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- λ489Λιβανωτόςfrankincense… the fruit of the frankincense-tree, but li/banos is the plant itself.
- κ1985Κόμματαkommata… of the [parts] occurring in the ear, round the grain itself, or of the beards.
- α4539Αὐτῷ στεφάνῳcrown and all, garland and all[Meaning] with the crown itself. "So that each man, drunk, can take a torch and depart, crown and all."
- μ1322Μωλόχιονmallow… of moloxi/on (which occurs in e.g. a fragment of Aristophanes), itself more commonly found as malaxi/on.
- α1482Ἀμάμυξιςamamyxis… a kind of grape-cluster - though some [say] the vine [itself] is so called. The noun also occurs in Epicharmus and in Sappho.
- η567ἬρυονI drew [a liquid], they drew [a liquid][Meaning] I/they drained [it]. Also [sc. attested is] h)ru/sato ["he/she/it drew for himself/herself/itself"], [meaning] he/she/it drained.
- μ843Μείλινον δόρυashen spear… appears there first, as the metre requires; and the adjective itself is me/linos in prose: see LSJ entry at web address 2 [me/linos (B)].
- κ335Καπηλίςhuckstress, landlady… also [comes] a)/mpelos, i.e. being e)/mpelos, having the dregs in itself.
- κ1919ΚοκύμηλαplumsThe neuter headword itself (here plural) is more usually spelled kokk-, as in beta 513. [1] Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] In ancient and modern Greek alike this is …
- λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowy… 2. The gloss brings out the etymology of the word itself. For 'sleeping-mats' see psi 93.
- λ491ΛίβερνοςLibernos, Libernus… knew from a Sibylline oracle that the earth would seal itself back together if the most valuable thing among humankind was pitched into the chasm, so some of them brought gold, and others silver, …
- δ100Δαφνίνην φορῶ βακτηρίανI am carrying a laurel staffZenobius 3.12, and other paroemiographers. The proverbial phrase itself is the bulk (minus the opening) of an iambic trimeter.
- λ235Λεκιθοπώληςpeasepudding-seller, pulse-sellercf. generally lambda 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).
- α4463Αὐτάγγελοςself-announcing, announcing what one has seen[Meaning] that which delivers announcements from itself. "For the oak herself will tell you, self-announcing"; for it has writings. And elsewhere: "he would have come from the king/emperor as an announcer of these things …
- κ2020Κομποφακελορρήμοναpomp-bundle-worded… (Euripides is characterizing the language of Aeschylus). The glossing term itself does not occur outside this context. For fa/kelos, see phi 25, phi 26, phi 27.
- κ1997Κόμμιgum… starting with Herodotus 2.96: "its sap is gum". The headword itself, ko/mmi, is a non-Greek word, perhaps Egyptian (LSJ s.v.).
- λ717ΛόχμιοςthicketedThe headword adjective, in the nominative case, is itself unglossed; the glossing comes after its occurrence, in the quotation, in the accusative. cf. generally lambda 713, lambda 716. [1] Greek Anthology 6.32.2 (Agathias Scholasticus); …
- χ342Χλίδοςslime, sludge… the result of which was that he made the road itself higher and narrower". Slime is the word for a whole mass. And it is a sort of pile, particularly that of dross and …
- ε943Ἐμβεβλημέναin-grown… Harpokration s.v. -- for Aristotle (fr. 274 Rose). The headword itself appears in Demosthenes 53.15, on which Harpok. was commenting.
- ε3371Εὐανθὴς γλῶσσαflowery tongue… figurative, at any rate to judge by the phrase (seemingly itself a quotation) used to gloss it here. Bernhardy attributed the gloss to Synesius or Damascius; Adler suggests a scholion on Gregory of Nazianzus.
- α2751Ἀντλίαbilge, bilge-water… ship]. "So I will seize and take away the bilge[-water] itself". From a metaphor of ships. For antlia is also said to be the efflux of a ship. And the Pisidian [writes]: "from those …
- α3197Ἄπιαpears… the fruit, apios (feminine, second declension; plural apioi) the pear-tree itself. See already alpha 3194 and alpha 3195. LSJ entries at web addresses 1 & 2 for a)/pion and a)/pios (A).
- ε1543ἘξανθίζωI decorate with flower-colors… glossed, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The quotation itself, in any event, is a version of Lucian, Revivescentes 6 (which has e)chnqh/kate). [2] cf. Isaiah 35.2 LXX, where the future e)canqh/sei occurs.
- ε765Ἐλαιόδευστοςoil-drenched… [1] Feminine, in fact. Such glossing means that the headword itself was applied either to a women or, much more probably, to a feminine noun. In all nine instances in Cyril (see above) that …
- α4516Αὐτόπρεμνονuprooted, pulled up by the roots… has the masculine dative plural of the adjective; the headword itself is neuter nominative/accusative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere else. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 903-4 (web address 1 below); see already alpha 1233; also epsilon …
- ι36Ἰανοκρήδεμνοςfine-veiled, with a fine veil… Same headword (with different glossing) in Hesychius iota60. The headword itself seems to come from Alcman (fr. 177 sub-fr. 1.1, but rough breathing there). LSJ s.v. notes that the prefix i)ano- could be a …
- α2952Ἀπ' αἰγείρου θέα καὶ ἐπ' αἴγειρονview from the poplar and (view) at the poplar… again, albeit slightly differently, at alphaiota 35). The headword phrase itself goes back to C5-BCE Athens: Cratinus fr. 339 Kock, now 372 K.-A.
- ε1138Ἐναυλήματαbarley-soaksSame entry in other lexica, but the (neuter plural) headword itself, e)naulh/mata, is problematic. Theodoridis on Photius, Lexicon epsilon818 obelizes it, and mentions some of the alternatives that have been suggested: e)nalh/mata, e)nqulh/mata, qulh/mata. …
- α1001Ἀκρόδρυαfruits… to be the Septuagint: Song of Solomon 7.14). The noun itself, which can mean fruits in general as here, more exactly implies ones grown high up. [1] (sc. As opposed to the ground.) Glossing …
- ν36Νάρδοςnard-oil, spikenard-oil… sense of the headword na/rdos; the primary one is nard/spikenard itself (Nardostachys jatamansi; a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, found at higher elevations in India, Nepal, and China; cf. LSJ s.v. na/rdos (web …