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Γ gamma1

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botany40
definition37
dialects, grammar, and etymology22
food16
religion11
science and technology11
imagery10
daily life9
ethics9
agriculture8
poetry8
comedy7

24 more

epic6
trade and manufacture6
zoology6
historiography5
military affairs5
history4
meter and music4
Christianity3
clothing3
geography3
mythology3
proverbs3

Letter

Ε epsilon16
Α alpha12
Χ chi3
Δ delta3
ΑΙ alphaiota2
Η eta2
Β beta1
Γ gamma1

Vetting status

high40

Length

Short39
Medium1

Translator

Jennifer Benedict13
Catharine Roth8
William Hutton8
David Whitehead3
Antonella Ippolito2
Craig Gibson1

5 more

James Vradelis1
Matthew Farmer1
Robert Dyer1
Ryan Stone1
Tony Natoli1

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ε2914Ἐραῖαeraia, wool-decorated branchLSJ has no entry for this headword, e)rai=a. (For 'branch' cf. epsilon 1384, kappa 1699. For 'refuse' cf. sigma 698.) Assuming the headword is correctly transmitted, then the meaning given is a 'branch' or …Matched in noteshighshort
α719Ἀθέρεςchaff, stalksSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon (703); more informatively in e.g. Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword, nominative plural of the masculine noun a)qh/r, might be quoted from somewhere but, …Matched in noteshighshort
α797ἌκανθαthornTheodoret (PG 80, 1088d-89a) on Psalm 31.4 LXX. Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.

ε2914

Ἐραῖα

eraia, wool-decorated branch

[Meaning] the branch. It also signifies the refuse-like [sc. part] of the olive tree.

Ἐραῖα· ὁ κλάδος. σημαίνει καὶ τῆς ἐλαίας τὸ σκυβαλῶδες.

gender and sexuality1

gender and sexuality1

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α840Ἄκεσσαakessa, (?)accessThe headword is attested only here and in the parallel (but shorter) entry in ps.-Zonaras. It perhaps derives, through some historical incident, from the Sicilian city Akessa mentioned by Photius, Lexicon s.v. o)/xos a)kessai=os …Matched in noteshighshort

α924ἈκόνιτονaconiteSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1039). [2] Diogenes Laertius 5.8: the third line of a short poem of his own (= Greek Anthology 7.107.3) on …Matched in noteshighshort

α953Ἄκρα κόρυμβαhigh-points; fruit-clusters[1] Same or similar entries in other lexica -- prompted by Homer, Iliad 9.241 (web address 1 below), the sole appearance of the phrase (nhw=n) a)/kra ko/rumba. For dispute over its precise meaning see …Matched in noteshighshort

α1045Ἄκυλοςacorn, pig-acornSee also epsilon 701, where this entry appears in reverse. [1] Same glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 10.242, where the headword occurs in the accusative case. The acorn …Matched in noteshighshort

α1102ἈλδήσκωI growSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon (1421). Generated by the scholia to Homer, Iliad 23.599, where the headword verb occurs (as a participle, of a ripening crop); see also …Matched in noteshighshort

α1190Ἄλημαfine-witted; wily knaveThe headword, a neuter noun cognate with alpha 1176 and alpha 1183, is used here figuratively of a 'fine-witted, wily knave' (LSJ), i.e. Odysseus. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 388-390, preceded by a version of a …Matched in noteshighshort

α1194Ἄλλην δρῦν βαλάνιζεshake acorns from another oakSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Diogenianus 1.19. [2] Macarius 1.88.Matched in noteshighshort

α1220ἉλίζωστιςhalizostisAttested only here and in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras; not in LSJ.Matched in noteshighshort

α1485ἈμμανίταιAmmanitai, Ammanitae, Ammanites, Ammonites[1] (Same glossing in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon.) See Genesis 19.38 LXX, etc. [2] So in e.g. a fragment of Nicander [nu 374] quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.61A (2.57 Kaibel); …Matched in noteshighshort

α2836Ἀξυλίαlack of timber, want of timber[1] Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] That is, a virgin wood, not yet cut. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 11.155, where this phrase occurs. Likewise or …Matched in noteshighshort

αι96ΑἴεσχοςaieschosSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Hesychius has a very similar gloss for a headword transmitted as ai)esxlos or ai)sxlos, regarded by Latte as a corruption of ai)/sakos (see …Matched in noteshighshort

αι159ΑἰθύσσωI stir upSimilar entry in ps.-Zonaras. For this verb see already alphaiota 158. [1] Comparable glossing in Photius and other lexica. [2] Greek Anthology 7.204.3-4 (Agathias Scholasticus), an epitaph for the poet's pet partridge (which actually …Matched in noteshighshort

β102Βαρακηνίςwith pricklesThe headword is a debased form of the dative plural barakinh=|sin which appears in Hesychius beta207, and is glossed there a)ka/nqais, sko/loyi, "with thorns, with spines." (Same glosses in ps.-Zonaras, to the headword baraki/nais.) …Matched in noteshighshort

γ253Γηρυόνεια δένδραGeryonian treesSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. These two phrases must be quoted from somewhere, but the source of only the first of them is identifiable: Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 5.5. For Geryon see generally …Matched in noteshighshort

δ912Διέκυψανthey bent over, they looked outSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword -- third person plural, aorist indicative active, of diaku/ptw -- is quoted from the Psalm 91.8 LXX (92.7 RSV: "though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1548Δρύππαripe oliveThe quotation stems from a votive epigram (Greek Anthology 6.299.3-4), by Phanias, describing offerings of country produce to Hermes; cf. further extracts from this epigram at theta 429, iota 552, and sigma 1328. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1550Δρυπολεῖνto go around (with) treesThe headword verb is unattested outside lexicographers (et al.), who were unsure of its meaning. Photius and ps.-Zonaras give the same gloss as here, but Hesychius delta2441 glosses the third-person singular indicative drupolei= (presumably …Matched in noteshighshort

ε27Ἔβελοςebelos, ebonySame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; similar one in ps.-Herodian and ps.-Zonaras. [1] The latter is much the commoner version of the word.Matched in noteshighshort

ε388Ἐκδέχεσθαιto accommodateSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] For this verb in other senses cf. epsilon 386, epsilon 387, epsilon 389. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (For ge/rra see gamma …Matched in noteshighshort

ε420Ἐκκεχιλωμένηνgrassed-overAlmost identical (slightly longer) entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle, feminine accusative singular, of a verb e)kxilo/w ('cover all over with grass': LSJ). Very similar glosses, but in the nominative, occur …Matched in noteshighshort

ε569Ἐκπήγνυσθαιto be frozen stiffThe same entry is taken over by ps.-Zonaras. The meaning given in their gloss, however, is not attested in the few surviving independent occurrences of the transmitted headword verb e)kph/gnusqai (predominantly in Theophrastus, in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε765Ἐλαιόδευστοςoil-drenchedThe headword adjective, transmitted in most mss as e)laio/deustos, should almost certainly be e)laio/deutos, as it is, Adler reports, in ms V (and consistently in Cyril of Alexandria: see further, next note). Note also …Matched in noteshighshort

ε824Ἕλειος ὄρνιςmarshyAdler's headword is an adjective derived from e(/los ("marsh"), for which see epsilon 900; the electronic SOL shows the secondary headword phrase. [1] Similarly in other lexica and grammars. [2] Also, according to Adler, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1145Ἐναφῆκανthey let drop intoSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and the Lexicon Vindobonense. The headword is aorist indicative active, third person plural, of the verb e)nafi/hmi. It purports to be extracted from the quotation given, but see next note. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1452Ἐντεθρίωταιhas been figged-upSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is perfect middle-passive of e)nqrio/w, third person singular; it must be quoted from somewhere (but is otherwise unattested). [1] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Lysistrata 664, where e)nteqriw=sqai …Matched in noteshighshort

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

ε2712ἘπίττονI was pitching-up(Not a new entry, Adler reports, in mss VM.) The headword, transmitted as e)pi/tton, should probably be e)pi/ttoun, i.e. first person singular, imperfect indicative active, of pisso/w, with the -tt- of Attic dialect. (The …Matched in noteshighshort

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