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442
Ἀδελφὸς παρείη
may a brother be at hand
cf.
Diogenianus
1.91 and other paroemiographers.
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493
Ἀδμήτου μέλος καὶ Ἁρμοδίου
Admetos' song and Harmodios'
cf.
Diogenianus
2.68 (and other paroemiographers), where it is clearer than it is here that no single song encompassing both these individuals is meant. "Skolia" were songs sung in turn by guests at a …
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517
Ἀδώνιδος κῆποι
Adonis' gardens
… Hesychius. [2] From the scholia to Plato, Phaedrus 276B; cf.
Diogenianus
1.14.
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1064
Ἄλλα μὲν ὁ Λεύκωνος ὄνος φέρει ἄλλα δὲ Λεύκων
some things Leukon's donkey carries (but) others Leukon
The proverb appears in this form in
Diogenianus
2.21, who explains it as applying to a mismatch between words and actions and adds an anecdote about an Athenian farmer of this name. (Other paroemiographers …
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1149
Ἄλευε
keep away from
… in ps.-Zonaras. [1] cf. generally alpha 1141, alpha 1148. [2]
Diogenianus
2.56 and other paroemiographers.
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1194
Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζε
shake acorns from another oak
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1]
Diogenianus
1.19. [2] Macarius 1.88.
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1314
Ἄλλο γλαὺξ ἄλλο κορώνη φθέγγεται
one thing the owl cries, another the crow
Diogenianus
2.16 and other paroemiographers.
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1343
Ἀλλότρια βάλλειν
to throw others' throws
cf.
Diogenianus
2.60.
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1392
Ἀλώπηξ τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει
a fox drives the ox
[1] So too in Photius, Lexicon alpha1089 Theodoridis, and cf.
Diogenianus
1.75; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1886. [2] A line of iambic verse, apparently oracular. (Adler cites Astrampsychus, ed. Opsopoeus in Oraculis metricis …
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1400
Ἄλλως ἀναλίσκεις ὕδωρ
you are using up water for nothing
[1] cf., more generally, alpha 1399.
Diogenianus
2.61. [2] That is, within a fixed time-limit measured by a waterclock (klepsydra). See in brief S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 130-2.
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1460
Ἅμα δίδου καὶ λάμβανε
give and take at the same time
Diogenianus
2.77a and other paroemiographers; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.476, citing precedents and parallels.
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1486
Ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν ἕλκει
a wagon is dragging the ox
Very similar entry in Photius (glossed as 'a proverb'); cf.
Diogenianus
3.30. A Greek version of "putting the cart before the horse" or "the tail is wagging the dog." Tosi (cited under alpha 378) …
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1683
Ἀμύξεις
you will scratch, you will tear
… scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.243, where the headword occurs. [2]
Diogenianus
6.69; cf. mu 865. [3] Greek Anthology 7.218.11 (Antipater of Sidon), epitaph for the famous Corinthian courtesan Lais; cf. Gow and Page (vol. …
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2156
Ἀνδραποδώδεις
slavish
… [2] Meaning in practice crudely close-cropped; cf. alpha 2157. [3]
Diogenianus
1.73. [4] Imperfectly quoted from Plato, Alcibiades 1.120B (web address 1 below).
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2260
Ἀνέμου παιδίον
wind's child
In
Diogenianus
(1.47) and other paroemiographers; also casually mentioned -- apparently as proverbial -- in Libanius, Letters 1196.2.
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2804
Ἀξία ἡ κύων τοῦ βρώματος
the bitch is worthy of her food
cf.
Diogenianus
2.78 and other paroemiographers.
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2863
Ἄπαγε μόθων' ἀπὸ κώπης
keep a impudent man away from an oar
cf.
Diogenianus
3.27 and other paroemiographers.
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2933
Ἅπας ἐχῖνος τραχύς
every hedgehog [is] prickly
In
Diogenianus
and other paroemiographers.
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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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3600
Ἀποτίσεις χοῖρε γίγαρτα
you, pig, will give back grape-pips
Diogenianus
3.32 and other paroemiographers.
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3756
Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύειν
painful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless
… of a gnomic couplet of Theognis; registered as proverbial by
Diogenianus
(2.90) and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.471, where a)rgale/on occurs. [3] Lejeune (below) 151 accepts this etymology, as …
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3788
Ἀργυρέα
silver (one)
… responses (Berkeley & Los Angeles 1978) 338 Q215. [4] cf.
Diogenianus
2.81. [5] Quoted from chi 470.
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3798
Ἀργύρου κρῆναι λαλοῦσιν
springs of silver prattle
cf.
Diogenianus
2.93 and other paroemiographers.
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3954
Ἄρκου παρούσης τὰ ἴχνη ζητεῖς
a she-bear is here and you're looking for the tracks
Also in
Diogenianus
2.70, but with the more orthodox spelling of bear (a)/rktou; cf. alpha 3958, alpha 3961) and a crisper gloss: "in reference to cowardly hunters". See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) …
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4076
Ἀρχαιότερα τῆς διφθέρας λέγεις
you talk more old-fashioned than the hide
Comica Adespota fr. 564 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf.
Diogenianus
3.2, Macarius 2.48. cf. zeta 39.
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4097
Ἀρχὴ ἥμισυ παντός
a beginning (is) half of the whole
cf.
Diogenianus
2.97 and other paroemiographers (and see already under alpha 4091) -- and ultimately from Hesiod, Works and Days 40: ple/on h(/misu panto/s "the half is more than the whole." Tosi [see under …
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4175
Ἀσκὸν δέρειν
to flay a wine-skin
… the headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below). Proverbial in
Diogenianus
and other paroemiographers. [1] This last sentence reappears at upsilon 548, q.v.
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4252
Ἀστραπή
lightning
… definition from Diogenes Laertius 7.153; cf. kappa 1377. [2] cf.
Diogenianus
3.7 and other paroemiographers.
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4306
Ἀτταγᾶς νουμηνίῳ
a partridge (joins) a woodcock
… of curlew." Note, however, the anthropomorphic explanation in the paroemiographer
Diogenianus
(re two collaborating thieves, A. of Thessaly and N. of Corinth).
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4513
Αὐτὸν οὐ τρέφων κύνας τρέφεις
you can't keep yourself [yet] you keep dogs
Diogenianus
3.17.
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