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κ197ΚαλαμίτηςKalamites, Calamites; reed-like… below). There is some debate over the identity of "the hero Kalamites" (tw=| Kalami/th| h(/rwi). This may be a physician or bone-setter (one who uses splints, ka/lamoi) named Heros who is mentioned in Demosthenes …Matched in noteshighshort
α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… Apostolius 2.96) and Kassel-Austin, PCG III.2 (Aristophanes) pp.51-52. [3] On hero-cult see generally OCD(4) s.v. (p.672). [4] Anagyros, evidently. (At epsilon 78, where this mini-narrative is summarised, the father is the subject -- but …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3510ΕὔθυμοςEuthymos, Euthumos, Euthymus… Eustathius (1409 on Homer, Odyssey 1.185, copying Strabo) call the hero Polites. According to Strabo the shrine lay near the city of Temesa and was shaded by wild olive trees. The story in epsilon …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2161Κοτίνου στεφάνῳwith a wreath of wild olive… of Athenian imperialism through mythmaking. Athenians also asserted that their hero Theseus had founded the Isthmian Games. An ancient scholar commenting on hypothesis (b) to Pindar's Isthmian Odes states: "They say that Theseus established …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε514Ἔκνιζενwas chafing, was scratching… web address 1). It appears in this form twice in Herodotus: at 6.62.1 (glosses to which lie behind the present entry) and at 7.12.1, in both instances in this figurative sense. In the present …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1595Κίκιcastor-oilThe headword is attested in Herodotus (2.94.1), Plato (Timaeus 60A), and elsewhere. [1] cf. ps.-Herodian 236. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-comb… 668 Theodoridis (cited in the Etymologicum Magnum 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galley… Hesychius, Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, the Etymologicum Magnum, Glosses on Herodotus 7.97, Herodian De prosodia catholica vol. 3.1 p. 202), all with some variation of "kind of boat" or "kind of ship". [2] Tzetzes, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1630Κιννάμωμονcinnamon, cassiaSimilar entry in the Etymologicum Magnum 514.3-5: Herodotus (below) is quoted, with a different interpretation of the Ionic relative pronoun ta\ (see Smyth §338D3) and variation between single and double nu in "cinnamon" (but …Matched in noteshighshort
μ475Μελεδωνοίcaretakers, managerscf. mu 474. [1] From glosses on Herodotus 2.65.3, where the present nominative plural headword occurs. Also in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu228 Theodoridis. [2] Matthew 20.8.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1521Δρέπουharvest!… the verb cf. delta 1519, delta 1520, delta 1522. [2] Herodotus 8.115.2 (web address 1), with the compound verb katadre/pw; on Xerxes' army in retreat from Greece.Matched in noteshighshort
α2497Ἀνθέρικεςbeards… where the genitive plural occurs. [2] Similarly in Hesychius [3] Herodotus 4.190 (on the portable houses of the Nasamones). [4] See generally LSJ s.v. antherikos.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2687Κύμινονcumin, cumminLikewise in ps.-Herodian (73) and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon (1908). See also kappa 2688.Matched in noteshighshort
κ298ΚαννάβηhempMore usually ka/nnabis; Cannabis sativa. According to Herodotus 4.75, the Scythians burned cannabis seeds and used them to medicate vapor baths (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
αι60Αἰγίςgarment; net; web; cuirass; wood-grain… [F24 Conomis] and Nymphodorus [FGrH 572 F22] [sc. mention them]. Herodotus [4.189.1] says that these things are called aigees by Libyans". (See alphaiota 59.) Compare also Hesychius alpha1725. [1] For 'wearing' cf. LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
μ284Ματιολοιχόςsmall-licker… etymology is guesswork, and distorts the word into mataioloxo/s. [3] Herodian, De Prosodia Catholica p. 231 Lentz, peri\ o)rqografi/as p. 548 Lentz.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1490Δράγματαhandfuls of uncut corn, trusses… of Greek Anthology 6.44.2-4 (perhaps by Leonidas of Tarentum), on Heronax's libations to Satyrs and Dionysus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 137), (vol. II, 391-392), and other extracts from this epigram at kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
μ507Μελίνηmeline, millet… A faulty connection: we needed "but". [3] Sophocles fr.69 Radt; Herodotus 3.117.4; Xenophon, Anabasis 1.2.22, 1.5.10. [4] The passage in question, as Harpok. shows, is 6.4.6 -- but modern editions print meli/nas there. [5] …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-timbering… one, e)ntornei/a, possibly the parapet around a trireme's foredeck. [1] Herodian, De prosod. cathol. 3.1 273.29. [2] That is, the final alpha of the word. [3] Somehow this word, a more common word for …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2396Ἐπὶ κνάφου ἕλκειςyou are dragging [me] on a carding-comb… not here (but cf. kappa 1854), is the episode in Herodotus 1.92.4 (cf. Plutarch, On the Malice of Herodotus 858E) of Croesus doing this to the friend of Pantaleon (e)pi\ kna/fou e(/lkwn die/fqeire). For …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
γ205Γέρροινwith a pair of wickers… at the battle of Plataea). [5] cf. gamma 177. [6] Herodotus 7.61.1 mentions gerra (web address 2). But the quotation which follows is from Xenophon, for which see n.7. [7] An abridgement of Xenophon, …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ364Λειμώνmeadowcf. generally lambda 363. [1] Likewise in the Ambrosian Lexicon (as reported by Adler); cf. ps.-Herodian 78. [2] Same or similar gloss in other lexica. cf. alpha 2489, alpha 4298, iota 493, kappa 2431, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowy… probably, 4.483 (where it refers to the river Asopos; cf. Herodotus 9.43.2). See web address 1 & web address 2. The gloss brings out the etymology of the word itself. For 'sleeping-mats' see psi …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1833Κλώνtwig, shoot[1] (Whence "clone".) Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon, and cf. ps.-Herodian 72. [2] Third person singular, aorist, of klwni/zw; already at epsilon 484 (and evidently quoted from somewhere).Matched in noteshighshort
λ441Λῆμαwill… 602-3, with scholion. Modern texts generally have "pare/cw 'mauto\n." [7] Herodotus 7.99.1 (abbreviated). [8] Aristophanes, Frogs 899-904; cf. alpha 1233, alpha 4234, alpha 4516, kappa 981. The lexicographer has inserted the names of Aeschylus …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1997Κόμμιgum… fr.51 Linke. Tree sap is frequently termed "tears", starting with Herodotus 2.96: "its sap is gum". The headword itself, ko/mmi, is a non-Greek word, perhaps Egyptian (LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
μ459Μελανοσυρμαῖον λεώνblack-purging people, black-purging race… 1666, sigma 1667. [2] On the Egyptians and purging see Herodotus 2.77.Matched in noteshighshort
α1490Ἁμαξουργοίcartwrights, wagon-makers… For the distinction between wild and cultivated trees see e.g. Herodotus 4.21.Matched in noteshighshort
λ363Λείμαξmeadow[1] The headword is a variant of leimw/n (lambda 364); cf. ps.-Herodian and the Lexica Segueriana. [2] Adler marks the second part of this entry as an interpolation. The comparative adjective leimake/steros is otherwise …Matched in noteshighshort