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κ150Κακίαvice, evil… belong to ignorance or, rather, they are ignorance) see Plato, Meno 77B-78B; Gorgias 460B-D, 488A; Protagoras 352C, 355A-358A, 360D, and the Diogenes Laertius and Stobaeus passages quoted above. [3] alpha 3830. [4] From commentary …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2324Κράνειοςdog-wood[1] cf. kappa 2322. [2] Near Corinth: Diogenes Laertius 6.77, etc. [3] cf. kappa 2323. [4] i.e. cranium, skull. For Kranion as Calvary/Golgotha (gamma 366) see Luke 23:33 (to\n to/pon to\n kalou/menon *krani/on), Matthew …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2303Κωτίληbabbling, chattering, prattlingThe headword is feminine, and glossed accordingly. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps a fragment of Anacreon, where it is applied to a swallow. (The glossing in other lexica fits better with …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1375Δοξούμενοι(they) credited with being, (they) having the characterIn ms M only, Adler reports. The unglossed headword is apparently the present participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb doco/omai (found only in the passive in classical writers: see LSJ s.v. at web …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1607Δυσδιόρθωτοςhard to be set rightSimilarly, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1142). The same entry is to be found in Hesychius delta2550, but with different glossing: dusxerw=s diwrqou/menos, mh\ diwrqou/menos. While the headword has its origin during …Matched in noteshighshort
α2200Ἀναίμονεςbloodless [ones]… 116:996b. [5] The reference is to the author of the Menologion of Basil II, Symeon Metaphrastes, often identified as Symeon Logothete. The entry for Daniel's festival on Dec. 11 [PG 117:201] refers, however, to …Matched in noteshighshort
γ74Γαυνάκας ἀμπεχόμενονcloaked in mantlesAlso in Photius, Lexicon gamma41. Adler suggests a comic fragment: see now Comica adespota fr. 495 K.-A. The participle is used in this way in the Christian writer Germanus, Narratio de haeresibus et synodis …Matched in noteshighshort
μ317Μαιευόμενοιdelivering, serving as a midwife (?)The headword as transmitted is present participle, masculine nominative plural, of maieu/omai (cf. mu 315 etc.), here used figuratively. As such it would be quoted from somewhere, and the only extant instance outside lexicography …Matched in noteshighshort
λ567Λινοπλῆγοςnet-shyAdjective used, in literal applications, of animals or fish, but also open to metaphors. The headword is its genitive singular; see further, next note. [1] Likewise in other lexica: see the references at Photius …Matched in noteshighshort
β183Βαττολογίαbattology, empty repetitionLikewise in other lexica. For the related verb see Matthew 6.7 (the Sermon on the Mount): "and in praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they …Matched in noteshighshort
κ647ΚαταμέμφομαιI blame[1] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as a phrase from Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations 16 (PG 35.961.7-8); read o)ri/ois "limits" for the Suda's o(/rois "decrees". [2] Eumenes, king of …Matched in noteshighshort
μ467Μελεάγριαmeleagria… See also mu 443 (Cyril?). Alternatively, in the TLG, see Menologii Imperiales Hagiogr., Fragmentum vitae deperditae sancti Euthymii 38.4; St. Euthymius' diet of wild foods is mentioned also at mu 117. [2] Or melagria …Matched in noteshighshort
ε735Ἐλάκησεburst asunder[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword is aorist indicative active of laka/w, third person singular. It must be quoted from somewhere -- almost certainly (given the amount of patristic comment on …Matched in noteshighshort
ει179Εἴργεσθαιto be hindered, to be stoppedFor this verb, cf. epsiloniota 180, epsiloniota 200, epsiloniota 217. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword infinitive is presumably quoted from somewhere. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler, but a TLG …Matched in noteshighshort
ε70<20Ἐγκαλινδεῖσθαι σωματικοῖς παθήμασιto wallow in bodily affectionsA marginal gloss mising from mss TFV and misplaced in ms G. Adler tentatively ascribes it to Symeon Metaphrastes. (But see below.) The verb e)gkalindei=sqai, literally meaning to roll around in, occurs occasionally in …Matched in noteshighshort
δ94ΔαυίδDavidSource (after the opening gloss): George the Monk, Chronicon 1.176.10-13, 178.4-11, 179.5-25. Some repetition at omicron 974, and cf. sigma 1035. For David see also delta 95, delta 96. [1] Judaism, as in the …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1126Διμοιρίτηςdouble-pay soldier, half-file commander[1] See LSJ entry at web address 1. The explanation "half-file commander" offered by the military glossary of ms. Coislin. 347 (whose entries have been picked up from Aelian the Tactician, C2 AD) has …Matched in noteshighshort
ε134Ἐγκύκλιοςcyclical, periodicFor this adjective cf. epsilon 133. [1] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 7.8.2, says that the Avars (*)/abaroi) called their leaders Khagans or Khans (*xaga/noi: see chi 2, chi 3). [2] The use of e)gku/klion plou=ton …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1230Διῳκίσατοdispersed, scatteredFor this verb see also delta 1231; LSJ entry at web address 1. [1] See e.g. Isocrates 5.45 d. ta\s po/leis, "breaking cities up into villages"; Demosthenes 19.81 diwkisme/noi kata\ kw/mas, "dispersed into villages"; …Matched in noteshighshort
η465ἩράκλειοςHerakleios, Heraclius[1] 'Emperor' translates basileus, the usual equivalent (in the Suda and elsewhere) of the Latin imperator; but in any case Heraclius was the first Byzantine ruler to use basileus as his official title rather …Matched in noteshighmedium