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1499
Δραματουργήσας
having staged a drama, having fabricated
The headword,
aorist
active
participle, masculine singular nominative, of the verb dramatourge/w is treated in
a
recognizably related fashion in Synagoge delta359
and
Photius, Lexicon delta744. However,
as
glosses both lexica have participles from …
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κ
988
Κατεσκελετευμένα
having been reduced to a skeleton
… references in Photius kappa355 Theodoridis) for the corresponding present participle,
added
by the Suda below. If kateskeleuteume/na is correctly transmitted, it might be quoted from its only other extant occurrence: Theodoret, Historia religiosa 6.9. …
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α
1000
Ἀκροβυστία
uncircumcision, having a foreskin
LSJ recognise three related
applications
of this headword: to the foreskin itself (in e.g. Genesis 17.11 LXX,
Acts
11.3), to the condition of
having
one (in e.g. Romans 2.25),
and,
collectively, to the uncircumcised …
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α
4177
Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ
a wineskin in a frost
… on it (PG 80, 1848bc). [2] 1 Corinthians 9.27. [3]
Aristophanes,
Acharnians
1000-2 (web
address
1). What follows here derives from scholiastic comment on the line. [4] The Khoes, the second day of the …
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α
2896
Ἀπανθήσαντα
having faded, having withered
… extracted from the quotation given, is neuter plural of this
aorist
passive participle; cf.
alpha
3169. [1]
A
compressed
(and
initially garbled) version of
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 1113-1121, the last of these lines being the …
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α
3169
Ἀπηνθηκώς
having finished blooming, having lost one's bloom
… is the masculine nominative singular of this perfect participle (from
a)panqe/w;
cf.
alpha
2896). The quotation includes its masculine genitive plural. Neither is otherwise
attested.
Adler
attributes
the quotation to the Lives of the …
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κ
1076
Κατισχημένος
having been held, having been occupied
Same entry,
according
to
Adler,
in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle of kati/sxw, masculine nominative singular. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Eusebius or Cyril of
Alexandria,
both of …
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α
1166
Ἀλείψας
having oiled
The headword,
aorist
active
participle (masculine nominative singular) of
a)lei/fw,
is evidently quoted from somewhere. cf. generally
alpha
1165. [1] Thus far the entry (minus the syntactical comment) = Photius, Lexicon
alpha914
Theodoridis. [2] …
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γ
23
Γαλλαίῳ
with a Gallian
The headword, dative singular of
a
putative
adjective
*gallai=os, is evidently drawn from the quotation that follows. The only other
attestation
of
any
form of the word comes in
a
poem by Gregory of …
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κ
1870
Κνηστιῶντες τὰς ἀκοάς
wanting to scratch their hearing, having itchy ears
The verb knhstia/w is
a
variant of the desiderative knhsia/w (cf. kappa 1868), "I want to scratch". The metaphorical use given here,
as
"having
itchy ears", must come
(as
Adler's
note implies) from Julian, …
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α
1249
Ἁλισθείσης
having been mustered
cf. generally
alpha
1248;
also
eta 247, sigma 1432, sigma 1557. The present headword -- similarly glossed in Hesychius
(alpha3043);
evidently quoted from somewhere -- is
an
aorist
passive participle in the feminine genitive …
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χ
376
Χοϊκός
mud, made of mud
The headword
appears
in I Corinthians 15:47-48 (web
address
1 below)
as
a
rough equivalent of the Hebrew
"Adam"
(alpha
425) -- from
adama,
"earth" -- in
a
typological passage on Christ
as
Second …
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ε
79
Ἐγκαταζεύξας
having yoked in together
… further below) is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles,
Ajax
736 (the messenger to the chorus: web
address
1), with the glossing of the scholia there. The word picked out for comment is …
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κ
539
Καταδύς
having submerged (himself)
[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is
an
intransitive
aorist
participle of katadu/nw, masculine nominative singular; cf. kappa 538, kappa 540. [2] Bernhardy
attributed
this quotation to Eunapius; cf. omicron 63 …
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α
3413
Ἀπολωλώς
having perished
Perfect participles of this verb (for which cf.
