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- α3996Ἄρωμαperfume, arable landSee already alpha 3989 on this material.
- κ2661Κυλίνηkyline, cyline… Ambrosian Lexicon (1853). The headword is otherwise unattested, and this material was regarded by Bernhardy as part of kappa 2660. For 'cabbage' see kappa 2318.
- α378Ἀγροίκου μὴ καταφρόνει ῥήτοροςdon't despise a rustic rhetor… now 947 K.-A.; Zenobius 1.15; Tosi (below) no.2104, with later material. For "rustic" cf. alpha 375, alpha 376, alpha 377, alpha 380.
- α1385Ἁλωνίαthreshing-floorSame material, according to Adler, in two entries of the Ambrosian Lexicon. [1] cf. under alpha 1373 and alpha 1375. [2] Used in Longus, Daphnis and Chloe 3.29.1.
- α1196Ἁλίπεδονsalt-flat… out of alphabetical order here. See also alpha 1240. Similar material in Etymologicum Magnum 64.45-47. See also alpha 1240.
- α1482ἈμάμυξιςamamyxisSimilar material in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 326 (psi 44). See again alpha 1846. [1] LSJ s.v. a(ma/macus (sic) defines it as a "vine trained on two poles". …
- α375ἈγροικίζωI am a boor… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [1] (cf. already alpha 369.) Same material in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 43. [2] From Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on …
- ε3254Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖνto sail last of the Mysians… is ascribed by Erbse to Pausanias the Atticist (epsilon58). Similar material -- especially similar in the account of Telephos -- appears in a scholium to Euripides, Rhesos 251, where Mysians are mentioned. The same …
- α1651Ἀμπέλειος βότρυς Ἀμπέλιοςbunch of grapes, cluster of grapesSame material, according to Adler, in several entries of the Ambrosian Lexicon. [1] As opposed to a)mpe/leios, the adjective in the unglossed headword phrase (which is unattested outside lexica and grammars). [2] That of …
- γ220ΓεῖσοςparapetSimilar material, variously, in other lexica. The twin primary headwords apply usually to the coping or cornice on a roof or wall that shelters the wall and those under it from rain or falling …
- α517Ἀδώνιδος κῆποιAdonis' gardens… Burkert, Greek Religion (Harvard UP) 177; OCD(4) p.12. [1] Similar material in Photius and Hesychius. [2] From the scholia to Plato, Phaedrus 276B; cf. Diogenianus 1.14.
- κ2780Κυρσάνιεwhippersnapper… Aristophanes, Lysistrata 983 (web address 1), and much of the material in the entry is found in the scholia thereto. Compare also Lysistrata 1247 (web address 2), with scholia; Photius, Lexicon kappa1236 and kappa1260 …
- α4536Αὐτόχθονεςfrom their own soil, autochthonous… (web address 1) and Apollodorus FGrH 244 F106). [2] Same material in other lexica.
- λ867Λύσιοι τελεταίdeliverance rites, deliverance rituals… this as one of his [FGrH 379] fragments; instead the material has been attributed to Aristophanes of Byzantium (Paroemiae fr.10 Nauck).
- ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-in… the second less so. It might suggest knowing/knowledgeable in sexual matters (compare the adulterous wife in Lysias 1.14) but more probably reflects a late meaning of the passive voice of this verb; see LSJ …
- α1002Ἀκροθίνιαspoils, akrothinia[1] Same or similar material in Photius and other lexica; and cf. the scholia to Euripides, Phoenissae 203, where the neuter plural headword occurs. [2] cf. Hesychius alpha2606. [3] Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists …
- α209Ἄγειν καὶ φέρεινto plunder and to pillage[1] Same or similar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha139 Theodoridis. For the idiom, see also alpha 293 and epsilon 427. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (192-195). For the …
- α732Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλίαAthenians' ill-counsel… 1 below), with scholion; cf. gamma 195. [4] This additional material, inappropriate here, comes from alpha 4536.
- κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, Crates… the present entry derives from Diogenes Laertius 6.85-88, with extra material from Philostratus and elsewhere. [1] See D.L. 6.88 (citing Demetrius of Magnesia). The point was not to punish the sons but to recognize …
- β233ΒελισάριοςBelisarius, Belisarios… the final sentence (on which see note below) the present material is taken nearly verbatim from Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars of Justinian 7.1.6-11 (web address 1). [1] Not in Procopius' account. …
- κ36Κάθαρμαoffscouring, residue… 730; and phi 104. [4] Aristophanes, Acharnians 687, followed by material from the scholia there; cf. Photius s.v. skanda/lhqra, and sigma 534. [5] i.e. skandalhqrista/s, acrobats or trapeze-artists. [6] i.e. a transposition of words …