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κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-like… On the Crown [writes]: "in the shack next to the hero Kalamites." And the feminine form [is] Kalamitis. "[She] cherished the grasshopper for two years." Meaning loved [it].Matched in translationhighshort
α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… of the Anagyrasians. [The phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit" [arose] because a hero Anagyros took vengeance on the elderly settler who cut down the grove. Anagyrasians [were] a deme of Attica. One of them cut down …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι600ἾροςIros, Irus[Meaning] the beggar [of that name]; [spelled] with a long iota. But [there is also] i(ro/s [meaning] i(ero/s, with crasis. "This place is holy, as I conjecture, full of laurel, olive-tree, and vine -- …Matched in translationhighshort
ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… others did. This Euthymos also competed in Temesa against the hero Alybas. Temesa is in Italy, and Odysseus had come there in his wanderings around Sicily. There, one of his sailors, becoming drunk and …Matched in translationhighmedium
α774ἈκαδημίαAcademy… Plato used to spend his time; named after Hekademos, a hero. It was formerly called the Hecademy, [spelled] with epsilon. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "but going down into the Academy, you will run crowned …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… of Athenian imperialism through mythmaking. Athenians also asserted that their hero Theseus had founded the Isthmian Games. An ancient scholar commenting on hypothesis (b) to Pindar's Isthmian Odes states: "They say that Theseus established …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε514Ἔκνιζενwas chafing, was scratching[Meaning he/she/it] was biting. [A usage stemming] from grass. Herodotus [uses the word].Matched in translationhighshort
κ1595Κίκιcastor-oilThe headword is attested in Herodotus (2.94.1), Plato (Timaeus 60A), and elsewhere. [1] cf. ps.-Herodian 236. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-combIn Herodotus [this means] a thorn dragging through clothes. In times past carders would comb wool by rolling up a heap of thorns. And the heap was called knaphos.Matched in translationhighshort
κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galley… Hesychius, Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, the Etymologicum Magnum, Glosses on Herodotus 7.97, Herodian De prosodia catholica vol. 3.1 p. 202), all with some variation of "kind of boat" or "kind of ship". [2] Tzetzes, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1630Κιννάμωμονcinnamon, cassiaHerodotus says that birds bring these stalks; but we learned from the Phoenicians to call it this.Matched in translationhighshort
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.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1521Δρέπουharvest![Meaning] gather in! Herodotus [writes]: "stripping off the bark of the trees and harvesting in the leaves, they ate [them]."Matched in translationhighshort
α2497Ἀνθέρικεςbeards[Meaning] the projections of ears of corn. The tips. Herodotus uses the word of the stalks of asphodels. They are indestructible. Or [sc. the related adjective] a)nqeri/kwn, [meaning] florid or splendid.Matched in translationhighshort
α2492Ἀνθέμωνflowers[Referring to] roses. Aristophanes: "would that some Eros would take and unite you and me, just like the one in the picture", he says. And again: "who has a wreath of flowers". That is, …Matched in translationhighshort
κ2687Κύμινονcumin, cumminLikewise in ps.-Herodian (73) and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon (1908). See also kappa 2688.Matched in noteshighshort
κ298ΚαννάβηhempMore usually ka/nnabis; Cannabis sativa. According to Herodotus 4.75, the Scythians burned cannabis seeds and used them to medicate vapor baths (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
αι60Αἰγίςgarment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain… net that has been braided from garlands. So Lycurgus and Herodotus [sc. use the word]. The priestess in Athens carrying [or: wearing] the sacred aigis used to visit the [sc. houses of] newly-married women. …Matched in translationhighshort
μ284Ματιολοιχόςsmall-licker… should be read with the accent on the ultima, as Herodian says.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1490Δράγματαhandfuls of uncut corn, trusses[Meaning] first-fruits. "Heronax consecrated [sc. to the Satyrs and Bacchus] as the first handfuls of his planting these triple casks from triple vineyards."Matched in translationhighshort
μ507Μελίνηmeline, millet… 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] melinos and melinoi. Some consider meline a kind …Matched in translationhighshort
ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-timbering… belly-frames. But better to say the wood of the belly-framing. Herodian makes it short and proparoxytone. Hence Aristophanes says 'the e)nteriw/nh', which is the very middle of the ship, that which most holds it …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2396Ἐπὶ κνάφου ἕλκειςyou are dragging [me] on a carding-comb… not here (but cf. kappa 1854), is the episode in Herodotus 1.92.4 (cf. Plutarch, On the Malice of Herodotus 858E) of Croesus doing this to the friend of Pantaleon (e)pi\ kna/fou e(/lkwn die/fqeire). For …Matched in noteshighshort
ε27Ἔβελοςebelos, ebonySame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; similar one in ps.-Herodian and ps.-Zonaras. [1] The latter is much the commoner version of the word.Matched in noteshighshort
γ205Γέρροινwith a pair of wickers… instead of shields. It also means any genitalia. And elsewhere Herodotus [writes]: "Cyrus, dispensing with most of the military practices, left for the soldiers only the task of fighting with sword and shield and …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ364Λειμώνmeadowcf. generally lambda 363. [1] Likewise in the Ambrosian Lexicon (as reported by Adler); cf. ps.-Herodian 78. [2] Same or similar gloss in other lexica. cf. alpha 2489, alpha 4298, iota 493, kappa 2431, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowy… probably, 4.483 (where it refers to the river Asopos; cf. Herodotus 9.43.2). See web address 1 & web address 2. The gloss brings out the etymology of the word itself. For 'sleeping-mats' see psi …Matched in noteshighshort
λ533Λικμᾶνto winnow… the Winnower and the Seasons that tread in the furrows Heronax from his scanty tilth offers a portion of the corn from his threshing-floor and [these] various vegetables."Matched in translationhighshort
α280Ἄγνονchaste-tree, withy… the lugos. And Chionides uses it in the masculine in Heroes: "and verily, by Zeus, I don't seem anymore to be different from an agnos growing in a mountain stream." Plato [writes]: "for this …Matched in translationhighshort
α708Ἀθάραgruel, porridge… not a)qarh/s, is what they called pounded [barley]. Crates in Heroes [writes]: "therefore it is necessary to bring here a bowl of pea-soup and of gruel".Matched in translationhighshort