# Suidae lexicon 1.4175-4176

Suda, Suidae lexicon, 1.4175 to 1.4176. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/suda/suidae-lexicon/1.4175

4175 Ἀϲκὸν δέρειν: ἐπὶ τῶν καθ᾿ ὑπερβολὴν ἐπαγγελλομένων πράττειν τι. τὸ δέρμα μου εἰϲ ἀϲκὸν ἐκδερματίζειν. ὑπὲρ τοῦ πιϲτευθῆναι αὐτὸν ἐμμένειν τοῖϲ ὑποκειμένοιϲ, προϲέθηκε πλέον ἢ ἐκεῖνοι ἐπέταξαν καὶ λέγει καταφρονεῖν ἐκδερομένου τοῦ δέρματοϲ. ὁ γὰρ τὰ μείζω ἐπαγγελλόμενοϲ ὑπομένειν εὐχερῶϲ ἂν τὰ ἥττονα ὑπενέγκοι. 4176 Ἀϲκὸν τίλλειν: ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνηνύτων καὶ μὴ ὄντων λέγεται ἡ παροιμία ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀττικῶν.

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Suda, Suidae lexicon, ed. Ada Adler. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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