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ε256Ἑδωλιάσαιto furnish with seatsAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v., itself commenting on Lycurgus fr. 2 Conomis (from the speech in defence of his policies; see generally under lambda 825). Aorist infinitives; for the headword one see again at epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
α4511Αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύραςyou have hit the very threshold of the door… speaking truthfully; in effect, you have come to the truth itself.Matched in translationhighshort
ι573ἹππομένηςHippomenes… hunger, attacked the girl and ate her; and the horse itself later died. Subsequently the building was dug over and the spot named, from this [episode], horse's and girl's.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε248Ἕδοςhedos… Lexicon. The headword is perhaps extracted from Plato, Symposium 178B (itself quoting Hesiod, Theogony 117), though Timaeus' coverage is wider than his title suggests and there are many other possibilities. See also epsilon 222, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2676Κυμάτιαcymatia, moldings, volutes… the description of Noah's Ark (Exodus 25:11 of the Ark itself, 25:24 of its table). cf. generally under pi 915 (= tau 207).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3768Εὐτειχεῖ πάγῳon a well-walled hill; with a well-walled hill… address 2). But the source of the present headword phrase itself, in the dative case, is unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3025ἙρμάδιονHermadion… where upper-case 'Hermadion' is a diminutive of the name Hermes itself.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2069ΚορβανᾶςKorbanas… written Korbonas. [2] A careless transcription -- omitting the headword itself -- of Josephus, Jewish War 2.175-7 (web address 1). For this episode cf. pi 1595.Matched in noteshighshort
α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machine… bring on gods; not setting them out on the stage itself, but on high by means of some kind of machine. The spectators would see this machine beforehand, but at the appointed time he …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε3051Ἑρμῶν Ἑρμοὶof hermai, of hermae, of herms… whereas falsity is manifold and divided and extremely discordant with itself.Matched in translationhighmedium
β204Βδελυρόςdisgusting… Socrates), though not necessarily so; Timaeus' Lexicon does not confine itself to Plato. [2] Aelian fr. 160 Domingo-Forasté (163 Hercher). [3] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
μ647Μεσαύλιονof the (middle of the) courtyard… where the editor obelizes the first mesau/lion (i.e. the headword itself). The correct reading is preserved in the Lexica Segueriana: "me/ssaulon [Homer, Iliad 24.29, Odyssey 10.435; the Lex.Seg. has the Attic me/saulon], attested instead …Matched in noteshighshort
μ354Μεγακλέους κίοναςMegakles' pillars, Megacles' pillars… modern commentators alike miss the joke inherent in the phrase itself: Megakles' pillars rather than the familiar pillars, stelai, of Herakles (eta 464, and cf. under gamma 29, chi 136).Matched in noteshighshort
β153ΒασίλειοςBasileios, royal… change of subject the entry now draws on Harpokration s.v. (itself generated by ancient comment on Demosthenes 25.23). [3] In the Agora at Athens. [4] See epsilon 804. [5] Named after one of the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3795Εὐφημίαgood speech… epsilon 3796 as a proper name). The present entry concerns itself with the specialized religious connotation of "good speech" to mean "ritual silence"; cf. epsilon 3792. [1] Apparently a fragment of Iambic poetry. Ascribed …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4119Ἄρχων Ἄρχοντεςarchon (and) archons… idea that the archons could interrogate litigants during the hearing-in-chief itself; rather, they passively presided over the lawsuits that came before them. It is very tempting to agree with Pearson that the transmitted u(pokri/nousi …Matched in noteshighmedium
α470ἈδιαβηνήAdiabene… [1] The two Zab rivers as well as the Tigris itself. [2] nu 415. [3] For the same name applied to a different place see alpha 2849.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… in this instance, Harpok. has no entry for the deme itself; see rather epsilon 1179). For the present entry cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. and the Aristophanic scholia cited in the notes below. On …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1065ΜίλιονMilion, milestone… in gilded wood, which held the Tyche of the city, itself also gilded, in its right hand. He mandated that on the day when the anniversary of the city's founding was celebrated in the …Matched in noteshighmedium

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