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μ2Μαγγάναwine-cask[Note] that Italians call the wine-container made of wood a magga/na. See under gau=los.highshort
μ26Μαγώτεραmore magicallyMeaning more enchantingly. In the Epigrams: "but [Philaenion is] more curly-haired than parsley and more tender-skinned than down and more magically-speaking than the cestus [sc. of Aphrodite]."highshort
μ30Μάδδανbarley-cake[ma/dda means the same as] ma/za, [i.e.] nourishment. The Megarians [say it] this way with two deltas.highshort
μ34Μᾶζαbarley-cake[Meaning] bread, dough. Or tough bread. "Whoever eats barley bread, eats the barley cake mixed with water; but whoever eats wheaten bread, eats bread moistened with water." The Megarians [say] ma/dda with two deltas.highshort
μ35Μᾶζαbarley-cakeProperly the food, the one made of milk and grain, from the [verb] to be kneaded. It is properispomenon. In reference to the dung-beetle Aristophanes has used it by misapplication. For he does not …highmedium
μ60Μακεδνῆςtall, taperingPerhaps [sc. this means] mhkedanh=s; or by exaggeration, highly prized [kednh=s].highshort
μ117Μαλῷαwild berries, wild fruit"And they are holding some wild berries(?) in their hand[s] and washing [them]."highshort
μ125Μὰ μήκωνος χλόηνby a poppy's sprout"Yes yes by a poppy's sprout."highshort
μ136Μανδραγόραςmandrake, belladonnaA soporific fruit. Or one which causes amnesia. "And [he] will clearly have drunk a lot of mandrake."highshort
μ137ΜανδραγορίζωI drug [someone] with mandrake.[no gloss]highshort
μ206ΜάρκελλοςMarcellusA general in the time of Commodus; he abstained from bribes as much as he engaged in kindness and clemency. For in order that it would seem he was awake all night long and, …highmedium
μ230ΜαρσύαςMarsyasIn the days of the Jewish Judges Marsyas too was a wise man, who discovered through music pipes of reeds and bronze. Deranged, he threw himself into a river and perished; and the river …highmedium
μ244ΜασσανάσσηςMassanasses, MasinissaThe king of the Numidians, he was a man lucky in everything; when he had been deprived of his ancestral kingdom by the Carthaginians and Syphax, heaven allowed him to recover it and expand …highmedium
μ245ΜασσανάσσηςMassanasses, MasinissaThe king of the Numidians in Libya, a man who was the best and most long-lived kings of our time; he ruled more than 60 years, being very healthy and long-lived; for he lived …highmedium
μ268Μαστιχῖνοςmastichated[no gloss]highshort
μ277Μὰ τὰ λάχαναby the vegetablesThis [is] a sign concerning an oath; [one] which is even now customary: for many swear by vegetables when exhibiting adherence to an oath. But still also among the learned Armenians the [expression] "by …highshort
μ284Ματιολοιχόςsmall-licker[Meaning] one who is knavish about small things, and a glutton. For mátion (as is better accented) [is] something small. Or someone who eats little, since mation is what they call a minimum. Or …highshort
μ287Ματρίκιονblock, tablet[no gloss]highshort
μ383Μεγαρέων δάκρυαMegarians' tearsBecause a great deal of garlic grows in the Megarid, it led to a proverb in reference to those pretending to weep, or forced to, and not at something they had actually suffered. Megareus …highshort
μ404ΜέδιμνονbushelIt is a measure of dry goods such as wheat or barley. Thus a bushel [is] six modii, so as to be a measure of 72 xestai, i.e. 108 litrai.highshort
μ438Μεθύση κύωνdrunken bitchFeminine. [Note] that as Aesop was walking from dinner in the evening, a bold and drunken bitch barked at him. And then he said, "o bitch, bitch, if (by Zeus) instead of your evil …highshort
μ443ΜελαγρίαmelagriaA kind of plant growing in a desert.highshort
μ459Μελανοσυρμαῖον λεώνblack-purging people, black-purging race[Meaning] black, and purging; syrmaia is a a barley drink. He is speaking about the Egyptians.highshort
μ467Μελεάγριαmeleagria"[He] welcomed them with roots of meleagria and hearts of reeds." But they are also called meleagra.highshort
μ475Μελεδωνοίcaretakers, managers[Meaning] administrators; curators in Herodotus, those who have been put in charge. Just like those [in charge] of the vineyard in the Gospel.highshort
μ500Μελίαmanna ashA kind of tree. Aristophanes in Birds [writes]: "settling on a thick-leaved manna ash".highshort
μ504Μελίαιash [spears][Meaning] projectiles. Spears. "The women had ashen shuttles": Gregory the Theologian says [this]. And in the Epigrams: "thus, o tall ash-spear, rest by the long roof-pillar, awaiting the rites of Zeus the diviner."highshort
μ506Μελίνηmeline, milletA kind of pulse. "There was also bread [made] from millet, for this was abundant in the country." And elsewhere: "they were fearlessly carrying off wine, pulses, millets, figs. For the country had all …highshort
μ507Μελίνηmeline, milletDemosthenes in [the] Philippic[s] [sc. uses the word]. It is a pulse, and grammatically masculine; for Sophocles and Herodotus and Xenophon made it feminine. But the same Xenophon, in Anabasis, spoke of [sc. masculine] …highshort
μ666Μεσόδμηtie-beam, supporting beam[Meaning] the middle [sc. timber].highshort

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