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cared less for free speech than a tortoise for flies. 5.9 Chiron's wound: that is, incurable. 5.10 Chthonic baths: those brought for the dead; for they used to bring baths to the tombs. 5.11 To decorate a pot: said of impossible things. 5.12 Of earthenware: that is, made of pottery, cheap. 5.13 Colophonian gold: the Colophonians worked the most beautiful gold. For they say that Colophonian gold differs greatly from other gold. 5.14 It is difficult to make a dog taste afterbirth. 5.15 Money makes the man; a poor man is never noble. 5.16 The boundaries of the Phrygians and the Mysians are separate. 5.17 Obvious on the skin: they say that Pherecydes the wise died from a lice infestation, and when Pythagoras asked about it, he showed him by holding out his finger. 5.18 To have sore eyes from pots and gourds: said of those with dim sight. 5.19 Smearing us with gold you do not know us: said of those who revile without cause.

BEGINNING OF PSI.

5.20t Psyra for Dionysus: Psyra is a humble and small island near

Chios, unable to produce wine. We use this proverb, therefore, for those reclining at a symposium who do not drink. It is also said of things signifying cheapness.

BEGINNING OF OMEGA.

5.21t With ears standing up: said of those who ready their ears to listen. 5.22

A mountain was in labor, then gave birth to a mouse: when someone expecting great things encounters small ones. 5.23 I wish to entertain like a hero on a shield: it is said of those who do good for their friends by their own deeds.

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παῤῥησίας ἔλαττον ἔμελεν ἢ χελώνῃ μυιῶν. 5.9 Χειρώνειον ἕλκος: ἤτοι ἀνήκεστον. 5.10 Χθόνια λουτρά: τὰ τοῖς νεκροῖς ἐπιφερόμενα· ἐκόμιζον γὰρ εἰς τάφους λουτρά. 5.11 Χύτραν ποικίλλειν: ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδυνάτων. 5.12 Χυτρεοῦς: ἤτοι ὀστράκινος, εὐτελής. 5.13 Χρυσὸς Κολοφώνιος: οἱ Κολοφώνιοι τὸν κάλλιστον χρυσὸν εἰργάσαντο. καὶ γὰρ πολύ φασι παραλλάττειν τοῦ ἄλλου τὸν Κολοφώνιον χρυσόν. 5.14 Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν. 5.15 Χρήματ' ἀνήρ· πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλός. 5.16 Χωρὶς τὰ Φρυγῶν καὶ Μυσῶν ὁρίσματα. 5.17 Χροῒ δῆλα: φασὶ Φερεκύδην τὸν σοφὸν φθειριάσαντα τελευτῆσαι, εἰπεῖν δὲ πρὸς Πυθαγόραν περὶ τούτου πυνθανόμενον, προβάλλοντα τὸν δάκτυλον. 5.18 Χύτραις λημᾶν καὶ κολοκύνταις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἀμβλυωπούντων. 5.19 Χρυσῷ καταπάττων ἡμᾶς οὐ γινώσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν εἰκῆ λοιδορουμένων.

ΑΡΧΗ ΤΟΥ Ψ.

5.20t Ψύρα τὸν ∆ιόνυσον: τὰ Ψύρα εὐτελὴς νῆσός ἐστι καὶ μικρὰ πλησίον

Χίου μὴ δυναμένη οἶνον ἐνεγκεῖν. λέγομεν οὖν τὴν παροιμίαν ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν συμποσίῳ ἀνακειμένων καὶ μὴ πινόντων. λέλεκται δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν εὐτέλειαν σημαινόντων.

ΑΡΧΗ ΤΟΥ Ω.

5.21t Ὠσὶν ἑστῶσιν: ἐπὶ τῶν πρὸς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι ὦτα εὐτρεπιζομένων. 5.22

Ὤδινεν ὄρος, εἶτα μῦν ἀπέτεκεν: ὅταν ἐλπίσας τις μεγάλα μικροῖς ἐντύχῃ. 5.23 Ὣς ἥρως ἐν ἀσπίδι ξενίσαι βούλομαι: λέγεται ἐπὶ τῶν τοὺς φίλους τοῖς ἑαυτῶν ἔργοις εὐεργετούντων.