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η
160
Ἡ κάμηλος ψωριῶσα πολλῶν ὄνων ἀνατίθεται φορτία
(even) a mangy she-camel takes up the load of many donkeys
Adler cites this from
Synesius,
Letter 113 (254b), where in fact it is presented as already proverbial (see the translation of A. Fitzgerald at web address 1). The paroemiographers who include it do so, …
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ε
946
Ἔμβιον
life-giving
… of Antiphon (87 F15 D-K) is quoted and glossed. [2]
Synesius,
Letter 146 (282D Hercher). A. Fitzgerald translates: "... [your letter] bore some vital affection of the soul which it has instilled into me …
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ε
2768
Ἐπιχειλές
rim-full
… must be quoted from somewhere else. An extant possibility is
Synesius,
Dion 14.
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ει
178
Εἰργασμένος πλοῦτος
manufactured wealth
… in fact a TLG search reveals it to come from
Synesius,
Oratio de regno 28. See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.XCVI.
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347
Ἡμιπαίδευτος
half-educated, semi-educated
… The headword adjective is attested, in the accusative plural, in
Synesius'
Letter to Paeonius on the gift of an astrolabe. Not in LSJ but see Lampe s.v.
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ι
574
Ἵππον εἰς πεδίον ἄξεις
you will lead a horse into a plain
Synesius,
Letter 155 (293c Hercher), without the 'you will lead', and variations in the paroemiographers. See the translation of A. Fitzgerald at web address 1. For the general idea see already iota 527. [1] …
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κ
71
Καθηδυπαθῶ
I dissipate in pleasure, I squander, I waste
… not identified by Adler but perhaps [WEH] an echo of
Synesius?
See Oratio de regno 6 (kaqhdupaqei= th\n e)cousi/an); Aegyptii sive de providentia 1.13 (kaqhdupaqh/sein th\n e)cousi/an).
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χ
591
Χοίνικες
choinix, choenix
… The glossing phrase is taken from the quotation given. [2]
Synesius,
Dio 9 (PG.66.1137a). For Amous and Antonios see alpha 1632.
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