin-tent
… (where the Doric accusative form bai/tan is used). [2] This
proverb
is not in the standard collections in quite this form, but cf. Macarius Chrysocephalus 8.71 (on lentil soup).
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β
367
Βολίτου δίκην
case of a cow-pat
… by the cow-pats" (cf. beta 366) occurs. See also Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.58. [1] This explanation is noteworthy in pointing to the severity of Solon's, rather than Draco's, laws; contrast e.g. Plutarch, Solon 17.
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β
446
Βοῦν ἐν γνάθοις φέρει
he is carrying an ox in his jaws
Mantissa
Proverbiorum
1.36; cf. beta 460 (an ox on one's tongue).
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β
460
Βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώττης
an ox on the tongue
Likewise in Hesychius, Zenobius 2.70, and elsewhere. This
proverb
is used by, amongst others, Theognis, verse 815, and Aeschylus, Agamemnon 36 (text at web address 1). Only the first of the explanations given has …
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γ
184
Γέρανοι λίθους καταπεπωκυῖαι
she-cranes which have swallowed stones
… address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there; Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.70 and other collections. [2] Quoted from alpha 2498 (or else from epsilon 3022). For cranes see also gamma 181, gamma 183.
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γ
193
Γεραίρειν
to revere
… this imperative ge/raire occurs (web address 2). [3] cf. Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.69 and other collections.
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γ
230
Γῇ θάλατταν συναναμίγνυσιν
they mix up the sea with the earth
Comica Adespota fr. 569 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.74.
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γ
434
Γραφή τε καὶ Λευκαῖος οὐ ταὐτόν
a painting and Leukaios (are) not the same thing
… Adespota fr. 279 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf. Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.83. (Entry out of alphabetical order.)
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γ
461
Γρῦ
grunt, ugh
… papyrus of the C2 CE (Youtie 96.2). [4] See Appendix
Proverbiorum
4.91, Apostolius 17.3 (cf. 5.64), and fully at tau 730.
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γ
474
Γύης
plough-tree
… which the share was fitted" (LSJ s.v.). [2] cf. Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.84. See also epsilon 163.
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γ
502
Γυνὴ εἰς Ἡρακλέους οὐ φοιτᾷ
a woman does not go into Heracles' house
[1] Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.88. [2] cf. alpha 301, alpha 1272. [3] Two Greek forms of this are given: gunh\ strathgei= and gunh\ strathgei=tai; but see next note. [4] cf. Apostolius 5.76, etc. (where however …
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γ
508
Γύργαθος
creel, wicker-cage
… the Ambrosian Lexicon. See also under mu 219. [1] Appendix
Proverbiorum
1.89. [2] The precise source of this addendum is unidentifiable, though in substance it corresponds to material in the medical writer Paul of …
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δ
86
Δασύπους
shaggy-foot, furry-foot
… and other paroemiographers. Compare generically pi 2875. For hares and
proverbs
see also delta 87.
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ε
695
Ἐκκυβεύειν
to gamble (everything) on dice
… common in Greek, of gambling all on battle, see the
proverbs
"Let the die be cast (or, rather, tossed)" (alpha 2310, epsilon 3013, kappa 2591, kappa 2602) and "Triple six or just three dice" …
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ε
1379
Ἓν κηρίον
a single honeycomb
Appendix
Proverbiorum
2.62. For honeycombs see also mu 503.
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ε
1426
Ἐν πίθῳ τὴν κεραμίαν μανθάνειν
to learn the potter's craft on a wine-jar
This
proverb
-- of those running before they can walk -- appears in e.g. Plato (Laches 187B, with scholion; Gorgias 514E); cf. also Zenobius 3.65 and other paroemiographers.
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ε
1684
Ἐξέχειν τὸν ἥλιον
the sun to shine out
… Pollux 9.123, Hesychius epsilon3821. [1] Not, however, in the standard
proverb-collections.
[2] Aristophanes fr. 389 Kock (404 K.-A.). [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 771-2 (with 'will be'): web address 1.
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ε
1740
Ἐξηπάτησεν ἡ χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελον
the stake deceived the vine
Aristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. Appendix
Proverbiorum
2.71. See also eta 672, chi 97. [1] Here the manuscripts read sw=|zon "that which saves," but Kuster emends to sw|zo/menon "that which …
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