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23 entries for Zenobius

  1. αι41Αἰγιαλῷ λαλεῖςyou are talking to a beach[1] Zenobius 1.38; cf. alpha 2263.Matched in noteshighshort
  2. δ648Διὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ πυρὸς ῥιπτεῖν χρήit is necessary to hurl through knives and fireAlready, with slightly different wording, at delta 514. Zenobius 3.19, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
  3. γ491Γυμνότερος Ἰαλέμουmore naked than a Ialemos[1] Zenobius 4.39, etc. For Ialemos, claimed by some to be a son of Kalliope (kappa 234), and another proverb involving him see iota 17. [2] Zenobius 2.95, etc.; cf. lambda 218, sigma 1694, …Matched in noteshighmedium
  4. αι386Αἱ Χάριτες γυμναίthe Graces (are) nakedZenobius 1.36; cf. chi 123 in which there are variants for the text here.Matched in noteshighshort
  5. γ432Γραῦς χορεύειan old woman is dancing[1] Zenobius 2.96. [2] Diogenianus 3.79.Matched in noteshighshort
  6. αι104Αἰεὶ φέρει τι Λιβύη κακόνalways Libya produces something badcf. Zenobius 2.51, Macarius 1.42.Matched in noteshighshort
  7. α1504Ἄμας ἀπῄτουν οἱ δ' ἀπηρνοῦντο σκάφαςthey were asking for shovels but the others were refusing them bowlsZenobius 1.83, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2101. See again alpha 1574.Matched in noteshighshort
  8. αι114Αἰθέρα νήνεμον ἐρέσσειςyou are rowing the windless aetherZenobius 1.39. For this type of proverb cf. (e.g.) alpha 1399, alpha 1400, alpha 2261, gamma 508, alphaiota 125, epsilon 384, epsilon 591, epsilon 3207, epsilon 3238, epsiloniota 326, epsiloniota 327, kappa 129, pi …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. γ126Γενναῖοςnoble… lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. [2] Also in Photius; cf. Zenobius 2.88 and other paroemiographers. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 48 Zintzen (24 Asmus).Matched in noteshighshort
  10. γ282Γλαὺξ ἵπταταιan owl is flying… of an owl. For the headword phrase as proverbial cf. Zenobius 2.89 and other paroemiographers. [2] The main product of the Laureion mines was actually silver (with silver, rather than gold, coinage resulting). See …Matched in noteshighmedium
  11. α422Ἄδακρυς πόλεμοςtearless war, war without tearsZenobius 1.28 and other paroemiographers. For the phrase in its literal military sense see Diodorus Siculus 15.72 (the priestess at Dodona foretells such a war for the Spartans against the Arkadians in 368 BCE); …Matched in noteshighshort
  12. αι332Αἰσώπειον αἷμαAesopic blood… the proverb -- in its second version here -- see Zenobius 1.47, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. α301Ἀγορὰ Κερκώπωνmarket of Kerkopes… Kerkopes" as meaning "knaves' market" see Diogenes Laertius 9.114; also Zenobius 1.5 and other paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
  14. αι45Αἰγιεῖς οὔτε τρεῖς οὔτε τέσσαρεςAigians (are) neither three nor fourcf. Zenobius 1.48 (with, geographically correctly, 'Aigians in Achaia' -- alphaiota 55) and other paroemiographers. [1] The priestess (and mouthpiece) of Apollo at Delphi: pi 3127. [2] cf. upsilon 108, where (as is more …Matched in noteshighshort
  15. α3946Ἀρκάδας μιμούμενοιimitating Arkadians, imitating Arcadians[1] Plato Comicus fr. 99 Kock, now 106 K.-A. [2] Zenobius 2.59 and other paroemiographers (in the singular).Matched in noteshighshort
  16. α946ἈκκώAkko, AccoZenobius 1.53 and other paroemiographers. [1] cf. alpha 878 (where in fact the principal idea is the pretence, rather than the reality, of stupidity etc.; see also LSJ s.v.). [2] cf. sigma 953. Since …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. γ493Γυμνῷ φυλακὴν ἐπιτάττειςyou are assigning guard-duty to a naked man… 144 Kock, now 154 K.-A.) in the first instance; cf. Zenobius 2.98. [2] Quotation unidentifiable; found also in a syntactical lexicon. [3] Quotation unidentified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as one of …Matched in noteshighshort
  18. α110Ἀγαθὴ καὶ μάζα μετ' ἄρτονafter bread a barley cake is good too… (= Parisinus 2625) and M (= Marcianus 448). [1] cf. Zenobius 1.12. [2] Yet in classical Attic, the final syllable is short, so the first syllable can have a circumflex: ma=za. See LSJ (web …Matched in noteshighshort
  19. α3459Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσώνhaving fallen from a donkey… address 1 below), with scholion; cf. lambda 467. See also Zenobius 2.57 and other paroemiographers; and tau 1158. [2] Plato, Laws 701C (web address 2). The manuscript tradition of this passage is actually divided …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. α4101Ἀρχὴ ΣκυρίαSkyrian empire, Scyrian empire… it see alphaiota 238, sigma 714. [2] Similarly explained in Zenobius 1.32 and other paroemiographers. [3] For Theseus and Lykomedes see e.g. Pausanias 1.17.6 and Plutarch, Theseus 35 (neither, however, mentioning L.'s wife). In …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. β587ΒύβλονByblian… what is the feminine noun implicit in "all"? [3] cf. Zenobius 2.73 (omitting 'big'). The proverb itself is an iambic trimeter.Matched in noteshighmedium
  22. ε4028Ἐχθρῶν ἄδωρα δῶρα κοὐκ ὀνήσιμαenemies' charities are uncharitable and not helpful… mu 1234, nu 441. For this as a proverb see Zenobius 4.4 and other paroemiographers; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2210. [2] Ascribed to the verse dream-book of Astrampsychos (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighmedium
  23. δ1164λέγεται καὶ ἵπποςDiomedeian compulsion… 'Diomedeian compulsion' see e.g. Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1029; Plato, Republic 493D; Zenobius 3.8. [By a slip, the SOL headword gives not this phrase but the opening of the gloss.] [1] (This initial gloss, Adler reports, …Matched in noteshighmedium

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