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- ε2504Ἐπιώψατοchose, oversaw[1] So far, the entry = Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 987a10 (who also adds 'Plato in Laws'); cf. [Didymos], De dubiis apud Platonem lectionibus 246.13. Adler also cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 1647. [2] In Plato, Laws …
- δ1476ΔῶροςDoros, Dorus… see generally pi 2506. For this material in general cf. Plato, Philebus 16C.
- β149Βασιλείδηςprince… word (except as the proper name Basileides, irrelevant here) but Plato, Critias 116C has the genitive plural: see web address 1.
- α3350Ἀποκήρυκτονdisenfranchised, disinherited, renounced… [3] From Harpokration s.v., who cites Demosthenes 23.201 and quotes Plato Comicus fr. 121 Kock (139 K-A). [4] Quoted from epsilon 600.
- α2661Ἀντιγραφεύςantigrapheus, copy-clerk… unconnected one immediately after it, on the a)ntigrafh/ ('counter-plea'). [4] Plato, Apology 27C (web address 3). On the a)ntwmosi/a see A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens vol.2 (Oxford 1971) 99-100.
- α3908ἈρίστιπποςAristippus, Aristippos… 2466. (It is chronologically impossible for him to have 'ransomed Plato', even if -- as apparently in Diog.Laert. -- both he and Hegesias were pupils of Paraibates.)
- ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… 2172. Adler cites scholia to Lucian (25.5 Rabe) and to Plato, Lysis 207B, Lexica Segueriana 243.8 and Photius s.v. h)lu/gh, but these passages share little in common with the present entry aside from a …
- γ131Γενέθλιαgenethlia, birthday[1] Likewise in other lexica. From the scholia to Plato, Alcibiades 121C, where the headword occurs; cf. gamma 133. [2] A horoscope, in effect.
- κ2100Κοροπλάθοιfigurine-makers, modellers[1] Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (and Photius, Lexicon kappa974 Theodoridis); generated, presumably, by Plato, Theaetetus 147B, where the genitive plural of this noun occurs (web address 1). See also under omicron 397. [2] …
- μ989Μήτε νεῖν μήτε γράμματα ἐπίστασθαιto know neither swimming nor letterscf. Plato, Laws 3.689D (web address 1); Apostolius 11.53.
- ε191Ἐγχυτρίστριαιbone-gathering womenLikewise in Photius (following Pausanias the Atticist and Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon); also cf. scholia on [Plato], Minos 315C (where the accusative case of a variant spelling of the headword appears: e)gxutistri/as), and on Aristophanes, …
- δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows… [2] Zenobius 3.33; attributed to Empedocles in a scholion on Plato, Gorgias 498E. [3] Apostolius 6.27; Gregorius 1.89, 2.88; scholion on Plato, Axiochus 367B; Tosi [cited under alpha 378] no.1096. See also kappa 497, …
- δ1597Δυσαριστοτόκειαunhappy mother of the noblest son… herself); see web address 1. The line is quoted by Plato, Republic 388C, and the scholia to it proffer the explanations we see here.
- α69ἈβραάμAbraham… Illustrious Men (11): h)\ *pla/twn filwni/zei h)\ *fi/lwn platwni/zei ("Either Plato philonizes or Philo platonizes.") Cf. phi 448 and Photius, Bibliotheca 86b 25. [13] Abraham's grandfather (Genesis 11:22). Seruch in the LXX, שרוג śerūḡ …
- γ214Γειναμέναιςgiving birth… birth." See note at gamma 215. [2] Greek Anthology 7.99.1-2 (Plato the Epigrammatist) = Diogenes Laertius 3.30. The verb should be active e)pe/klwsan.
- α1722ἈμφιδρόμιαAmphidromiaFrom the scholia to Plato, Theaetetus 160E, where the headword occurs. See also Harpokration s.v. For the tenth see delta 186.
- ε1997Ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳin the very act (of theft), red-handed… or similarly in other lexica, and cf. a scholion on Plato, Laws 942A; see also epsilon 1996. [2] Procopius, Secret History 1.18 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (7). On Antonina's affair with Theodosius, the …
- μ1004Μητραλοίαςmother-striker… the primary one, mhtraloi/as (attested in e.g. Aeschylus, Lysias and Plato). For yet another mother-abuse word see mu 1007. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, ascribed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); cf. pi 1250.
- ε2853Ἐπράξατοexacted [for him/her/itself]… 2232). Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests that the source is Plato, Gorgias 511D [and again 511E: DW.] Extant possibilities, in truth, are numerous: Thucydides, Xenophon, Isocrates, Isaeus, et al. [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) …
- δ351Δεινοίclever (ones), terrible (ones)… glossing in other lexica, and see also the scholia to Plato, Cratylus 424C, where deinoi/ (in the sense of clever) occurs. [2] Procopius, Secret History 2.13 (web address 1), on Belisarius and his stepson …
- ε2384Ἐπίκληροςepikleros, heiress… entry (also in other lexica) derives from the scholia on Plato, Laws 630E, where the terms kleros and epikleros occur; and the main section of the parallel epsilon 2385 (q.v.) comes from scholia on …
- ει290Εἰς Κυνόσαργεςinto Cynosarges, into KynosargesSimilarly in a scholion on Plato, Axiochus 364A (but see below), and more broadly similar elsewhere. See also epsilon 3160, kappa 2721. [1] This difference is less than it appears at first sight. See …
- ε2306Ἐπίδοξοςlikely, glorious… Same glossing in other lexica, and cf. a scholion on Plato, Theaetetus 143D, where the headword occurs in the nominative plural (web address 1). The quotation was not identified by Adler but is very …
- η39Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίουpresidency of a jurycourt… 1156 (and e.g. Aristophanes, Wasps 1108; Antiphon 5.70; Lysias 14.17; Plato, Phaedo 59E; ?Aristotle Athenaion Politeia 7.3). [8] From ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 61.1, where we see that this odd singular should be plural: these …
- α2371Ἀνεῖλενprophesied, took up, took away, killed[1] From the scholia to Plato, Laws 856E, where the headword verb appears. This material resumes in the third paragraph, below. See also Photius, Lexicon alpha1808. [2] This story derives from Herodotus, and the …
- δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia[1] cf. the scholia to Plato, Republic 475D, where it is mentioned. Though Dionysiac festivals were widespread throughout the Greek world, the most renowned was the "City" Dionysia in Athens, important because of the …
- α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… their hands and feet (Quintilian, Education of an Orator 2.8.13). Plato stresses the need for the pankratiast to be ambidextrous, capable of landing blows from both sides: The man who is trained to perfection …
- α4367Ἀτιμώρητοςundefended, unavenged[1] Likewise in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. [2] Aelian fr. 138b Domingo-Forasté (135 Hercher).