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- κ2550Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common propertyThey say that Pythagoras the philosopher persuaded those who associated with him as students to pool their property -- hence the proverb.
- χ529Χροῒ δῆλαclear in the skin… that Pherekydes the sage died after contracting lice; and when Pythagoras arrived and asked how he was, he pushed his finger through the doorway and said: "clear in the skin". And this led to …
- κ2549Κοινὰ τὰ τῶν φίλωνthe property of friends is common property… this [proverb] originated in Magna Graecia, in the period when Pythagoras persuaded those settling there to hold property undistributed [to private owners]. Menander uses the proverb in Brothers. "Not, of course, referring to goods …
- δ1617Δυσέξοιστονhard to carry out… both of the instances extant outside lexicography: Porphyry, Life of Pythagoras 48; Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian 1.25.
- λ756Λοιμεύεταιis pestilent… [1] Tentatively attributed by Adler to an ancient Life of Pythagoras. For 'bad mixture' cf. under nu 495. For the term katastasis see kappa 788 -- but for the sense of it used here, …
- κ2134ΚόσσαςKossas, Cossas… Casuentus, present-day Basento) which is said to have loudly addressed Pythagoras as he forded it (Aristotle fr. 191 Rose; Aelian, Varia Historia 2.26 and 4.17; etc.) Could "the words of Kos[s]as" refer to this? …