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γ258Γῆς βάροςearth's weight… e)/ntera see LSJ s.v. e)/nteron, II; when used in this proverb it probably means worm-casts.Matched in noteshighshort
γ230Γῇ θάλατταν συναναμίγνυσινthey mix up the sea with the earthComica Adespota fr. 569 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Appendix Proverbiorum 1.74.Matched in noteshighshort
α1561Ἀμετρίlimitlessly… cf. Zenobius 5.19. For a fuller version of this oracular proverb, on the foundation of Thourioi, see mu 818; and for the full version Diodorus Siculus 12.10.5, with Fontenrose p.329, #Q186.Matched in noteshighshort
γ434Γραφή τε καὶ Λευκαῖος οὐ ταὐτόνa painting and Leukaios (are) not the same thing… Adespota fr. 279 Kock (but not in K.-A.); cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 1.83. (Entry out of alphabetical order.)Matched in noteshighshort
α4627ἈφθάςAphthas… for Hephaestus. See phi 477; also the version of the proverb, about to be quoted here, in Arsenius, Apophthegmata 4.54a. [2] Here the alpha is prothetic. See alpha 4224.Matched in noteshighshort
α3963ἍρμαHarma… Boiotia"), was a place where lightning-omens were watched for; the proverb from it (besides Strabo loc.cit. see Plutarch, Moralia 679C) thus meant seldom if ever.Matched in noteshighshort
δ86Δασύπουςshaggy-foot, furry-foot… and other paroemiographers. Compare generically pi 2875. For hares and proverbs see also delta 87.Matched in noteshighshort
α2521Ἄνθρακες ὁ θησαυρὸς ἦσανthe treasure was ashesSame entry in Photius. For this proverb see e.g. Lucian, Zeuxis 2, Philopseudes 32, Navigium 26. Its modern (if nowadays little-used) equivalent would be "apples of Sodom".Matched in noteshighshort
α1388Ἀλωπεκίζεινto play the fox… 1), where it is presented as an already-existing song or proverb. Zenobius (1.70) and other paroemiographers present both proverb and gloss more fully: "to play the fox to another fox: in reference to those …Matched in noteshighshort
γ474Γύηςplough-tree… which the share was fitted" (LSJ s.v.). [2] cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 1.84. See also epsilon 163.Matched in noteshighshort
α2570Ἄννος κρίβανονAnnos (and) the potter's oven… Acharnians 86, where an oven is mentioned. See also Appendix Proverbiorum 1.31 (where the name is Annas). Again at alpha 4052 and kappa 2414.Matched in noteshighshort
γ499Γυναικὸς ὄλεθροςa woman's ruination[1] cf. Apostolius 5.78 (where the proverb itself is couched in plurals). [2] Appendix Proverbiorum 1.87.Matched in noteshighshort
α1073Ἀλλ' ἅπαν γένοιτ' ἂν ἤδηbut now anything might happen… address 1 below), with scholion. For variants on this alleged proverb, attributed to the mid-C5 poetess Praxilla of Sikyon by the scholiast, see the drinking-song quoted by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.695D = 15.50 #20 Kaibel …Matched in noteshighshort
α3891Ἄρισταbest[1] The headword (probably extracted from the proverb given below, though common enough even if not) is neuter plural of this superlative adjective, used adverbially. [2] For this proverb see also e.g. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists …Matched in noteshighshort
χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies[1] cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 5.27 (etc.) [2] Julian, Epistles 82.106; cf. tau 368. (Thersites features in Homer, Iliad 2, as an ugly Greek soldier who speaks out against Agamemnon and is quickly silenced with …Matched in noteshighmedium
γ118Γέλοιοςlaughable… on grammarians' inconsistent interpretations. [1] Julian, Orations 3.111d-112a (and Appendix Proverbiorum 1.68); cf. mu 1444, phi 246 (end). [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 990; cf. alpha 1771, beta 468, and esp. (for …Matched in noteshighmedium
