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η611Ἡσύχιος ΜιλήσιοςHesychius of Miletus, Hesychios of Miletos… century CE. Not to be confused with his earlier namesake Hesychius of Alexandria, the lexicographer (on whom see OCD(4) s.v.; H. the biographer has no entry there). [1] The mother's name was emended to …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι12ἸάκωβοςIacobos, Jacob… On Iacobos, see PLRE II s.v. Iacobus(3). On his father Hesychius, see PLRE II s.v. Hesychius(8). [1] The qualifier is intended to distinguish this Drepanon from several others throughout the Mediterranean. But "Argos [Myth, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail

η611

Ἡσύχιος Μιλήσιος

Hesychius of Miletus, Hesychios of Miletos

Son of Hesychius the lawyer and of Philosophia. Lived during the reign of the emperor Anastasius. He wrote A biographical dictionary or Index of notable literary figures, of which this book [i.e. the Suda itself] is an…

Ἡσύχιος Μιλήσιος, υἱὸς Ἡσυχίου δικηγόρου καὶ Φιλοσοφίας, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ Ἀναστασίου βασιλέως. ἔγραψεν Ὀνοματολόγον ἢ Πίνακα τῶν ἐν παιδείᾳ ὀνομαστῶν, οὗ ἐπιτομή ἐστι τοῦτο τὸ βιβλίον·…

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Amelia Mathias1

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James Vradelis1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

… but draxmh\ xalazw=sa in two earlier versions, Zenobius 3.27 and Hesychius delta2351: see further on this discrepancy below -- has been claimed as a fragment of Attic comedy (Adespota 314 Kock, now 950 K.-A.). …

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β14Βάγιονbagion= Cyril, Photius beta14, Hesychius beta25, [Zonaras] 375.9. The headword is unattested elsewhere. It is glossed as neuter nominative/accusative singular (rather than masculine accusative). The word may derive from a root that shows up …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… an orthographic variant (an accepted form in later Greek; see Hesychius delta1918 dioshmei/a: tera/stion shmei=on; Simplicius on Aristotle, Physics 221b23; John Lydus, De ostentis 1; 15b; 37; 38; [John Lydus] De mensibus 2. However, …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1937Κολετρῶσιthey trample on… 552 (on Hyperbolos: upsilon 245). [3] From the scholiast, and Hesychius kappa3328; Hesychius adds "[an activity] which is called koletra=n". In Photius kappa884 Theodoridis, "they tread, literally olives". This is probably the true origin …Matched in noteshighshort

α2929Ἀπαρτίανchattels, household utensils, moveables… quoted from somewhere, is in the accusative case. See also Hesychius alpha5817: a)parti/an: meta/basin, a)poskeuh/n, te/los, a)partismo/n. Latte in his edition of Hesychius suggests Numbers 31:18 LXX as a source. [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3229ἈπλήξunstrickenSame entry in Hesychius and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Latte on Hesychius s.v. regards the headword as extracted from Gregory of Nazianzus' poem De vita sua (line 732). LSJ entry at web …Matched in noteshighshort

γ291Γλίχεταιlongs for… 289, epsilon 140. [1] Same glossing in Photius; similar in Hesychius, where Latte reasonably suggests that the headword itself is quoted from Demosthenes 18.207 (on Aeschines). [2] Same gloss in Hesychius; Latte there suggests …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1499Δραματουργήσαςhaving staged a drama, having fabricated… a different form), or to wicked machinations in general, hence Hesychius' glossing (delta2312) of the infinitive of the verb as panourgei=n ('to be unscrupulous') -- though contrast the more neutral treatment Hesychius gives to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε168Ἔγγυονsecure[1] Neuter singular; same or similar glossing in Hesychius and elsewhere; and cf. epsilon 51. [2] Masculine nominative singular. Latte on Hesychius s.v. (where it is glossed with a)na/doxos) regards it as quoted from …Matched in noteshighshort

ε438Ἐκκήρυκτονbanished, ordered-out[1] The entry thus far resembles entries in Hesychius and Anecdota graeca (212.28 Bachmann). The headwaord is either masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of e)kkh/ruktos; the former if, as Latte on Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1560Ἔξαρνοςobstinately denying, obstinate in denying… at Etymologicum Magnum 346.50; cf. ps.-Zonaras, epsilon755, with gloss a)rnou/menos (Hesychius epsilon3604, Scholia recentiora on Aristophanes, Clouds 1230a). See also ps.-Zonaras iota1124 [ = iota 728], where the same explanation occurs as a gloss …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1994Ἐπαύρασθαιto profit from… middle infinitive of e)paure/w or e)pauri/skw; cf. epsilon 1995. [1] Hesychius epsilon4263 offers a similar gloss. Adler also cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (1703), Laurentianus 59.16, Apion's Homeric Glossary, and a scholium to Homer, Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2329Ἐπιθειάσαςhaving appealed to the gods[1] Thus far, cf. Hesychius epsilon4805, Lexica Sequeriana 229.19, Photius Lexicon epsilon1553 (cf.1551), Etymologicum Gudianum 504.2 (= Etymologicum Magnum 449.49, Lexicon Haimodein 624.8); and cf. theta 306. The glosses offered do not seem to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2592Ἐπισμῇbesmears… scholia to a passage of Aristophanes (see note 4 below). Hesychius epsilon5195 bears numerous points of similarity. See also rho 324, sigma 736, sigma 747. [1] The thought seems to be that smearing smh=cis, …Matched in noteshighmedium

