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1733
Ἀμφίκορος
middle child
The first part of this double entry is also in
Hesychius;
the second part is in Photius, Lexicon alpha1341 -- but glossing there the present primary headword. Note also
Hesychius
s.v. a)mfi/kouron, glossed a)mfote/rwqen …
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149
Αἴθρια στέφη
open-air garlands, outdoor garlands
cf.
Hesychius
sigma1869; Synagoge alpha519; Photius, Lexicon alpha579. The phrase is derived from an iambic trimeter ascribed by
Hesychius
to Cratinus' lost comedy Delian Women (fr. 22 Kock, now 24 K.-A.). See also generally …
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287
Βινεῖν
to fuck
… a)ne/lqh|). Trapp further notes the related meanings "draw up" in
Hesychius
alpha5202 and "drink" in
Hesychius
pi2338, Malalas 159.86, Theophanes I 180.15. This sense clearly overlaps with Classical pipi/skw. Cf. pipili/zw "suckle" in
Hesychius
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1602
Δυσβράκανος
hard to deal with
… an uncorrupted manuscript or was able to identify the error.)
Hesychius
delta2539 has a similar (not identical) gloss; and see further, next note. [1] In
Hesychius
this synonym is recorded in the final part …
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102
Βαρακηνίς
with prickles
… debased form of the dative plural barakinh=|sin which appears in
Hesychius
beta207, and is glossed there a)ka/nqais, sko/loyi, "with thorns, with spines." (Same glosses in ps.-Zonaras, to the headword baraki/nais.) Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. …
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223
Γίγαρτον
grape-stone
… see gamma 265 on the plural of this neuter noun.
Hesychius
glosses the singular (as here) with the phrase th=s stafulh=s to\ e)/ndon, "the inside of the grape"; the Suda's e)/nduma looks like a …
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420
Ἐκκεχιλωμένην
grassed-over
… nominative, occur in previous lexica: Pausanias the Atticist epsilon23 Erbse;
Hesychius
epsilon1438 Latte). See further, next note. The word is unattested outside lexicography. cf. chi 303. [1]
Hesychius
has e)yugme/nhn ("cooled", "desiccated") in place …
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192
Καλαμᾶται
gleans
See also the entry of
Hesychius,
who adds the word "parts" [me/rh] in his gloss (kappa397). The headword verb must be quoted from somewhere, probably -- as Latte on
Hesychius
asserts -- commentary on …
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318
Κανοῦν
basket
The headword is an Attic contracted form of ka/neon; cf.
Hesychius
kappa650. [1] =
Hesychius
kappa679, Synagoge, Photius kappa161; cf. Pollux 7.176. [2] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 242 (web address 1); cf. …
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411
Καρπασινοί
(things) made of linen
Same entry in other lexica, beginning with
Hesychius
kappa860. The headword, a nominative plural, is perhaps quoted from somewhere, though some commentators, such as Latte on
Hesychius,
link it with a dative plural in …
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439
Κάρφη
hay
[1] cf.
Hesychius
kappa932. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.10 (web address 1 below), which reads difqe/ras a(\s ei)=xon ("the skins which they had"). [3] Arrian, Anabasis 5.9.3. [4] cf.
Hesychius
kappa935.
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374
Ἄγρωστις
wild grass
Same entry in
Hesychius
and elsewhere. LSJ s.v. distinguishes several species: Cynodon dactylon (dogs-tooth grass), Hordeum marinum, Parnassia palustris.
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517
Ἀδώνιδος κῆποι
Adonis' gardens
… UP) 177; OCD(4) p.12. [1] Similar material in Photius and
Hesychius.
[2] From the scholia to Plato, Phaedrus 276B; cf. Diogenianus 1.14.
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931
Ἄκορον
akoron, yellow-flag
Similar entry in
Hesychius
(alpha2496). [1] Iris Pseudacorus, a herbaceous perennial with emetic properties.
