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γ199Γέρρονwicker-shieldcf. generally gamma 178, gamma 205. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.1.9. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.7.22.Matched in noteshighshort
α1456ἈλφιτοσιτῶI eat barley-bread[1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.2.28 (web address 1). For the continuation of the quotation with respect to wheaten bread, see alpha 4053 (and for both, see mu 34). In both instances Cyrus, king of Persia, …Matched in noteshighshort
α4053Ἀρτοσιτεῖeats wheaten bread… in the Greek) is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 6.2.28 (web address 1 below). cf. alpha 1456, mu 34.

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Γέρρον

wicker-shield

An item of arms. Xenophon [writes]: "a wicker-shield in the left [hand], a scimitar or sabre in the right". And elsewhere: "they captured wicker-shields with raw oxhide coverings, about 20 of them".

Γέρρον· ὅπλον. Ξενοφῶν· γέρρον ἐς τὴν ἀριστερὰν, κοπὶς ἢ σάγαρις ἐς τὴν δεξιάν. καὶ αὖθις· οἱ δὲ γέρρα ἔλαβον δασέων βοῶν ὠμοβόϊνα ἀμφὶ τὰ κʹ.

meter and music1

meter and music1

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β285Βίκοςjar… this comment is unclear. (For "transmission" cf. sigma 693.) [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.25. [3] Not otherwise attested as such; perhaps biki/on, vetch, is meant.Matched in noteshighshort

γ384Γονύωνof joints… quoted from somewhere, but is attested only in lexicography. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.26 (web address 1); see already gamma 377.Matched in noteshighshort

ι226Ἵησινthrows… present, of i(/hmi (cf. iota 213) -- is quoted. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.12 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

ι755Ἴτυςrim, loop… as other lexica. See also iota 756, iota 757. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.7.12 (web address 2). [3] Greek Anthology 6.28.2 (Julian, prefect of Egypt); cf. iota 336. Further quotes from this epigram, a retiring …Matched in noteshighshort

κ313Κανθήλιοςpack-ass… the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 170. [3] An approximation of Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.11 (web address 1); cf. pi 1720. [4] Polybius 8.38.1 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

κ412Καρπαίαkarpaia, crop-dance… calls the dance 'Macedonian'. [1] The passage in question is Xenophon, Anabasis 6.1.7: "after this some men from Ainos and Magnesia [in Thessaly] stood up and danced, in armour, the so-called karpaia". It was …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1803Κλίμακεςladders… Paullus into Rome in 167 BCE). [3] An approximation of Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (see web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

γ205Γέρροινwith a pair of wickers… (web address 2). But the quotation which follows is from Xenophon, for which see n.7. [7] An abridgement of Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.1.21 (web address 3). [8] From the description of the Persian battle-order at …Matched in noteshighmedium

β66Βάλανοςdate; head of the penis… fruit is a crimson [phoinix] to brown color when ripe. Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.10 (web address 2 below). [3] Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.15 (web address 3 below); cf. already alpha 2991 and alpha 3381.Matched in noteshighshort

γ377Γόνατονjoint… evidently generated by the neuter plural in the quotation. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.26 (web address 1), abridged. (Xenophon and his men, the guests of a barbarian tribe, are invited to consume a thick alcoholic …Matched in noteshighshort

α719Ἀθέρεςchaff, stalks… like wheat or barley. Mentioned from Hesiod onwards; see e.g. Xenophon, Oeconomicus 18.1 ("chaff and stalks") at web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort

α1223Ἄλιθονstone-less[1] Arrian FGrH 156 F152 (from an unidentifiable work); cf. Xenophon, Anabasis 6.4.5.Matched in noteshighshort

α1421Ἅλοιτοmight spring… the quotation given. but see next note. (Other possibilities in Xenophon, Theocritus, etc.) [1] A version (again at sigma 569) of Greek Anthology 7.36.1-2 which has the headword a(/loito rather than a)/roito. On this …Matched in noteshighshort

α2518Ἀνθοσμίαςflower-smelling, redolent of flowerscf. generally Xenophon, Hellenica 6.2.6. [1] Similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1964 Theodoridis. [2] No such place is attested; in any case this line of explanation is an unnecessary attempt to parallel …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2991Ἀπέκειντοthey were set aside… a)po/keimai -- is probably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.15 (web address 1); again in part at alpha 3381 and fully at beta 66.Matched in noteshighshort

α3660Ἀποψώμενονwiping off… somewhere -- very probably its only attested appearance outside lexicography: Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.3.5. [1] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 817-818 (already at alpha 3110, and again sigma 668); see web address 1 below text. The scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

γ54Γαμψόνcrooked… long, heavy scythe, an ancient weapon of war, as in Xenophon Cyropedia 6.1.30 (web address 1). But in the epigram's agricultural context, this tool was almost certainly the smaller, lighter sickle, held in one …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1530Δρίοςcopse, thicket… 512), and another extract at beta 82. As mentioned by Xenophon (Memorabilia 2.1.4, web address 2), fowlers used tamed quails and partridges to attract other birds during a hunt.Matched in noteshighshort

ε375Ἐκβεβόλβισταιhas been uprooted… verb e)coru/ssw (web address 3) in regard to plants, see Xenophon, Oeconomicus 19.4 (web address 4).Matched in noteshighshort

κ439Κάρφηhay[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.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2725Κυνοῦχοςdog-hold… etymologically, this meaning is unattested elsewhere for the 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

λ60Λάκκοςpit, reservoir, tank… web address 1; for the kind glossed here see e.g. Xenophon, Anabasis 4.2.22. For a metaphorical use of the word see lambda 61. For lakkos-compounds see lambda 58, lambda 59.Matched in noteshighshort