alpha
3410, omicron 188, omicron 189), indistinguishable in pronunciation by the Suda's time. That they
are
extracted from the same source is not
a
necessary
assumption;
…
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ε
1443
Ἐνστερνισάμενος
having embraced
Same entry
already
in Hesychius (epsilon3306)
and
elsewhere. The headword is
aorist
middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)nsterni/zw or e)nsterni/zomai (which derives from ste/rnon (sternum) "breast, chest"; cf. sigma 1053; see …
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η
67
Ἡγνικότες
having washed off
An
entry taken from the Lexicon
Ambrosianum
(Ambrosianus
B12 sup. 51
and
Laurentianus 59,16 fol.187r). The headword is the perfect
active
participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb
a(gni/zw
--
a
verb frequently used …
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α
425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
… lines out of 117 in the printed edition -- is
a
tour de force of polemic by
an
unidentifiable scholar quite outside the type of neutral reticence which characterises most of the contributors to …
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ε
1451
Ἐντεθηλόντων
having flourished in
The headword
as
transmitted
appears
to be the perfect
active
participle, masculine/neuter genitive plural, of
a
compound verb e)nqa/llw,
attested
only in lexicography. (It is glossed with the equivalent form of the present participle …
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κ
2011
Κομῶσα
having long hair, flourishing
For
a
figurative sense of koma/w, see
also
kappa 1980, kappa 1995. [1] The headword is present participle, feminine nominative singular; same or similar glossing in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (Theodoridis on …
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κ
1708
Κλαύδιος
Klaudios, Claudius
… Roman emperor. He lived from 10 BCE to 54 CE
and
reigned, following his nephew Gaius Caesar (gamma 11, gamma 12), from 40 to 54. His
adopted
son Nero (nu 254) succeeded him. See …
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ε
3038
Ἑρμῆς ὁ Τρισμέγιστος
Hermes the Trismegistos
… Chronographia 26.10-27.14 Dindorf, now Chronographia II.4 Thurn(19-20); cf. Jeffreys et
al.(12-13);
cf. Cyril of
Alexandria,
Contra Julianum 1.46,
and
Chronicon Paschale 85.8-86.9. On Hermes Trismegistus, see
also
tau 1007,
alphaiota
77, pi 1500, kappa …
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δ
1187
Διοπετές
heaven-sent
… other lexica. The headword -- neuter nominative/accusative singular of this
adjective
-- is possibly extracted from the quotation
appended
here (George the Monk, Chronicon 2.585.23-586.16), though the other lexica do not have it,
and
…
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ε
2500
Ἐπίορκον ἀνώμοσεν
swore a false oath
The headword phrase occurs in Homer, Iliad 10.332 (web
address
1), except that Homer has e)pw/mosen ('swore to') instead of the otherwise unattested
a)nw/mosen
found here;
a)pw/mosen,
which would normally mean 'swore off' or …
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α
2693
Ἀντίοχος
Antiochus, Antiochos
[1]
Antiochus
III ("the Great"), c.242-187. See generally OCD(4) p.105. [2] Polybius 15.37;
abridged
at
mu 356. [3] This long central paragraph of the entry consists of excerpts from the Chronicon of George the …
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α
2517
Ἀνθομολογησόμεθα
we will make a covenant
… Theodoret (PG 80, 1509ab). [2] From Polybius 29.17.1; more fully
at
phi 34. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4]
A
version of Diogenes Laertius 2.40, which purports to quote the beginning of the indictment brought
against
…
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γ
493
Γυμνῷ φυλακὴν ἐπιτάττεις
you are assigning guard-duty to a naked man
[1] Hesychius gamma1004
assigns
the phrase to the comic poet Pherecrates (fr. 144 Kock, now 154 K.-A.) in the first instance; cf. Zenobius 2.98. [2] Quotation unidentifiable; found
also
in
a
syntactical lexicon. [3] …
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κ
109
Καθιλατρεύομαι
I worship, I am a worshipper of
This middle-voice verb
appears
only here
and
its meaning is uncertain. If it is not the result of textual error, it seems to be
a
compound of the prefix kata-
and
a
verb i(latreu/w …
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δ
1352
Δομετιανός
Domitian, Domitianus, Dometianos
… 81-96; OCD(4) 472-3; De Imperatoribus Romanis entry by John Donahue
at
web
address
1;
and
already
delta 1351. [1] George the Monk, Chronicon 2.444.1-11. [2] cf. Philostratus, Life of
Apollonius
of Tyana 8.8, where …
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ε
3963
Ἐφωδήγει Ἐποδήγει
was acting as a guide
Entry lacking,
Adler
reports, in mss FV
and
a
marginal
addition
in
A.
[1] Third person singular, imperfect, of e)fodhge/w --
attested
only here -- from e)pi\
and
o(dhge/w, from o(do/s "road"
and
a)/gw
…
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