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Δείμωμεν
let 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 …
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625
Διαλέγουσαν
enlarging, 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 …
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3149
Ἐσκήνησαν
they 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
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goes on to deny explicitly that …
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1161
Διόμεια
Diomeia
… 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 …
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3438
Ἀπὸ μηχανῆς
from a machine
cf. 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, …
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492
Βωμός
altar; 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 …
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1554
Δρύφακτοι
railings
[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 …
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285
Ἀγνώνειος
Hagnoneian, 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 …
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2648
Ἀντήρεις
answering, 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.
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3797
Ἀργυρόπεζα
silver-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 …
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4225
Ἄστεα
towns
[1] From the
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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 …
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4352
Ἀτημελία
neglect
… probably (despite the masculine glossing) Aeschylus, Agamemnon 891; see the
scholia
there (with h)melhme/nas).
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139
Αἴθουσα
corridor, 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.
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256
Βηλός
threshold
… 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 …
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257
Βῆμα
platform, podium, rostrum
… 3.207. [2] Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 677-8, preceded by comment from the
scholia
there.
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430
Βουλευτικός
for 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 …
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534
Βρέτας
likeness
… not poi, is the preferred reading), with comment from the
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there.
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544
Βριμήσαιο
you 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.
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572
Διακεκναισμένη
worn-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] …
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1101
Δικλίς
double-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.
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77
Ἐγκατελέγησαν λίθοι
stones 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; …
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1946
Ἐπάλξεις
battlements
… 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. …
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1993
Ἔπαυλις
encampment
… 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 …
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2355
Ἐπικάρσιον
angled, 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 …
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3051
Ἑρμῶν Ἑρμοὶ
of 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 …
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46
Χαλκίοικος
Bronze-House, of the Bronze House; Chalkioikos
From the
scholia
to Thucydides 1.128.2, where the headword occurs (and recurs at 1.134.1 & 4). See also e.g. Euripides, Helen 228 & 245; Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1299; Lycurgus 1.128, Polybius 4.22.8 and 4.35.2. Pausanias …
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49
Χαλκοβατές
bronze-floored
… 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 King Alcinous (e.g. Odyssey 13.4: web address 5).
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275
Χηλαί
breakwaters
The gloss is taken from the
scholia
to Thucydides 1.63.1 (where a form of the headword appears: web address 1 below). For the zoological sense of the headword see chi 276.
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410
Χορός
chorus, orchestra
… 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.)
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