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δ65Δάπεδονfloor[1] Likewise in other lexica. [2] Homer, Iliad 4.1-2 (web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1747Κλεῖε πηκτὰ δωμάτωνclose the barriers of the house… For a different sense of phkto/s, see pi 1503. [1] Homer, Iliad 9.475 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
α3464Ἀπὸ ξυστοῦfrom a spearHomer does not use the phrase a)po\ custou=. But this is surely an error for the phrase ou)dou= a)po\ cestou=, "from a polished threshold", which occurs twice in the Odyssey (18.33 and 22.72); cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2473Κρόσσαςsteps… (always found in the plural: see LSJ s.v.) kro/ssai. From Homer: see next note. Same or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa1110 Theodoridis, and next note. [2] Ultimately from …Matched in noteshighshort
ε77Ἐγκατελέγησαν λίθοιstones were laid in… walls of Athens in 479 BCE; cf. delta 625. [2] Homer Odyssey 18.359. For the verb in this sense, "picking out stones for building walls", see LSJ s.v. le/gw A.1.Matched in noteshighshort
χ410Χορόςchorus, orchestra[1] Homer, Iliad 18.590 (Hephaestus decorates a shield for Achilles), and scholia on this verse. [2] Scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 589. (Not proverbial, despite this billing.)Matched in noteshighshort
κ2334Κραταίπεδονhard-packedAn adjective which occurs (with the noun "floor") in Homer, Odyssey 23.46 (web address 1). cf. e.g. Hesychius kappa3992.Matched in noteshighshort
β256Βηλόςthreshold[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.591, where the headword occurs. [2] Likewise in other lexica. An example of this sense …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2819Ἐπ' οὐδόνon the threshold… entry in other lexica. The headword phrase is common from Homer (Iliad 6.375) onwards.Matched in noteshighshort
κ379ΚάρηναheadsThe headword, neuter plural, is well-attested with this meaning in Homer (e.g. Iliad 2.117, the scholia to which provide the present gloss).Matched in noteshighshort
α2181Ἀνδρόκμητοςwrought by men's hands… The headword adjective is used to describe a tomb in Homer, Iliad 11.371 (dative case).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1813Κλίσιαoutbuildngs, shedsNeuter plural(s). The Homeric (Odyssey 24.208) headword is taken to refer to shepherds' huts: "and all about it ran the sheds in which ate, and sat, and slept the servants that were bondsmen". The …Matched in noteshighshort
αι139Αἴθουσαcorridor, loggia, portico, verandah… it thus conveys the idea of a part of the (Homeric) house designed to catch the sun and so be illuminated. Adler cites the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.243, where ai)qou/sh|si occurs (see web …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1101Δικλίςdouble-folding[1] Similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.455, where dikli/das occurs (web address 1). [2] Greek Anthology 5.256.1 (Paul the Silentiary), on the poet's …Matched in noteshighshort
α2833Ἄξονεςaxones, axles… regard the two terms as interchangeable. [3] So in e.g. Homer, Iliad 5.838.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1172Ἐνδιάειresides… alpha 2999, kappa 1428, and lambda 635. [2] So e.g. Homer, Iliad 11.726, Odyssey 4.450; and cf. generally epsilon 1180. The adjective e)/ndios means "under the bright sky," hence "at noon" or "in the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3749Εὐστέφανονwell-crowned… from somewhere, perhaps from Hesiod, Shield 80 (of Thebes; cf. Homer, Iliad 19.99).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2309Ἐπίδρομονable to be overrun… in the Lexica Segueriana (229.11), and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 6.434, where the neuter singular headword is applied to a wall which can be scaled (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1112Κατωμαδόνfrom the shoulders, on the shoulders… with the noun.] Same glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 15.352 (where the headword adverb occurs: web address 1). [2] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews …Matched in noteshighshort
ε214Ἐδείματοhe built for himself… delta 323, delta 328, epsilon 215). From a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 6.9, where it occurs (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2355Ἐπικάρσιονangled, crosswise… the same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and see also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 9.70, where the feminine nominative plural occurs (web address 1). [2] From a gloss …Matched in noteshighshort
α2178Ἀνδρόδομοςmen's apartment… See also Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1573.29 (commenting on Homer, Odyssey 7.122).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3714Εὐρυάγυιαwith wide avenues… similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. the scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.12 (where the headword occurs in the accusative: see web address 1). The same gloss has already appeared at epsilon 3702.Matched in noteshighshort
ε332Ἐθρίγκωσενfenced… active, third person singular, of the verb qrigko/w, quoted from Homer, Odyssey 14.10 (where it is used of Eumaeus' pig-pen: web address 1). cf. theta 497 for the cognate noun qrigko/s, the coping, eaves, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1047Κατήλιφαroof-beam, ladder, upper storey… designation of a part in the house, see e.g also Homer, Odyssey 19.37 (with scholion), 20.354; Quintus Smyrnaeus 13.451. For its use in the context of ships, see e.g. Homer, Odyssey 2.424 (with scholion), …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3702Εὐρυόδειαwith wide roads… already in Hesychius (epsilon7145), and cf. also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 16.635, where the feminine headword -- a single-word adjective in the Greek -- occurs in the genitive (web address 1). The entry …Matched in noteshighshort
μ666Μεσόδμηtie-beam, supporting beam… meso/dmai as meso/stula "middle columns". The word occurs in e.g. Homer, Odyssey 19.37.Matched in noteshighshort
χ49Χαλκοβατέςbronze-floored… is usually connected with the house of Zeus: see esp. Homer, Iliad 1.426 (web address 2, with the scholia there) and 14.173 (web address 3), Odyssey 8.321 (web address 4); alternatively, with that of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1805Κλιμακόεσσανstepped, having stepscf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.729, where the headword (an adjective in the feminine accusative singular) is a variant reading for klwmako/essan "rocky" as an epithet of Ithome (web address 1). This variant occurs …Matched in noteshighshort
δ328Δείμωμενlet us build… entry in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 7.337, where the headword occurs -- but NB: it should be spelled dei/momen (a short-vowel aorist subjunctive). Additionally, the Suda would have …Matched in noteshighshort

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