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χ295Χήτειfor lack… Homer, Iliad 6.463; cf. already chi 294. [2] Abridged from Agathias, Histories 44.3 (2.4 Niebuhr).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1506Ἐν χρῷon skin, to skin… Callimachus, Hekale fr. 281, with scholion; cf. epsilon 139. [3] Agathias, Histories 5.21 (on using reeds to make a raft); but read pepiesme/nas. The extract here is from Agathias's account of the reed boat …Matched in noteshighshort
μ707Μεταμαθεῖνto relearn, to unlearn… is presumably quoted from somewhere, though not necessarily from the Agathias quotation given below (which the other lexica do not have). [2] Agathias, Histories 1.13. The Byzantine general Narses (cf. nu 42 generally), hoping …Matched in noteshighmedium
β532Βρενθύεσθαιto be haughty, to take umbrage… taken. [5] Aristophanes, Clouds 363 (web address 1 below). [6] Agathias, Histories 5.16 Niebuhr. Read h)/per instead of the Suda's ei)/per. Leading the defense of Constantinople against the invading Huns in 559 CE, the …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ717Λόχμιοςthicketed… cf. generally lambda 713, lambda 716. [1] Greek Anthology 6.32.2 (Agathias Scholasticus); cf. iota 387. On this epigram, the dedication of a goat to Pan, also see delta 1107, kappa 1850, pi 201, and …Matched in noteshighshort
α2221Ἀνεδήσατοwreathed… between this verb and victory-crowns (in war and elsewhere). [1] Agathias, Histories 2.22, on the military accomplishments of the Sasanian general Mihr-Mihroe, known in Greek as Mermeroes (mu 637); cf. pi 2201. See also …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3167Ἐς ὅτι μάλισταto the greatest [extent][1] cf. epsilon 3166. [2] An abridgement of Agathias, Histories 5.21 (21.7 at p.191.20-22 Keydell). In 559 CE, the Kotrigur Huns begin building reed boats for an amphibious assault on the Thracian Chersonese (the …Matched in noteshighshort
μ715Μετανάστριαwanderer… which follows. [1] cf. pi 1041. [2] Greek Anthology 7.204.1-2 (Agathias Scholasticus), an epitaph for the poet's partridge. See additional quotes from this epigram at alpha 2985, alphaiota 159, eta 513, and theta 15. …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1395Μύκηταfungi, moulds… scabbard, as in e.g. Herodotus 3.64.3. [4] Greek Anthology 5.263.1 (Agathias Scholasticus), a woman's night lamp symbolizes her lover's possible failure to rendezvous. Find another quote from this epigram at theta 433.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2274Κώμυθαhay-bundle, sheaf… is cited (Cratinus fr. 299 Kock, now 302 K.-A.). [2] Agathias, Histories 5.21 (p. 191 Keydell), using the accusative plural of the headword; cf. tau 747. The bundles of reed were fashioned into rafts, …Matched in noteshighshort
α1017Ἀκροστόλιαstemposts, sternposts… fitted with decorative cap-pieces; cf. Casson (86 with n.49). [2] Agathias, Histories 5.21; again, more briefly, at pi 2385. Unable to penetrate the long wall at the base of the Thracian Chersonese (the present-day …Matched in noteshighshort
αι159ΑἰθύσσωI stir up… glossing in Photius and other lexica. [2] Greek Anthology 7.204.3-4 (Agathias Scholasticus), an epitaph for the poet's pet partridge (which actually includes not the headword verb itself but a compound of it); cf. eta …Matched in noteshighshort
ι387Ἴξαλοςjumping… headword's genitive case describes a goat). [2] Greek Anthology 6.32.2-4 (Agathias Scholasticus); cf. delta 1107, kappa 1850, lambda 717, pi 201, pi 2954. [3] Greek Anthology 6.113.1-2 (Simias the Grammarian), which has xlwroi=s "green", …Matched in noteshighshort