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1733
Ἀμφίκορος
middle child
… 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 kekarme/non ("cut/shorn on both sides"). Unattested …
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1602
Δυσβράκανος
hard to deal with
Different readings are attested for the 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,
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515
Ἀδωνία
Adonia, Adonis-mourning
Photius,
Lexicon alpha400 has a superior version of the first part of this entry: there the headword is *)adw/nia, not the Suda's *)adwni/a, and this is reflected in the more accurate quotation of Pherecrates. …
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1627
Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθρος
squeezers [are] a city's ruin
… much the same plot.) "Squeezers" or "drainers" are explained by
Photius
(Lexicon alpha1233) and Eustathius on the Iliad, p. 838.54, as men who inflict outrages on the common weal. [2] The lexicographer is clearly …
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1808
Ἀναβλυστωνῆσαι
to gush forth
The first part of this entry is also in
Photius,
where however the headword itself, an aorist infinitive, is not the Suda's a)nablustwnh=sai (repeated later in the entry) but a)nablusqwnh=sai. [1] Eupolis fr. 105 …
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2479
Ἄνισον
unequal
The first part of this entry is also in
Photius
and other lexica. [1] See alpha 2444. [2] Barely attested outside lexicography, but Theodoridis on
Photius
s.v. suggests it may be quoted from Cyril …
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589
Διακόνιον
diakonion, flat-cake
Same entry in
Photius,
Lexicon delta344. The headword occurs in Pherecrates fr. 156 Kock (now 167 Kassel-Austin), preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.645A (14.53 Kaibel). [1] FGrH 270: Menecles of Barca, an historian of the …
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2758
Ἐπιφυλλίδα
leaf-sitter
… references and comparanda see the apparatus to Theodoridis' edition of
Photius
(see n.1 below). [1] =
Photius,
Lexicon epsilon1791 (and Synagoge epsilon775, except that in place of r(agologi/an 'grape-picking' it has r(wgologi/an, a poorly-attested …
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418
Καρποῦ δίκη
produce lawsuit
… present entry -- the first paragraph of which derives from
Photius,
the second from Harpokration -- is obviously superior, though some modern experts who would like to make sense of these allegedly different procedures …
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569
Κατακαχρύσαι
to grind roasted barley
Same or similar entry in
Photius
(kappa280) and other lexica; the headword is aorist active infinitive of katakaxru/w. Note also the parallel entry -- not in the Suda -- for the first person singular …
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279
Ἄγνος
chaste-tree, withy
… web address 1. [1] From Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; likewise in
Photius
(alpha210 Theodoridis) and elsewhere; cf. alpha 280, lambda 780. [2] So too the scholia to Plato, Phaedrus 230B.
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280
Ἄγνον
chaste-tree, withy
The main part of this entry is also in
Photius
(alpha220 Theodoridis) and elsewhere. [1] cf. alpha 279, lambda 780. [2] Chionides (a very early comic poet: see chi 318) fr. 2 Kock (and …
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327
Ἀγών
contest, training, arena
… (on which see next note), this material also occurs in
Photius,
Lexicon alpha316 Theodoridis. [1] The word used for 'competitions' here is the (accusative) plural of the headword itself. The Suda seems therefore to …
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430
Ἀδαχεῖν
to scrape
Same entry in
Photius
and elsewhere. The headword, aorist active infinitive of a)daca/w (or a)dace/w: see LSJ, and cf. generally omicron 28, omicron 29), is evidently quoted from somewhere. [1] This omicron is a …
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478
Ἀδιαφορία
indifference
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at
Photius
alpha353 Theodoridis. After this initial gloss, the main body of the entry quotes, with only minor variations, Diogenes Laertius 7.104-107 (on Stoic doctrine). [2] …
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517
Ἀδώνιδος κῆποι
Adonis' gardens
… Religion (Harvard 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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561
Ἀεροβατεῖν
to tread the air
[1] Same glossing in
Photius
and other lexica. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 225 (about to be quoted) [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 225 (repeated at 1503); quoted again at delta 629 and pi …
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619
Ἀειθαλής
evergreen
Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at
Photius
alpha407 Theodoridis. The headword is mainly poetic; see LSJ at web address 1.
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708
Ἀθάρα
gruel, porridge
… matter of accent: paroxytone, not oxytone [3] So too in
Photius
and other lexica, quoting Crates fr.9 Kock (11 K.-A.).
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767
Ἄθυρμα
plaything
… to alpha 768 and alpha 769. [1] Same glossing in
Photius
(Lexicon alpha492 and alpha493 Theodoridis) and elsewhere. [2] Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 12.212 (web address 1 below) on Tryphon. [3] Quotation unidentifiable; a proverb? …
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788
Ἀκαλήφη
stinging nettle, sea-anemone
Same entry in
Photius
and elsewhere; cf. already alpha 787, and again kappa 2320. [1] Aristophanes fr. 560 Kock, now 572 K.-A. [2] Pherekrates fr. 24 Kock, now 29 K.-A. [3] Aristotle, History of …
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840
Ἄκεσσα
akessa, (?)access
… some historical incident, from the Sicilian city Akessa mentioned by
Photius,
Lexicon s.v. o)/xos a)kessai=os (which accordingly would, or could, be "the city" mentioned here). The word might be related to Latin accessa 'access', …
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904
Ἀκμή
moment, point, still
The first part of this entry is also in
Photius
and elsewhere. [1] Isocrates 2.33. [2] Hyperides fr. 116 Jensen. [3] Sophocles, Philoctetes 12-14 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [4] Greek Anthology 6.252.1, …
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976
Ἀκρεμόνες
branches
… the same or similar glossing in other lexica (references at
Photius
alpha835 Theodoridis), is presumably quoted from somewhere; and see in any event under sigma 1097. [2] Greek Anthology 6.252.3-4 (Antiphilus), on a quince; …
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992
Ἀκριτόφυλλον
indistinguishably-leaved
… similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon; references at
Photius
alpha848 Theodoridis. The headword adjective, neuter singular, is used of a mountain in Homer, Iliad 2.868.
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1001
Ἀκρόδρυα
fruits
… As opposed to the ground.) Glossing thus far as in
Photius
and elsewhere. [2] As in the scholia to Plato, Critias 115B. [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 19 (ed. Habrich); more fully at sigma 673.
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1166
Ἀλείψας
having oiled
… [1] Thus far the entry (minus the syntactical comment) =
Photius,
Lexicon alpha914 Theodoridis. [2] Quotation unidentifiable in this precise form, but probably from one of Theodoret's letters, where the key (and striking) phrase …
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1228
Ἅλιμον
halimon, tree purslane
… [1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at
Photius
alpha950 Theodoridis.
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1332
Ἄλοπον
unscutched
… 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", but this is an acephalous version of …
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1375
Ἁλωαί
grounds, fields, orchards
Same or similar entry in other lexica; references at
Photius
alpha1082 Theodoridis. cf. alpha 1378. [1] See already alpha 1373.
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