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- μ50Μακαρία τῶν βίωνblessedness of [people's] livesand [o] blessed man for [your] habits.
- α2252Ἀνέλπιστον βίονhope-free life, hopeless lifeAttic [writers] have said that [a hope-free life is] finest, [one] in which they are not excited into hopes; rather, the good things are already there.
- α4438Αὐλητοῦ βίον ζῇςyou are living a piper's life[sc. A proverbial saying] in reference to those living from means not their own; insofar as pipers live for free by watching out for those who are sacrificing.
- κ112Καθιππάζεσθαιto trample underfoot[Meaning] to harry, to dispute, to contend with. "Bion the sophist was a complicated man, one who had given much ammunition to those wishing to trample philosophy underfoot".
- β512Βραβεῖονvictory-rewardFor the unglossed headword, see already under beta 510. For the differentiation between brabei=on and bre/bion ('list'; cognate with the Latin brevis), see again beta 528.
- η354ἩμιτύμβιονhemitumbionA variant spelling of h(mitu/bion (eta 353). Concerning the gloss here, LSJ say, "probably this form is due to the copyists, who wished to find a meaning in the word."
- β300Βιῶναιto be alive[Meaning] to live.
- β301Βιώνηςlife-buyer, living-buyer[Meaning] he whose purchases are for public use.
- α47Ἄβιοςfull-livedAntiphon has a)/bion for one who has acquired a good living. Similarly Homer has a)/culon for "full of timber."
- κ534ΚαταδολεσχῶI weary by chattering… rare verb occurs with the genitive in a fragment of Bion quoted by Plutarch: pw=s ou)=n su\ pe/nhs w)\n fluarei=s tosau=ta kai\ katadolesxei=s h(mw=n; "How then do you, poor as you are, talk so …
- β91Βαμβαίνειchatters… this onomatopoeic verb. It is presumably extracted from somewhere (perhaps Bion of Smyrna fr. 9 Gow, quoted by Stobaeus), though for the glossing cf. Hesychius s.v. bambai/nwn (from Homer, Iliad 10.375; cf. the scholia …
- δ1191Διοπτεύσωνintending to spy upon= Synagoge delta312, Photius delta647; cf. Hesychius delta1902. From commentary to Homer, Iliad 10.451 (cf. scholia to that passage), where Diomedes [Author, Myth] addresses Dolon with the words "(we will release you... yet you …
- β302Βιῶνταιthey would press hard[Meaning] they will enter in with force. "Since their enemies' plot was evident to the Carthaginians -- that they would press hard through the collapsed part of the wall -- they made ready for …
- λ174Λαιάleft [hand]Same or similar entry elsewhere; see the references at Photius lambda27 Theodoridis. The headword adjective is cognate with Latin laevus. See LSJ s.v.: "in Hesychius we have lai/ba, i.e. lai/va, = a)spi/s, because borne …
- α249Ἀγκώνelbow… is] a proverbial expression: wiping one's nose with the elbow. Bion the philosopher said: "my father was a freed slave, wiping his nose with his elbow;" it indicated clearly the saltfish-importer. See another proverbial …