α2031Ἀναπολεῖrepeats… If Adler's choice amongst the mss variants is correct, this proverb (again at upsilon 55) does not contain the headword verb but, instead, the two-word phrase a)\n a)polh=|s "if you destroy". See however the …Matched in noteshighshort
γ508Γύργαθοςcreel, wicker-cage… the Ambrosian Lexicon. See also under mu 219. [1] Appendix Proverbiorum 1.89. [2] The precise source of this addendum is unidentifiable, though in substance it corresponds to material in the medical writer Paul of …Matched in noteshighshort
γ193Γεραίρεινto revere… this imperative ge/raire occurs (web address 2). [3] cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 1.69 and other collections.Matched in noteshighshort
α4091Ἀρχήauthority, rule… this material (also in ps.-Zonaras) is unidentifiable. [2] In the proverb arkhe is used in the sense of "beginning": "well begun is half done." See alpha 4097. [3] Marinus, Life of Proclus 34.Matched in noteshighshort
α1791Ἀμφῶεςtwo-eared… a)mfwti/des. The genitive plural a)mfwti/dwn is presumably extracted from the proverb quoted, though the Suda's glossing seems uncomprehending. [1] Again at mu 826. For ear-muffs, worn especially by boxers, see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… fr. 228. [6] Aristophanes, Frogs 614 (web address 4). Later proverbial: Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1685. [7] = Synagoge (Codex B) alpha1562; Photius, Lexicon alpha2181 Theodoridis. de Borries identifies this and the following …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3471Ἀπὸ πέντε ἅλλεσθαι πετρῶν εἰς κῦμαto leap from five rocks into a wavecf. Diogenianus 1.80, where however the proverb itself ends (improbably) "into a cudgel".Matched in noteshighshort
α2536Ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου δαιμόνιονman (is) man's divinity… delta 674 and tau 1234; and also in Photius. On proverbial uses (of this kind) of the Euripos straits, between Euboia (epsilon 3696) and Boiotia/Attica, see generally D. Whitehead, Hypereides: the forensic speeches (Oxford …Matched in noteshighshort
α1391Ἀλώπηξ οὐ δωροδοκεῖταιa fox does not take bribes… 1.71. (Note, however, that in Photius, Lexicon alpha1088 Theodoridis, both proverb and gloss have no negative.) [2] Cratinus fr. 128 Kock, now 135 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
α4043Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεταιfinally the mouse is tasting pitch… to the same general effect.) The earliest occurrence of this proverb is in [Demosthenes] 50.26; see also Theocritus, Idylls 14.51.Matched in noteshighshort
α749Ἄθως καλύπτει πλευρὰ Λημνίας βοόςAthos conceals the flank of a Lemnian cowA differently-worded version of this proverb was given by Sophocles, fr. 776 Pearson (= 709 Radt): *)/aqws skia/zei nw=ta *lhmni/as boo/s, "Athos shades the back of a Lemnian cow". LSJ (s.v. Athos; web address …Matched in noteshighshort
α518Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθονsinging of the span of life to a dill-plantThe phrase 'span of life' appears as, seemingly, proverbial in its own right in some of the paroemiographers (with a gloss like the one at sigma 942), but as a whole this proverb-like headword …Matched in noteshighshort
α4582Ἀφέντες τὴν ὑπέραν τὸν πόδα διώκουσινthey let go the brace and chase the sheet[1] A proverb using nautical terminology, as is made explicit in Harpokration s.v. (from which the present entry derives). [2] Hyperides fr. 181 Jensen (from the first of the two speeches For Chairephilos, on …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1421Ἐν παντὶ μύθῳ καὶ τὸ Δαιδάλου μύσοςin every myth (there is) also the defilement of Daedalus… 4.6 and other paroemiographers. (There is wordplay, mythos/mysos, in the proverb itself which gets lost in translation.) For Daedalus (Daidalos) cf. generally delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109, delta 110; for Pasiphae …Matched in noteshighmedium

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