παροιμία
paroimia
proverb, maxim, saw
Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
παροιμία, ἡ, A. proverb, maxim, saw, Ag. 264, Aj. 664, Th. 528, etc.; κατὰ τὴν π. as the saying goes, Smp. 222b; τὸ κατὰ τὴν π. λεγόμενον Sph. 261c ; καθάπερ ἡ π. 174.3 : in pl., of the Proverbs of Solomon, LX 2. figure, comparison, 10.6,al. 3. digression, incidental remark, 2.61, ,
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