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Jennifer Benedict6
William Hutton3
Robert Dyer1
Stefano Sanfilippo1

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α4450ΑὐξέντιοςAuxentios, Auxentius… water fountain and on it a statue of Dionysos; a magnificent vine grew all around it and made the whole place pleasantly shady and sheltered. Here Licinius arrived on the pretext of resting, with …Matched in translationhighmedium
α828Ἀκεανόςakeanos… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and see also e.g. Etym. Magn. 46.14. The headword is mentioned, in the accusative plural, in a fragment of Pherecrates (188 Kock, now 201 K.-A.), but it seems to …Matched in noteshighshort
α1481Ἀμαλλοδετήρsheaf-binder… 18.553, where the headword occurs (see web address 1); Etymologicum Magnum 76.44. For sheaves see already alpha 1463. For dra/gmata see delta 1490.

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Αὐξέντιος

Auxentios, Auxentius

Bishop of Mopsuestia, he was one of the so-called confessors. He was one of those attending the emperor Licinius in a prominent capacity in the army, having become one of the clerks whom the Romans call notarii. The…

Αὐξέντιος, Μοψουεστίας ἐπίσκοπος· ὃς ἦν τῶν ὁμολογητῶν ὀνομαζομένων. ἦν δὲ παρὰ τῶν ἐπιφανῶς τῷ βασιλεῖ Λικινίῳ στρατευσαμένων τῶν ὑπογραφέων τούτου γενόμενος, οὓς δὴ νοταρίους…

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β513Βράβηλαsloes= Etymologicum Magnum 211.4. [1] Damascus-plums, a.k.a. damsons; see further below. [2] Theocritus, Idylls 7.146. [3] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.49D-50B (2.33 Kaibel) -- citing the grammarian and commentator Seleucus Homericus of Alexandria (sigma 200), fr.42 …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1602Δυσβράκανοςhard to deal with… headword in Photius (dusba/rkanos, obelized by Theodoridis) and the Etymologicum Magnum (dusba/rnakos), probably by corruption in the manuscript transmission. Nonetheless it seems that the gloss stems from Photius, Lexicon delta799. (The Suda compiler either …Matched in noteshighshort

ε337ἙκάβηHekabe, Hecuba… attributed to the grammarian Seleucus of Alexandria (sigma 200). Etymologicum Magnum 319.35-37 stops at 'the Phrygians'. For Dymas, see delta 1569; for Priam, pi 2274. This etymology of Hekabe's name from heka- ('far distant': …Matched in noteshighshort

ε859Ἔλινοςvine… and with a smooth breathing and oxytone accent in Etymologicum Magnum 330.40. [1] In fact Adler's punctuation suggests that she took this entry not as headword plus gloss but as a two-word phrase.Matched in noteshighshort

χ75Χαμεύνηground-sleeper… below); cf. kappa 1479. See also Etymologicum Genuinum and Etymologicum Magnum 806.28.Matched in noteshighshort

χ96Χάραξpalisade; stake… the entry = Etymologicum Genuinum; see also ps.-Zonaras 1841, Etymologicum Magnum 806.42. [4] Aristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1 below); cf. chi 97, epsilon 1740, and eta 672.Matched in noteshighshort

χ181Χέδροπαςlegumes… Thus far the entry = Etymologicum Genuinum; cf. Hesychius, Etymologium Magnum 808.14, Lexicum Ambrosianum 137 and 164 (according to Adler), Erotian 93.5 (= Aristophanes of Byzantium fr. 90 Nauck), Orion [Author, Myth] 163.33. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

χ295Χήτειfor lack… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 19.324, Lexicon haimodein 630.38, Etymologicum Magnum 811.42. The headword, dative singular of xh=tos, is probably extracted from Homer, Iliad 6.463; cf. already chi 294. [2] Abridged from Agathias, Histories …Matched in noteshighshort