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19 entries for Pollux

ε3443Εὐερνήςflourishing, growing wellSame or similar entry in other lexica, and see also Pollux 1.230. Perhaps taken from Lucian, Verae Historiae 1.8, which attracted scholiastic comment.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2799Κυφόςstooping… to Athena's olive tree on the Acropolis of Athens) see Pollux 9.17, alongside Hesychius alpha7851, pi23; Pollux 6.163. [4] Greek Anthology 5.185.3 (Asclepiades). The subject is a fishmonger.Matched in noteshighshort
λ235Λεκιθοπώληςpeasepudding-seller, pulse-seller… 236. The headword itself is attested only here (and in Pollux 7.198), but the feminine version occurs in Aristophanes (Plutus [Wealth] 427) and Lucian (Lexiphanes 3).Matched in noteshighshort
αι312Αἰρόπινονairopinon… or (neuter) noun, occurs in Aristophanes (fr. 480 Kock, in Pollux 10.114). [1] ai)=ra: see alphaiota 278.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1135ΚαυλῶI form a shoot, I form a stalk… perfect active participle of e)kkaule/w is attested only in lexicographers (Pollux, Apollonius, Apion, Hesychius), and the passage cited is Suda's own, in omicron 598, glossing o)/rmena. The gloss may be derived from Pollux 6.54.4: …Matched in noteshighshort
α4229Ἀστεμφέαunshaken… Page (vol. II, 358). It is described in detail by Pollux Onomasticon 5.32. Gow and Page observe (ibid.) that it is not at all clear what type of instruments the a)ntukth=res (here in the …Matched in noteshighshort
μ438Μεθύση κύωνdrunken bitch[1] This feminine adjective is discussed by Herodian and Pollux. [2] Aristophanes, Wasps 1401-1405; repeated from alphaiota 335.Matched in noteshighshort
μ797Μετόρχιονinterval [between rows of vines]… Aristophanes called Farmers (cited in Etymologicum Magnum 634.40). See also Pollux 7.145.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-comb… and Etymogicum Gudianum), Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 446, and Pollux 7.37. Similar wording in epsilon 2396; slightly different definition in kappa 1853. [1] Herodotus 1.92.4 (it is it used as an instrument of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ198Καλαμώμενοςstalk-binding, reaping… but Hesychius kappa407 has an entry for kalamw/menon, said by Pollux 7.142 to occur in Cratinus (fr. 420 Kock, now 461 K.-A.). [2] This third person plural, present indicative middle, of the same verb …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2725Κυνοῦχοςdog-hold… word. Contrast Xenophon, Kynegetikos [On Hunting] 2.9 (web address 1); Pollux 5.31, 10.64; Pausanias the Atticist kappa57 (= Hesychius kappa4618); Photius, Lexicon kappa1222 Theodoridis. [2] Greek Anthology 6.298.3 (Leonidas of Tarentum); Sochares the Cynic …Matched in noteshighshort
ε874Ἑλίχρυσοςgold-twist, helichrysum… were often woven (like ivy) into crowns and garlands; cf. Pollux 6.106; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.680E (15.27 Kaibel). The confusion might have arisen from the similarity of use and from passages such as Theocritus, Idylls …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1682Κισσύβιονivy-cup… defined with this gloss (without "properly") in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. Pollux 6.97 instead suggests it was so called for being adorned with ivy. Both explanations are given in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.476F-477E (11.53 Kaibel); the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2507Ἐπίπασταsprinklings… this entry up to this point, prefer 'porridge'; and cf. Pollux 6.61. (Thus there is really no need for K. Zacher's emendation to zwmw=|, noted by Adler.) [2] Aristophanes, Knights 103 (web address 1), …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ318Κανοῦνbasket… Hesychius kappa650. [1] = Hesychius kappa679, Synagoge, Photius kappa161; cf. Pollux 7.176. [2] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 242 (web address 1); cf. kappa 308. [3] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Peace 948 …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylos… Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.172A-C [4.72 Kaibel] = Menander fr. 451 Sandbach; Pollux 6.69; Hesychius kappa648. At least one ancient authority would read ka/ndulon in place of ko/ndulon ('knuckle') at Aristophanes, Peace 123 (Demetrius (?)of Phaleron; …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2786Κύτταροςcell… = Photius kappa1267 Theodoridis (see also kappa1268, kappa1269, kappa1270); cf. Pollux 7.147, Hesychius kappa4747. Concerning 'the blossom-end of the pomegranate', Hesychius kappa4745 ascribes this definition to the word ku/tinoi (cf. Photius kappa1271). Perhaps some …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-timbering… commentary on the Aristophanes passage (Herodian, On Orthography 3.2 507.28, Pollux 2.212, Hesychius epsilon3349; cf. epsilon 1460, tau 282), perhaps as a result of someone's speculation about whether this word should be read in …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… 798), usually a wine-flask (Hesychius pi4486, beta1352, Photius Lexicon s.v., Pollux 7.175), but here probably a chamber pot or a)mi/s (Hesychius pi4486), appropriate to the references to pissing on his bed-mat. [8] The clause …Matched in noteshighmedium

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