η366ἮνI was… Plato Sophist 243B and Aristophanes, Plutus 29; also Photius and Hesychius. See also eta 5, eta 321, eta 568. [2] Aristophanes, Plutus 28-9. [3] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 3 fr. 56 Tartaglia, on the …Matched in noteshighshort

κ439Κάρφηhay[1] cf. Hesychius kappa932. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.10 (web address 1 below), which reads difqe/ras a(\s ei)=xon ("the skins which they had"). [3] Arrian, Anabasis 5.9.3. [4] cf. Hesychius kappa935.Matched in noteshighshort

κ891Καταιγίσαςhaving stormed upon (?)… correct gloss had been lost (already by the time of Hesychius: see next note). [2] The corresponding entry in Photius, Lexicon kappa262, has ti/ "something" after the participle. More radically, Hesychius s.v. (kappa1123) reads …Matched in noteshighshort

χ29Χάλκεοςbrazen[1] Likewise in the Lexica Segueriana, and cf. Hesychius (chi69) and the definition given in the Lexeis Homerikai [web address 1] published by H. van Thiel, s.v. xa/lkeon. [2] Homer, Iliad 5.387, with scholion; …Matched in noteshighshort

χ208Χερνῆτιςlaboring-woman… Iliad 12.433 (where the headword appears: web address 1 below), Hesychius, Lexicum Ambrosianum 170 and 185, Etymologicum Magnum 808.33 and the scholia to Oribasius (ed. Bussemaker) 3.682. See also chi 248. [1] Aelian fr. …Matched in noteshighshort

χ473Χρῆμαmatter; thing… chi 478). [1] = the first part of Synagoge chi110, Hesychius chi709 (although Hesychius omits 'property'). [2] Menander Protector fr. 23.9 Blockley (212-213), on the dismal lodgings provided to Roman envoys to Persia, Zacharias …Matched in noteshighmedium

α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, Obadiah… *)abdiou "Obadiah's Vision"; the Hebrew name is indeclinable and accentless. Hesychius gives the name as oxytone, with the gloss e(rmhneu/etai dou=los e)comologhto/s "it is interpreted as acknowledged servant."Matched in noteshighshort

α49Ἀβίωτονunlivable… evidently quoted from somewhere. The possibilities are numerous. (Latte on Hesychius s.v. confidently asserts Euripides, Alcestis 242.) [2] Quotation unidentifiable -- but perhaps from Plutarch, who has several instances of the idiom a)biw/tws e)/xein. …Matched in noteshighshort

α69ἈβραάμAbraham… apart from word order, one in Photius; cf. Synagoge alpha17, Hesychius alpha181.Matched in noteshighlong

α163Ἄγγαροςa)/ggaros… alpha 162, alpha 164, alpha 165. [1] Same glossing in Hesychius and elsewhere. [2] An approximation of Procopius, Secret History 13.29 (web address 1), on Justinian; cf. Kaldellis (64). On Justinian, see generally iota …Matched in noteshighshort

α309Ἀγοραῖοιmarketplace [men]… in other lexica (references at Photius alpha232 Theodoridis); Latte on Hesychius claims the headword as stemming from Acts 17.5 (genitive plural). [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 53 Zintzen (24 Asmus). A fuller version …Matched in noteshighshort

α462Ἀδημονῶνbeing distressed, being troubled… evidently quoted from somewhere -- probably, as suggested in Latte's Hesychius, the NT (Philippians 2.26). [2] Probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation which follows. [3] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

α468Ἀδήσειςyou will delightSame entry in Hesychius, ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is a unaspirated version of the a(dh/seis which occurs in Herodotus 5.39.2: the ephors tell King Anaxandridas that he "will …Matched in noteshighshort

α533Ἁδρόνbulky, fat, stout, thick… itself named in the LHC (Large Hadron Collider). [1] cf. Hesychius alpha1204 (masculine nominative singular) [2] Likewise or similarly in Photius and elsewhere. [3] Aelian fr. 196 Domingo-Forasté (193 Hercher). [4] Aelian fr. 74e …Matched in noteshighshort

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