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Jennifer Benedict6
Catharine Roth5
David Whitehead5
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Antonella Ippolito2

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ε3215Ἑστιᾶνto feast… similar glosses: epsilon6391, epsilon6394, epsilon6396, epsilon6399, epsilon6400. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 1354, where ei(stiw/meq' occurs. [3] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 942 (web address 1), with comments from the scholia. The form of the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ328Δείμωμενlet us build… 323. Similar 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
δ625Διαλέγουσανenlarging, picking open… the vagina as secondary meaning. Besides the hint in the scholia ad loc. (kakemfa/tws, "used in a vulgar way") see J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 141 #155, and 168-9 #295 on …

ε3215

Ἑστιᾶν

to feast

[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to feed. Also [sc. attested is] 'to be feasted', [meaning] to be fed, to be entertained. But they used not to say 'by someone'. But the [active verb] I feast is construed with a…

Ἑστιᾶν· αἰτιατικῇ. τρέφειν. καὶ Ἑστιᾶσθαι, τρέφεσθαι, εὐωχεῖσθαι. οὐχὶ δὲ τὸ παρά τινι ἔλεγον. δοτικῇ δὲ συντάσσεται τὸ ἑστιῶ. Ἀριστοφάνης· τοῖς κόραξιν ἑστιῶν.

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ε3149Ἐσκήνησανthey tented… in tents: Anabasis 4.2.22 (web address 1)). [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 69 (web address 2), where the e- or a-contract form e)skhnhme/noi appears. The scholiast goes on to deny explicitly that …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… present entry cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. and the Aristophanic scholia cited in the notes below. On Diomeia see generally J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica (1975) 39; D. Whitehead, The Demes of …Matched in noteshighshort

α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machinecf. Diogenianus 2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the scholia to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …Matched in noteshighmedium

β492Βωμόςaltar; podium… for the wording of the present passage cf. rather [Nonnus], Scholia mythologica 4.28 (PG 36, 1001b). [3] Aristophanes, Peace 942 (web address 1 below), followed by comment from the scholia there. Again at theta …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1554Δρύφακτοιrailings[1] cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 386: an anapaestic trimeter where Philocleon is giving instruction in a solemn form to be buried under the dru/faktoi, that is the wooden railings used in a …Matched in noteshighshort

ι275Ἰκρίαbenches, planks… Theodoridis. For the nautical part of this gloss cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.163, where the headword (neuter plural) occurs (web address 1). [2] For theatrical i)kri/a cf. alphaiota 35 and 357, pi …Matched in noteshighmedium

α285ἈγνώνειοςHagnoneian, Hagnonian… Athenian founder Hagnon, father of Theramenes (theta 342, etc.). The scholiast to the passage glosses the adjective, there in the neuter plural, as "those of (H)agnon". Here it is nominative singular; but even so …Matched in noteshighshort

α2648Ἀντήρειςanswering, set-over-against… Sophocles, Electra 89-90 (web address 1), with material from the scholia there; cf. pi 1673, phi 88. [2] See LSJ s.v. a)nthri/s (sic), II.Matched in noteshighshort

α3797Ἀργυρόπεζαsilver-footed… are Aphrodite and Artemis. [2] This sentence is from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.538 (web address 2), where the epithet is applied to Thetis; cf. pi 909. [3] The source now becomes Harpokration …Matched in noteshighshort

α4225Ἄστεαtowns[1] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.3, where the headword (neuter plural) occurs. [2] Attested only here and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; grammatically obscure. [3] The phrase is otherwise unattested …Matched in noteshighshort

α4352Ἀτημελίαneglect… probably (despite the masculine glossing) Aeschylus, Agamemnon 891; see the scholia there (with h)melhme/nas).Matched in noteshighshort

αι139Αἴθουσαcorridor, loggia, portico, verandah… catch the sun and so be illuminated. Adler cites the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.243, where ai)qou/sh|si occurs (see web address 1), and Hesychius s.v. ai)qou/sh|, quoted from Iliad 9.472.Matched in noteshighshort

β256Βηλόςthreshold… 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 occurs in the late epic …Matched in noteshighshort

β257Βῆμαplatform, podium, rostrum… 3.207. [2] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 677-8, preceded by comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

β430Βουλευτικόςfor the council, of the council, for the boule, of the boule… is Greek words with the root boul-. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 794, where the headword occurs (web address 1). The information is correct, at least as far as the council is …Matched in noteshighshort

β534Βρέταςlikeness… not poi, is the preferred reading), with comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

β544Βριμήσαιοyou were to roar, you might roar… Knights 855-857 (web address 1), followed by comment from the scholia there. 'You' is the personified Athenian people. [3] 'Him' is Kleon (kappa 1731); 'they' are his supporters.Matched in noteshighshort

δ572Διακεκναισμένηworn-away… the verb diaknai/w. The glossing is also paralleled in the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 120, where the corresponding masculine participle occurs (see below); this feminine one, nevertheless, must be quoted from somewhere else. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1101Δικλίςdouble-folding… 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 troubled love life.Matched in noteshighshort

ε77Ἐγκατελέγησαν λίθοιstones were laid in[1] From the scholia to Thucydides 1.93.2, where the phrase li/qoi ei)rgasme/noi e)gkatele/ghsan ("prepared stones were laid in") occurs in the description of the Themistoclean rebuilding of the walls of Athens in 479 BCE; …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1946Ἐπάλξειςbattlements… this first part of the entry perhaps derives from the scholia vetera to dative plural e)pa/lcesin in Iliad 22.3 (e)pa/lceis ga\r oi( tw=n teixw=n lego/menoi promaxw=nes). The word also occurs frequently in prose, e.g. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1993Ἔπαυλιςencampment… Hesychius epsilon4260, Lexica Segueriana 226.27, Etymologicum Magnum 353.57, and the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.800. See also epsilon 1991. [2] Polybios fr. 145 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (145) that Casaubon attributed this fragment to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2355Ἐπικάρσιονangled, crosswise… 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 on Herodotus 7.36.1, where he does …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3051Ἑρμῶν Ἑρμοὶof hermai, of hermae, of herms… event the bulk of the present entry draws on the scholia to Thuc. 6.27.1. See also epsilon 3047. [1] Rectangular marble herms with bearded portrait of Hermes and genital attributes were also erected along …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3640Εὐπάρυφαfinely-bordered… Lexicon epsilon2281; cf. Hesychius epsilon7060, epsilon7061, epsilon7062, Photius epsilon2282, and scholia on Lucian (155.3 and 275.7 Rabe). The headword is perhaps quoted from the Septuagint (Ezekiel 23.12); if so, it is used adverbially. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3714Εὐρυάγυιαwith wide avenues… Same or 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3792Εὐφήμειspeak well… a third-person imperative. [3] = Synagoge epsilon1009; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2361; scholia to Plato, Gorgias 469A and Meno 91C.Matched in noteshighshort

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