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- α314Ἄγοςpollution, leaderThe opening material here is also in Photius and other lexica. [1] The second gloss here is a mistake (perhaps by confusion with the following entry, where the same word, a)gkw/n, is translated 'embrace'). …
- μ1248Μορίαιmoriai… printed e)kei/nhs o( ste/lexos. [5] Lysias 7.11 (Defense in the Matter of the Olive-Stump): web address 2. [6] Aristophanes, Clouds 1005 (web address 3), with scholion; cf. alpha 774.
- κ2721ΚυνόσαργεςKynosarges, Cynosarges… Journal of Hellenic Studies 94 (1974) 88-95. For the present material cf. the scholia to Demosthenes 24.114. [1] Thus the name as transmitted, but it should be Diomos; cf. generally delta 1161. [2] Presumably …
- ω183ὨριγένηςOrigen… This Gnosticism taught its adherents to free their souls from material constraints so as to seek a union with God through a spiritual ascent. See the Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Marcionites at web address …
- α332Ἀγώνιοςcompetitor[1] Same material, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] See already alpha 295.
- α795Ἀκαμπίαςbendless, unbendingSimilar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha709 and alpha710 Theodoridis. From the vocabulary of racing, whether equestrian or on foot. See LSJ s.v. [1] cf. kappa 292 for the opposite.
- α2699Ἀντίπαλονmatched in oppositionA wrestling term, in origin. [1] Same or similar material in other lexica. [2] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.3.52 (web address 1); in late autumn 539 CE, Armenian envoys urge the …
- α2475ἈνιππασίαAnippasia and Diippasia= Photius, Lexicon delta584. For the same material see again alpha 2758, delta 1043, delta 1235. In all four Suda entries, as already in Photius, the point is unfortunately spoiled by a mis-spelling of …
- κ2477Κρόταλοςrattle… (here nominative singular), see also kappa 2476. Some of the material here may be drawn from the same source (ancient commentary on Aristophanes, Clouds 260), where the headword appears in the accusative. [2] Greek …
- α742ἎθλονprizeSame material in other lexica (references at Photius alpha476 and alpha477 Theodoridis), and cf. also the scholia to Thucydides 1.6.5 (where the neuter plural occurs: web address 1).
- ε741ἙλλανοδίκαιHellanodikai… which ended the festival" (OCD(4) p.655). [1] Harpok. assigns this material to Aristotle (fr. 492 Rose). [2] FGrH 414 F2. (In Harpok. the phrase reads one "to" each tribe.)
- α4232Ἀστέρειοςof a star, star's… gloss is from the scholia there. [3] Same or similar material in other lexica. The phrase occurs in Euripides, Trojan Women 855; and cf. Electra 866 for 'sun's four-horser'. [4] Homer, Iliad 1.580 (of …
- ε3522Εὐθύςstraight… 3523, epsilon 3524, epsilon 3525. [1] Aristophanes, Clouds 1047, with material from the scholia there. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 987.
- δ431ΔημήτριοςDemetrios, Demetrius… nevertheless accepted by (e.g.) H.H.Schmitt (ed.), Staatsvertraege no.433. (The entry's material between these 2 sections on the treaty is unidentifiable.) [2] i.e. Peiraieus (Athens). Part of this sentence reappears at sigma 1799. [3] Demetrius …
- μ669Μέσονmean, middle term… Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 328.3-16. [4] Homer, Iliad 23.574, with material from the Aristonican scholia there. [5] Aristophanes, Acharnians 571, with comment from the scholia there. [6] (On the indefinite dyad see Aristotle, Physics …
- α327Ἀγώνcontest, training, arena… from the initial glossing (on which see next note), this material also occurs in Photius, Lexicon alpha316 Theodoridis. [1] The word used for 'competitions' here is the (accusative) plural of the headword itself. The …
- α2683ἈντίμαχοςAntimachus, Antimachos, Antimakhos… Acharnians 1150 (web address 1); the scholia there provide the material here. [2] Probably in the sense of Olympic victor.
- α1912Ἀνακωχεύειrefrains… [1] Sophocles, Electra 732 (web address 1), with scholion; similar material in Photius, Hesychius and elsewhere. [2] cf. alpha 2238. [3] This rather poetic expression paraphrases that of the Sophocles passage.
- β69Βαλβίς Βαλβῖδοςstarting-post; starting-post's… noun; cf. alpha 3247, alpha 4588. [1] Same or similar material in other lexica. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. [3] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v., commenting on this phrase in Antiphon the sophist (87 F69 …
- α1023Ἀκροχειρίζεσθαιto struggle at arms length… no-holds-barred combination of boxing and wrestling (pi 11). [2] Same material in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; also in the scholia to [Plato], Alcibiades 1 107E, from where the headword is evidently quoted. …
- γ486ΓυμνοπαιδείαGymnopaideia… as a wrestling-ground may be a misunderstanding of this added material: the Gymnopaidia(i) (neuter or feminine plural) are usually taken to be a festival of the Spartan city-state, cf. scholiast to Thucydides 5.82.2; also …
- α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues… [6] Used as prizes for victors in competition. [7] Same material in Photius (Lexicon alpha92 Theodoridis) and elsewhere; cf. Kassel-Austin, PCG II p.365 (on Antiphanes fr.102).
- ι368ἼνδακοςIndakos, IndacusAfter the opening gloss, this material is Priscus fr.60 Bornmann, now fr.79 Carolla. See also iota 370 (and epsilon 3827, epsilon 4014 and chi 200, which incorporate part of the present entry). On Indakos, …
- κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… Knights 399-400, but with a manifestly incorrect reading. The following material here corresponds for the most part to the scholia ad loc., but with the sentences often in a different order. [3] The text …
- λ824ΛυκοῦργοςLykourgos, Lycurgus… 823. Much of the present entry is a reworking of material in Xenophon, Lakedaimonion Politeia and Plutarch, Lykourgos; see also n.10 below. [1] cf. gamma 486. [2] diamasti/gwsis, also mentioned by Plutarch, Moralia [Spartan …