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27 entries for Lysis

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ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-in… verb is suggestive of women's cosmetics: compare the plural at Lysistrata 149, and see generally LSJ s.v. (The connection with the sieve is sustained by the fact that it too will have a covering …Matched in noteshighshort
ε792Ἐλεοκόπουςeleo-beaters, olive-tenders(?)Abridged from Harpokration; see further below. [1] Lysias fr. 71 Sauppe (now 79 Carey OCT). Harpokration s.v. e)leoko/pwn (sic: genitive rather than the Suda's accusative) more cautiously says that Lysias might assign the word …Matched in noteshighshort
α560Ἀέρκτονunhedged= Harpokration s.v. [1] Lysias 7.28, of an olive-stump (web address 1).

ε1466

Ἐντετριμμένη

painted, powdered, rubbed-in

Meaning smeared. Or knowing/knowledgeable. "[...] so that you may be a powdered basket-bearer" -- [Meaning] she who has the little baskets -- "having upturned many of my grain-sacks indeed." Meaning having stolen [them].

Ἐντετριμμένη· ἀντὶ τοῦ σμηχθεῖσα. ἢ εἰδυῖα. ὅπως ἐντετριμμένη κανηφορῇς. τὰ κανίσκια ἔχουσα. πολλοὺς δὴ θυλάκους κάτω στρέψασα ἐμούς. ἀντὶ τοῦ κλέψασα.

meter and music2

meter and music2

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ε2348Ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦνto sow for straw… this entry also in ps.-Zonaras. Proverbial in Gregorius 3.51. [1] Lysias fr. 212 Sauppe, now 284 Carey (OCT).Matched in noteshighmedium

κ418Καρποῦ δίκηproduce lawsuit… Explicit in Photius; the Suda corrupts gh=s into g' [2] Lysias fr. 72 Sauppe, now 80 Carey OCT.Matched in noteshighmedium

λ236Λέκιθοςpease-pudding, pulse… in Greek, as the headword: see LSJ s.v. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 561-2 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

κ2780Κυρσάνιεwhippersnapper… case, as are the three glosses -- appears at Aristophanes, Lysistrata 983 (web address 1), and much of the material in the entry is found in the scholia thereto. Compare also Lysistrata 1247 (web …Matched in noteshighshort

αι101Αἰείalway… and see alpha 629. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 855: see next note. The issue addressed is which case of the noun 'mouth' to use with the preposition dia/: Aristophanes has the …Matched in noteshighshort

β338Βλήχωνpennyroyal… other ancient writers for its powers of purification. [3] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 89 (web address 1 below). See generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 135 #129: 'pennyroyal is used jokingly by Lysistrata …Matched in noteshighshort

α305ἈγοράσωI will go to marketSee also epsilon 1384, phi 592. [1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 633 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [2] On the statues of the tyrannicides (see further, next note) Aristogeiton and Harmodios …Matched in noteshighshort

α416Ἄγχουσαalkanet, bugloss, rougeAnchusa tinctoria: a)/gxousa here; Attic e)/gxousa in Aristophanes, Lysistrata 48 and elsewhere. Besides what follows here (and in epsilon 3093) see e.g. Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 7.9.3. [1] This was also used as a …Matched in noteshighshort

α1332ἌλοπονunscutchedAristophanes, Lysistrata 737 (web address 1 below), with scholion. Headword and gloss, accusative singulars, are also in Photius and other lexica; see further below. [1] The transmitted gloss in the Suda is pisto/n, "trusty", …Matched in noteshighshort

α1626Ἀμοργίςmallow-stalk… of "expensive Amorginian" garments. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 735, where the headword occurs. Either of the last two nouns, bu/ssos and ka/rpasos may mean either linen or cotton. But see the …Matched in noteshighshort

α3069Ἄπεστινis away[1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 103 (web address 1), with scholion. [2] So again at sigma 1248 -- but more probably Styppax (Hempy, implying hemp-seller): see sigma 1257. Henderson (below) 79-80 reckons that the Aristophanic scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

α3508Ἀπορρῶγαςprecipices… 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. tau 632. [5] Neanthes FGrH 84 F35; cf. sigma 797. …Matched in noteshighmedium

β66Βάλανοςdate; head of the penis[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 413 (web address 1 below), where the headword appears. See generally J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 41, 119, 141. [2] The date palm, phoenix …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1549Δρυπέπηςtree-ripened… Likewise in other lexica. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 664. And cf. gamma 187, delta 1541, epsilon 729. [3] Heteroclite accusative singular, at Greek Anthology 6.191 (Longus). See another extract from this …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1384Ἐν μύρτου κλαδὶ τὸ ξίφος κρατήσωin a branch of myrtle I will master my sword… 592. The present entry draws on the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 632 (web address 1), a line which quotes part of this famous drinking-song about the tyrannicides of 514 BCE; but here, as also …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1452Ἐντεθρίωταιhas been figged-up… (but is otherwise unattested). [1] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Lysistrata 664, where e)nteqriw=sqai occurs (web address 1); cf. delta 453. On the dish called qri=on made "of eggs, milk, lard, flour, honey, cheese, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2371Ἐπικειμένουlying on [the ground], standing… [1] Appian, Iberica 272 (end); on Viriathus, leader of the Lusitanians.Matched in noteshighshort

ι364Ἵνα μὴ φάγῃ σκόροδα μηδὲ κυάμουςso that he may [never] eat garlic or [black] beansAn approximation of Aristophanes, Lysistrata 690 (web address 1), with scholion. For garlic and soldiers cf. epsilon 3157. For jurors and beans cf. kappa 2577, kappa 2578.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1915ΚόκκοςKokkos, Coccus… Quintilian 12.10.21, where he seems to be a contemporary of Lysias and Andocides, i.e. as much in the C5 as the C4 BCE. Any "pupil of Isocrates" would need, on the face of it, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2464Κρόμμυα ἐσθίεινto eat onions… Diogenes Laertius 1.83. For Bias see beta 270. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 798, followed by comment from the scholia there (unhelpful: this is a retort to an offer of a kiss). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 654.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2535Κοῖλαbags… Hesychius kappa4492 (again s.v. ku/la); Synagoge kappa501; scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 472; scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 1.38. See also kappa 2545, kappa 2674. [2] The term 'apples' (mh=la) is often applied to the bags …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2577Κυάμους τρώγωνchewing beansFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 537 (web address 1), where the headword phrase occurs. Henderson ad loc. (p.137) : "Athenians chewed beans while doing monotonous work... Sometimes, like modern gum-chewing, this connotes rusticity, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2740Κυπτάζεινto lurk… apart from the first quotation. See also scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 17; Hesychius kappa4656, kappa2115; Photius, Lexicon kappa1230 Theodoridis. [2] Attributed by Adler to either Iamblichus or Aelian; now Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 115 Habrich. …Matched in noteshighshort

λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle… entry in Harpokration s.v. arises in the first instance from Lysias fr. 139 Sauppe, now 192 Carey OCT, but goes on to cite Acharnians.] In the play Dicaeopolis confronts a chorus -- a posse, …Matched in noteshighshort