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α3227Ἁπλήγιοςsingle-garmentedWith rough breathing, [meaning] simple. And Eupolis in Cities [writes]: "he is not a busybody but single-garmented." Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a(plhgi/s, a garment of moderate size. In Anagyros Aristophanes [writes]: …Matched in translationhighshort
α1785Ἀμφορεαφόρουςamphora-bearers, amphora-carriers… a tasting-cup, and then hire yourself out as an amphora-bearer." Eupolis in Catamite [writes]: "and we go about and [he is] carrying a tribe [as] amphora." An amphoreus, then, [is a] vessel, measure, jar. …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2684Ἀντιμάχου καταπυγοσύνης ἀναπλήσειhe will fill [you] with the buggery of Antimachos… known as Psekados. And a fourth, a banker, of whom Eupolis makes mention in Demoi. A fifth [is] a historiographer.

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Ἁπλήγιος

single-garmented

With rough breathing, [meaning] simple. And Eupolis in Cities [writes]: "he is not a busybody but single-garmented." Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a(plhgi/s, a garment of moderate size. In Anagyros…

Ἁπλήγιος· δασέως, ἁπλοῦς. καὶ Εὔπολις Πόλεσιν· οὔτ' ἂρ πολυπράγμων ἐστὶν ἀλλ' ἁπλήγιος. καὶ Ἁπληγίς, ἱματίδιον σύμμετρον. Ἀναγύρῳ Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐκ δὲ τῆς ἐμῆς χλανίδος τρεῖς…

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α3468Ἀποπάτημαturd, shit[Meaning] the same thing [as] dung. Eupolis in Golden Race [writes]: "for what is that man? A turd [and] a fox." Cratinus in Runaway Slaves [writes]: "and when I found Kerkyon shitting on the …Matched in translationhighmedium

β144Βασιλεὺς μέγαςGreat King… a tyrant, and [others do the same with] Dionysios; and Eupolis calls Peisistratos a king. And kings [are also called] tyrants.Matched in translationhighmedium

β178ΒάταλοςBatalos, Batalus… beta 177. Harpokration, under this entry, cites the comic poet Eupolis for 'batalos' as 'anus'. For "Argas" see under alpha 3760, and for further reference to Demosthenes' nicknames see delta 454.Matched in noteshighshort

β374Βομβοῦσινthey bumble… 241; and see generally Kassel-Austin, PCG V p. 395, on Eupolis fr. 179.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1423Δούλων πόλιςslaves' cityLikewise in Photius; and cf. already Hesychius delta2258, citing Eupolis (fr. 197 Kock, now 212 Kassel-Austin). [1] Bernhardy felt that "a proverb" (paroimi/a) was out of place here, and suggested emending to paroiki/a ("a …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε951Ἐμβόλιμοςsupposititious… epsilon327. [2] One of a pair of verses ascribed to Eupolis, from his play Demes (fr. 103 Kock, 116 Edmonds, 112 Kassel-Austin), by scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 1001. Information from the same scholia can …Matched in noteshighshort

χ164Χαίρεινgreetings… Athens from Pylos in 424 BCE (chi 162), originates in Eupolis fr. 308 Kock (now 331 K.-A.), but there was disagreement amongst the Aristophanic scholiasts whether to accept this.Matched in noteshighshort