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- κ1538Κηροφορεῖνto carry candles… related noun khrofo/ros occurs in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum).
- κ2331Κράσπεδονfringe, skirtcf. Etymologicum Magnum 534.55; perhaps (as Adler notes) from comment on Matthew 9.20, where the woman with a flow of blood touches the hem of Jesus' garment (web address 1). See also kappa 2330 …
- η30Ἤγαλλενused to honour… eta248, used also by Photius, Lexicon eta14 Theodoridis, and Etymologicum Magnum 418.5. The headword verb is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Even though we cannot consider this entry a derivation from the Lexicon …
- ε3707Εὐρώςdankness… de se ipso had used the word); and cf. Etymologicum Magnum 397.52. Probably all derive ultimately from commentary to Plato, Timaeus 84B, where the genitive eu)rw=tos occurs. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 236.3 Pfeiffer.
- α4248Ἀστράβηmule, mule's saddle… Synagoge (codex B alpha2268, and Photius (Lexicon alpha3017); cf. Etymologicum Magnum 158.50. [4] Glossed o)nhla/ths "donkey-driver" in Synagoge alpha1015 and Photius, Lexicon alpha3016. Cf. omicron 368. [5] A continuation of the material referred to, …
- κ728Καταπροήσεταιwill abandon… also kappa 729. [1] For the glossing cf. generally Etymologicum Magnum 495.37. The present headword itself must be quoted from somewhere (other than the quotation given here) -- very probably Damascius: see under omega …
- ι251ἸθύφαλλοιIthyphalloi, erect-phalluses… on the individuals but on their costumes -- cf. Etymologicum Magnum 470.9, and ps.-Nonnus, Scholia Mythologica 4.38.18-20 (on Gregory of Nazianzus, PG 36.1005A). [1] phi 60.
- ε3771Εὐτραπελίαwitticism… Photius, Lexicon epsilon2355; cf. Hesychius epsilon7246, Etymologicum Gudianum 566.13, Etymologicum Magnum 399.29, all stemming ultimately from commentary to Ephesians 5:4, where the headword is employed in a pejorative sense. See epsilon 3772 for the …
- ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selected… 2437, and at Etymologicum Gudianum 358.2ff. De Stefani and Etymologicum Magnum 269.9ff.; cf. also Etymologicum Magnum 569.22, Anecdota Oxoniensia 1.113.22. The form e)/klektos occurs as a proper name in Cassius Dio and Herodian; as …
- κ1245Κεκλίαταιthey have leaned[1] More fully glossed in the Etymologicum Magnum, this primary headword kekli/atai is an epic perfect middle/passive which occurs twice in Homer (Iliad 16.68, Odyssey 4.608). [2] This first person singular of the perfect …
- γ271Γίνεταιcomes to pass… (the headword) and gei/netai. [1] Choeroboscus, Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.188.26, Etymologicum Magnum 232.24; cf. gamma 214, gamma 215. [2] cf. pi 2535 and omicroniota 71, where these are, more exactly, three forms of God's providence.
- δ1588Δυσαλθέςhard to cure… neuter nominative/accusative singular, as in (e.g.) Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum, but here without the definite article to/. Identical entry also in Timaeus Sophista, Platonic Lexicon s.v., probably from a scholion to [Plato], Axiochus …
- μ129Μάνναmanna… on Exodus 29.30 (PG 80.257c, 260a), and see also Etymologicum Magnum 574.90.
- κ281Καμηλαύκιονcap, hood, kamelavkioncf. Etymologicum Magnum 487.49, where the second vowel is epsilon and the garment is equated with the kausia (kappa 1139). The word is used for a cap worn by court officials, and for the …
- κ2151Κόσυμβοςknot of hair, hairnet… gloves, like this gloss, in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum --- and they add that "some call this a kosu/mbh".
- χ156Χαίρεινlet him say goodbye to talking rubbishThis entry = Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 808.2, 3; and cf. already the foreshortened Hesychius chi20. The headword phrase was not identified by Adler but is identifiable via the TLG as a quotation from …
- κ1876Κνῖσαsavor, steam… in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler; see also Etymologicum Magnum 522.26. [3] Dative plural of the neuter noun kni=sos, with same glossing in other lexica (see the references at Photius kappa829 Theodoridis); evidently …
- αι255Αἰώνaion, eon, age, marrow… five meanings are found in the Etymologicum Genuinum, also Etymologicum Magnum 41.15. They are as follows: (i) the life of a man, as at Homer, Iliad 5.685. (ii) a period of one thousand years. …
- μ184Μάργηςmad, furious… modelled after ma/rgos. Outside a possible instance in the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ma/rgos, attributed to Tyrranion, it is not otherwise attested (and Tyrannion's fr.55 Haas, from Eustathius, speaks only of ma/rgos). [1] Same glossing …
- κ122Καθοσίωσιςtreason; holiness… below. [2] cf. Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica 5.14. "Maximus" here is Magnus Maximus or Maximianus, who usurped control over the Western Roman Empire and on whom Quintus Aurelius Symmachus delivered a panegyric. [3] John of …
- δ1116Δικτυωτήlatticed… the feminine noun qu/ra ('door') expressed or not; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 513.5. Many instances of the word are Biblical; Latte in his edition of Hesychius suggests Judges 5.28 LXX, where the headword appears, although …
- χ323Χθέςyesterday… s.v. xqe/s (web address 1 below). Cf. Hesychius, and Etymologicum Magnum 405.22. [2] A false etymology; compare Sanskrit hyás, Latin heri. [3] This refers to the order of the first two words of Plato's …
- κ1573Κιβδηλίαadulteration, dishonesty… scholia on Gregory of Nazianzus, Against Julian PG 36.1212d; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ki/bdhlon). See discussion in Figueira (1998:161-163). Chios was allied with Athens, and the anecdote is hard to situate, but Figuera finds it …
- α4469Αὐτήshe, it… alpha 2078, kappa 2761; also alpha 2079. [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 173.7. [2] Psalm 117.24 LXX. [3] Luke 9.22. [4] George the Monk, Chronicon 1.312.9-22. The earliest annual Christian feast was March 25, thought …
- γ443ΓράφωI write… Suda follows a source that is also followed in Etymologicum Magnum 240.31, Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.354.22, Lexicon Vindobonense 8.22. For what follows cf. Lexicon Syntacticum Gudianum p. 589. [6] Quotation not identified by Adler but …
- α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… frequently, it has the sense "brood over." [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 4.44. These are principal parts of the verb bu/w, which means "to stuff," followed by buso/s, which does not exist according to LSJ. …
- ε3864Ἐφέσια γράμματαEphesian letters… and Photius, Lexicon epsilon2403 (cf. 2405). See also, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 402.23 (Kallierges), the paroemiographer Apostolius (11.29), and Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey vol. 2.201 lines 43ff. The entry is primarily in reported speech, …