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3259
Ἀποβράσματα
chaff
[Meaning] husks [pitura] in
Callimachus.
"The corn-grinding girl sifted nothing base out of it."
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56
Δανά
dana, parched
[Meaning] dried timbers. The [syllable] da [is] long.
Callimachus
[writes]: "to split parched timbers." That is to chop [them].
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δ
340
Δεινόν
terrible
… I desire to know the cause of your disability. And
Callimachus
[writes]: "Why do you awaken a sleeping tear"? Aristophanes [writes]: "it is terrible for the spirit of a man to be so unripe …
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1506
Ἐν χρῷ
on skin, to skin
… skin, very close, so as even to touch. But in
Callimachus
[sc. there occurs the adverb] e)gkuti/, meaning e)ggu/s ["near"], on the skin, near the skin. "But you were shorn close, child." And Agathias …
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ει
66
Εἰκαία
random
[Meaning] slight, by chance.
Callimachus
[writes]: "slight, from which the grinding-woman rubbed off not a little." That is, of which the miller-woman did not separate or even clean off the husks, i.e. bran. Meaning …
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κ
2260
Κωμῆται
villagers
… [means] neighbors: for the neighborhood is called a village [kome].
Callimachus
in Hecale [writes]: "for the villagers round about called her this." Babrius [writes]: "a certain villager had a wooden statue and loaded it …
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ε
874
Ἑλίχρυσος
gold-twist, helichrysum
… attribute the information in this entry to Saloustios' commentary on
Callimachus'
Hekale (the apparent source of the subsequent quotation). A different interpretation of the headword is provided by Hesychius epsilon2122. For ivy see kappa …
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ι
755
Ἴτυς
rim, loop
[Meaning] perimeter of a shield. Xenophon [writes]: "but
Callimachus,
as he saw him going by, took hold of him by the [shield-]rim; and at this moment Aristonymus ran by them." And in the Epigrams: …
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3508
Ἀπορρῶγας
precipices
… (Adler suggestes Eunapius); for its substance, however, cf. below. [3]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 309; see already alpha 1517. [4] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 808-811 (web address 1 below), followed by comment from the scholia there; cf. …
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142
Αἴθων
blazing
From ancient comment on
Callimachus,
Hymn 6 (to Demeter), which has the phrase limo\n ai)/qona at lines 66-67. [1] Or (Toup) Aithon 'of Elis'.
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γ
187
Γεργέριμον
over-ripe
… of olive which was small and pale in colour. [2]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr.248, with comments from the scholia there; cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.56C (2.47 Kaibel). See also delta 1549, epsilon 729, and phi 494.
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δ
1490
Δράγματα
handfuls of uncut corn, trusses
… quotation given, though there are numerous alternatives (in e.g. Homer,
Callimachus,
Theocritus and the Septuagint). Same headword but different glossing in Hesychius, Photius, and elsewhere. In any event the noun, from the same root …
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1990
Ἐπαύλια
sleepover
… 1147. (This has no connection with what now follows.) [2]
Callimachus,
Hekale fr. 263, with scholion.
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201
Κᾶλα παλαίθετα
woods long-positioned
The headword phrase, in the neuter plural, is quoted from
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 242. [1] cf. kappa 186, kappa 195, kappa 211, kappa 247. [2] This is a "cobbler's last" or "shoemaker's last", a …
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κ
1864
Κνηκίς
wisp
… and deer". See also, more generally, under Hesychius kappa3103. [1]
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 238 Pfeiffer.
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κ
2424
Κρίμνον
barley-meal, barley-corn
… or an upper-case toponym. There is such an instance in
Callimachus
(fr. 290). [4] Greek Anthology 6.302.3 (Leonidas of Tarentum), the epigrammatist implores the mice to leave his hut, where they will find nothing …
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λ
441
Λῆμα
will
… lh=mma: see LSJ s.v. [2] Quotation not identified by Adler:
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 345 Pfeiffer. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 457-8, with scholion. [4] Aristophanes, Knights 757, with scholion; cf. theta 419. [5] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 458-60. …
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588
Λιπερνῆτις
pauper-woman, poor woman
The headword occurs in
Callimachus,
Hecale fr. 254 Pfeiffer. cf. generally lambda 589 (and see epsilon 3052 for 'shoot').
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