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κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… honest to make gains". The proverb is interpreted differently in Diogenianus 5.53 (Mazarin codex): "concerning the greedy, who pretend to fast; for the animal is insatiable" (on the gluttony of mullets, discussed in Aristotle, …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1671Κισσηροειδέςpumice-like, pumice-stone-like… entry -- albeit in the single sigma version -- is Diogenes of Apollonia as quoted by Stobaeus and Aetius: the moon as a fiery pumice-like mass.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2133Κόρχοροςblue pimpernel… name for a)nagalli\s h( kuanh=, Anagallis caerulea. [2] Zenobius 4.57, Diogenianus 5.36a (repeated in Apostolius 9.100); scholia on Aristophanes, Wasps 239a, 239b (web address 1); scholia on Nicander, Theriaca 626a; often in the variant …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
κ2277Κωνοειδέςconical, cone-shaped… is common in mathematical and medical authors; see also e.g. Diogenes Laertius 7.157 (Chrysippus' finding of the visual cone); and kappa 1520. For strobilos -- a term with a cluster of meanings including spinning-top, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ371Μεγαλόφρωνgreat-minded, high-minded… the glossing word, not the headword. [2] Stoic doctrine from Diogenes Laertius 7.93. [3] Someone characterised as great-spirited is explicitly supposed to be indifferent about riches in Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1124a, and there is …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1526Κηπαίαgarden [door]… of kh=pos in 9.13; garden doors are also mentioned in Diogenes Laertius 7.25. This reading is accepted by LSJ s.v. khpai=os II.Matched in noteshighshort
μ107Μαλθακόνgentle, soft, feeble, weak, luxuriant… mu 108). [2] The end of the epigram written by Diogenes Laertius (2.15 = Greek Anthology 7.95.3-4) on the philosopher Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (alpha 1981): despite the intervention of his friend Pericles (pi 1179, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2030Κόνδυλονknuckle… 123, and also in various paroemiographers: see e.g. Zenobius 1.92, Diogenianus 1.81, Apostolius 3.2; they interpret it as "applying to those who ask for something good, and get back something evil", with Apostolius connecting …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1389Κέρδος αἰσχύνης ἄμεινονadvantage is better than dishonour… to the corner". Fragment taken up by collectors of proverbs (Diogenianus 5.42, Zenobius 4.67, Macarius Chrysocephalus 5.13, Michael Apostolius 9.68). The proverb is vaguely connected to the passage from Sophocles discussed next. [1] An …Matched in noteshighshort
μ115Μᾶλλον μᾶλλονmore and more… Kock (31 K.-A.); Alexis fr. 181 Kock (186 K.-A.). [3] Diogenes Laertius 9.75, on Pyrrho, founder of the Skeptic school of philosophy (on which see web address 1); cf. omicron 802.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2166Κοτύληkotyle… This is a garbling of Aristotle fr. 1.7.63 Rose = Diogenes Laertius 9.53: what is so defined is the kaloume/nhn tu/lhn, "the so-called shoulder-pad". Protagoras' career is also mentioned in phi 610.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the ape… frequently commented on by lexicographers, grammarians and other paroemiographers, e.g.: Diogenianus, Hesychius, the Lexica Segueriana, Photius, Eustathius, Gregorius (Patriarch Gregory II), Michael Apostolius. The Suda's infinitive, here, was once regarded as an unattributable fragment …Matched in noteshighshort