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2290
Κῷος πρὸς Χῖον
Coös against Chios, Coan against Chian
… wrong; it represents a misunderstanding or miscopying of the normal
proverb
as given by e.g. Hesychius kappa4861. The dice-throw Coös (the six of astragaloi or knucklebones; cf. alpha 4250) beats the throw Chios (the …
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2482
Κρότωνος ὑγιέστερος
sounder than a tick; sounder than Croton
For the two different interpretations of this
proverb
see upsilon 28, upsilon 29. This lemma (with upsilon 29) gives the more probable. Its first full sentence is taken from Photius, Lexicon kappa1114 Theodoridis, but …
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842
Ἀκεσίας ἰάσατο
Akesias healed
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This
proverb
(for which cf. Zenobius 1.52 and other paroemiographers) comes from the fourth book of the lost Prose Works of Aristophanes, the comic playwright (fr. 903 Kock, now 934 Kassel-Austin), "Akesias healed the …
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286
Ἤμβροτεν
missed (the mark or goal)
… succeeding or hitting the mark through its use in two
proverbs.
Eustathius describes them as follows. " 'You missed and did not hit' (h)/mbrotes oud’ e)/tuxes, Iliad 5.287) is
proverbial
for those who fail …
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1303
Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷ
there is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him
… This judgment is shared by many modern sophisticated societies. This
proverb
also occurs in Eustathius's note to Odyssey 4.511 and in several of the late paroemiographers (e.g. Gregorius 1.25).
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695
Ἐκκυβεύειν
to gamble (everything) on dice
… common in Greek, of gambling all on battle, see the
proverbs
"Let the die be cast (or, rather, tossed)" (alpha 2310, epsilon 3013, kappa 2591, kappa 2602) and "Triple six or just three dice" …
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1029
Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοι
dithyramb-directors
… gay man (lambda 264, lambda 278, pi 3225, cf. the
proverb
for homosexual acts, ta\ *kinhsi/ou dra=| 'he does the acts of Cinesias': Michael Apostolius,
Proverbs
15.89) and lampooned for his gruesome appearance, covered …
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2807
Ἐποποῖ
epopoi (in hoopoe-ese)
… 'a wailing, curlew-like koo-ree.' This is probably the Greek charadrios
(proverbial
for its gluttony at Plato, Gorgias 494B). Pisetaerus congratulates Tereus at line 266 on his imitation of this bird. We should take this …
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ε
2239
Ἐπιβολή
plan, project
… as a compliment to his patron, Scipio Aemilianus. [3] This
proverb
is the second line of an elegiac couplet, listed as of unknown authorship in Iambi et Elegi, ed. M.L. West, vol.2 (2nd. edn., …
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ε
3141
Ἐσθλά
[things] good [of their kind]
… L. Bachmann 1.237.5 and Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.435.30. [1] For this
proverb
(from an unknown elegiac epigram similar to those in the collection ascribed to Theognis) see epsilon 2239, note 2. [2] Polybius 15.16.6, here …
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δ
1031
Διθυράμβων νοῦν ἔχεις ἐλάττονα
you have less sense than dithyrambs.
… in the paroemiographers, is transmitted to us (and expressly called
proverbial)
by the scholiasts to Aristophanes, Birds 1393, such as Tzetzes (Commentarii ad Aves 1392, ed. Koster). The reference is to the parody of …
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457
Γρῖφος
riddle, conundrum
… witticism from allegory, accepting enigma, paroemia (the misapplication of a
proverb
to a situation in order to undercut the statement) and irony (Rhetorica I p.181 Sudhaus; cf. R.R. Dyer, Journal of Roman Studies 80, …
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849
Διαψεύδονται
they are cheated, they are deceived, they are disappointed
… the Suda and Constantine makes for a better maxim or
proverb,
because of its paradox, and fits better with the following context. The text in the mss, however, applies only to the immedite result …
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1504
Δραπέτης κλῆρος
runaway lot
… points out that the "runaway lot" was probably a traditional,
proverbial
trick. [1] Cratinus wrote a comedy of this name (frs. 53-68 PCG vol.4, p.147ff.), probably about the women of Sybaris. The present addendum …
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1294
Ἔνη
the day after tomorrow; the old
… Cf. delta 1205. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 410 (later
proverbial).
On the form of the headword see epsilon 1325. At line 770 Hesiod uses it in its other sense for the end of …
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ε
1325
Ἔνηφι
on the day after tomorrow
… and Days 410, in a gnomic utterance which later became
proverbial:
"not to put off to tomorrow and the day after" (see under epsilon 1294, and cf. epsilon 1295). It is preceded by a …
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ε
3006
Ἐρριπτασμένον
tossed about, prostrated again and again
… kappa 2601). [3] This phrase seems to depend on the
proverb
from Sophocles, "For only the dice of a god fall well" (see references in [2]). It was for this reason that the dice …
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ε
3013
Ἐρρίφθω κύβος
let the die have been cast
… addition in A.) This is the imperative form of the
proverb
'the die has been cast' (see alpha 2310, epsilon 695, kappa 2591; cf. kappa 2601, kappa 2602 and notes 5-7), and is used …
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3344
Ἔτυχον
hit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced
… from a(marta/nw, it is used in a phrase that became
proverbial
for failure, h)/mbrotes ou)d’ e)/tuxes, "you missed and did not hit", i.e. despite your preparations (Iliad 5.287; see eta 286, and cf. the …
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3442
Εὐερμία
good fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes
… [2] See delta 1621, and Photius, Lexicon delta812. [3] This
proverb
(kappa 2560 with a different explanation, Hesychius kappa3263; cf. Simplicius, Comm. in Epictetum 132.40; Proclus, On Plato's Alcibiades 105.2), sometimes translated "share the …
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3674
Εὐράξ
on the blind side; on the open side
… side! Ram!' (epsilon 2807 note 10), appears to reflect a
proverb
or command on seeing an enemy exposed to attack on the blind side or broadside. In context it counts as sexual harassment, and …
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ε
3781
Εὐτυχεῖ
succeeds
… the particle toi in its usage 'mark you', "with a
proverb
or general reflection [...] to point the applicability of a universal truth to the special matter in hand" (J.D. Denniston, The Greek Particles, …
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635
Ἢ τρὶς ἓξ ἢ τρεῖς κύβοι
either triple six or three aces
This
proverb
also occurs at omicroniota 106, tau 934, tau 1005, tau 1006. For ku/bos as the ace or one spot on ancient dice see kappa 2602 and omicroniota 106. It is uncertain in …
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1010
Κατεύθυνεν
was making straight, was directing
… and the hearts on the straight path, as here) at
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15.8 and Ecclesiasticus/Sirach 29.18 LXX. The only instance where it might seem synonymous with e)pitugxa/nw (epsilon 2738, epsilon 2674, cf. tau 1147, epsilon …
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