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1001
Ἀκρόδρυα
fruits
… is perhaps extracted from the quotation given (though Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. asserts the source to be the Septuagint: Song of Solomon 7.14). The noun itself, which can mean fruits in general as here, …
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1078
Ἅλας θυμίτας
thymed salts
… the scholia thereto. [2] With sausages, rather (alpha 1076); cf.
Hesychius
alpha3273.
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1102
Ἀλδήσκω
I grow
… occurs (as a participle, of a ripening crop); see also
Hesychius
s.v. a)ldh/skontos.
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1145
Ἀλετρεύουσιν
they mash
… indicative active, of the epic/poetic verb a)letreu/w. Same entry in
Hesychius
s.v., where Latte notes its origin: Homer, Odyssey 7.104.
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2387
Ἀνεῖρπεν
crept upwards, sprang up
Adler cites a comparable ('cf.') entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
Hesychius
glosses a)nei=rpen with the more neutral e)ba/dizen. In any event, for a)nei=rpe (sic) see the fragment of Euripides quoted under chi 187.
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2487
Ἀνθέμιον
flower
[1] Same entry in Photius; longer one in
Hesychius,
adding two further senses of the headword -- a floral decoration on columns and a location on the Athenian acropolis. (For this last, see ?Aristotle, …
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2497
Ἀνθέρικες
beards
… Iliad 20.227, where the genitive plural occurs. [2] Similarly in
Hesychius
[3] Herodotus 4.190 (on the portable houses of the Nasamones). [4] See generally LSJ s.v. antherikos.
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3682
Ἀπραγμοσύνη
indifference, idleness, quietude
… but Aristophanes of Byzantium (the authority for the scholiasts and
Hesychius
here) probably got this wrong; see Dover's edition ad loc.
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4229
Ἀστεμφέα
unshaken
[1] Also in
Hesychius;
from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.344, where the headword (accusative singular of this adjective) occurs. [2] i.e. the contracted form, as in the quotation about to be given. [3] …
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4452
Αὔξη
increase
For this headword see already alpha 4451 [1] cf.
Hesychius
s.v. au)=cis. [2] John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 234.11-16 Hayduck. [3] ib. 275.21-25.
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35
Αἰγείρου θέα
poplar
… looks incomplete or otherwise faulty, but it is already in
Hesychius
alpha1695. Modern scholarship would suggest that the hieron in question is that of Lenaean Dionysus; see Pickard-Cambridge/Gould/Lewis 37-38. [3] See alphaiota 58.
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60
Αἰγίς
garment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain
… are called aigees by Libyans". (See alphaiota 59.) Compare also
Hesychius
alpha1725. [1] For 'wearing' cf. LSJ s.v. fe/rw, I.3. [2] What 'saying' (not in Harpok.) is meant is not made clear. [3] On …
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96
Αἴεσχος
aieschos
… entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon.
Hesychius
has a very similar gloss for a headword transmitted as ai)esxlos or ai)sxlos, regarded by Latte as a corruption of ai)/sakos (see alphaiota …
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246
Αἰόλλει
turns, variegates
… Anecdota graeca, ed. L. Bachmann, 48.27; Photius, Lexicon alpha655; cf.
Hesychius
alpha2024 (replacing the third gloss here, plana=, with the preferable kinei=); the scholia to Nicander, Theriaca 155b (kinei=, stre/fei, poiki/llei); the scholia to …
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17
Βαδδίν
baddin, linen garment
… below) and in commentary and lexicography relating to it. Cf.
Hesychius
beta32, whence the LSJ entry (web address 1): 'a choice linen garment'. The Hebrew word (both plural and singular) occurs elsewhere in the …
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52
Βακχέβακχον ᾆσαι
to sing a Bacchebacchus
… reports that some mss have *ba/kxhs or *ba/kxos. Note also
Hesychius
beta116 on the infinitive bakxa=n, glossed as "to have been crowned with ivy".
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