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δ1710Δυσφημίαill-omened words, words of ill omen[1] Mentioned by Pollux in a list of negative nouns; same gloss in ps.-Zonaras. For the opposite, see epsilon 3795. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
β161Βασιλίνδαking of the castleThis headword (cf. e.g. Pollux 9.110) appears by mistake at beta 160, q.v. See rather kappa 2777 (end), where it is used of the game played by the young Cyrus -- later to be …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1664Δυσξύμβολα(things) hard to deal with… word in this form prior to the Suda are in Pollux 5.150 and Artemidorus 4.56 (although LSJ reports a variant reading for this word, duscu/mblhta). In all the attestations of the word, the only …Matched in noteshighshort
ι113Ἰδιοξενίαprivate friendship… must be Pericles (pi 1179, pi 1180, pi 1181): see Pollux 3.59 and, imprimis, Thucydides 2.13.1.Matched in noteshighshort
κ469ΚάστωρCastor, Kastor… of Rhetoric; and other works. On statues of Castor and Pollux see under Dioscuri.Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2768Ἐπιχειλέςrim-full… glossed accordingly (cf. already Hesychius epsilon5426, glossing to\ e)llipe/s, and Pollux 5.133) -- must be quoted from somewhere else. An extant possibility is Synesius, Dion 14.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1592Δυσανασχέτωςwith displeasure… used in the second century CE by philologists (Diodorus Dyscolus, Pollux) and in scholia to various authors. [1] An approximation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 7.15.11 (through Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti 226.17-18), on the Avar khan's …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2902Ἐργαστῆραςworkmen… an earlier instance in Xenophon (Oeconomicus 5.15), noted by both Pollux and Stobaeus. [2] Aelian fr. 262 Domingo-Forasté (264 Hercher). Adler agrees with Bernhardy in suspecting the reading ei)s au)to/n.Matched in noteshighshort
μ438Μεθύση κύωνdrunken bitch[1] This feminine adjective is discussed by Herodian and Pollux. [2] Aristophanes, Wasps 1401-1405; repeated from alphaiota 335.Matched in noteshighshort
α2080Ἀνάστασιςdestruction… see alpha 2079. [1] So too in Photius; and cf. Pollux 3.91. [2] As de Boor pointed out, the source appears, rather, to be Appian (Punica 106). For Polybius (36.16) see mu 245, and …Matched in noteshighshort
αι222ΑἴνικοςEunikos, Eunicus… both here and in ps.-Zonaras, but it should be Eunikos (Pollux 10.100; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.567C (13.21 Kaibel), who mentions the play mentioned here -- see further, next note). See generally Kassel-Austin, PCG V pp. …Matched in noteshighshort
α1532Ἀμβολὰς γῆthrown-up earth, raised earth… the quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.12 (web address 1). Pollux 7.100 registers this phrase in Xenophon. [2] delta 22; and see also under iota 577 and omicroniota 66.Matched in noteshighshort
λ389Λειποστράτιονarmy-abandoning, lipostration… military offense under Athenian law prosecuted by a graphe lipostratiou (Pollux 6.151, 8.40; scholion to Thucydides 6.91.7). The clause to\ mh\ e)qe/lein strateu/esqai is ambiguous, since it could refer either to the offense of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2561Κοινῶναςparticipants… latter is particularly associated in late-antique scholarship with Xenophon (see Pollux 8.134), and apart from the second quotation given here (see n. 3 below), all literary attestations are found in Xenophon's Cyropaedia: in addition …Matched in noteshighshort
α4309ἈταλάντηAtalante, Atalanta… kappa 1035). See also under mu 393. [1] Castor and Pollux.Matched in noteshighmedium
χ296Χιάζεινto play the Chian… is the import of this entry; it also occurs at Pollux, Onomasticon 4.65. The two sources attribute the origin of the Chian musical style to the musician Democritus of Chios (RE 5.140, a contemporary …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2648ΚυκλοβόροςKykloboros, Cycloborus… to Kleon (kappa 1731). See already at kappa 1261; cf. Pollux 6.146, 10.85; Hesychius kappa4476. No non-lexicographical reference to this supposed river is made outside Aristophanes (here and at fr. 636 Kock). One of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… (the meaning of kubos here is probably that given at Pollux 9.95, each 'spot', for that is the meaning of trh=ma). Euripides, in a line (Telephus?, fr. 888) selected ironically by Dionysus in Aristophanes' …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1560Δοῖδυξpestle… Peace 295 derive the word from a(/las tri/bein "grind salt". Pollux 1.245 mentions the a)letri/banos among implements used by peasants. For 'pestle' doi/duc see Peace 288, 295; a scholion ascribes to Crates of Mallos …Matched in noteshighshort
κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… from nh/fw is emended to nei=yon ('snow'). See also Harpok.; Pollux 7.150. (The comment is addressed to Zeus.)Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3640Εὐπάρυφαfinely-bordered… the headword certainly might refer, but not exclusively (more ambiguously Pollux 7.46.3). Unless Herodian (1.16.3) and Irenaios (1.7.2) are being pleonastic, the sense of the headword can be separate from purple-ness. See also alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… 798), usually a wine-flask (Hesychius pi4486, beta1352, Photius Lexicon s.v., Pollux 7.175), but here probably a chamber pot or a)mi/s (Hesychius pi4486), appropriate to the references to pissing on his bed-mat. [8] The clause …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1036ΜίδαςMidas… lucky gambler and a lucky throw of the die. Julius Pollux, however, classifies the throw of this name as either unlucky or average (Onomasticon 7.204-5). The contradiction probably arises from different values for the …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… a bad omen rested with the presiding magistrate(s). According to Pollux 8.24 the e)chghtai\ were appointed to the interpretation of signs and used to give instruction about the will of gods. [9] The information …Matched in noteshighmedium

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