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κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutus… Cassius Dio 62.29; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. *Te/rgis; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *Zeu/s and omega 182. The first and principal paragraph of the present entry is Aelian fr. 86 Domingo-Forasté (83 Hercher). [1] Titus …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2179Κουρεώτηςbarber… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Likewise (the festival) in Etymologicum Magnum 533.41. [3] Similarly Etymologicum Magnum 533.51. [4] alpha 2940.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3221Ἐς τί ἔτιto what point still… epsilon874; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2029; and amid other scholiastic information, Etymologicum Magnum 382.11.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1072ΜιμαλλόναςMimallones… Compare in any event Hesychius mu1367 (and kappa3062) and Etymologicum Magnum 587.53, 588.42; and cf. eta 336 and kappa 1829.Matched in noteshighshort
ε503Ἑκμήνουsix-month… follows (see next note) but rather from Plato, Laws 916B (Magnesia's law on restitution for being sold a sick slave). [2] Quotation unidentifiable (and perhaps incomplete; in any event, obscure as it stands).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-comb… common from Philoxenus fr. 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. …Matched in noteshighshort
γ21ΓαλάταιGauls, Galatai, Galatians… For good measure, a confused reference to the battle of Magnesia in 190/89 (in which the Gauls were involved) is thrown in. The whole thing seems to be something of a mess, but there …Matched in noteshighmedium
β478ΒούχεταBoucheta, BuchetaFrom Harpokration s.v. (again, post-Suda, at Etymologicum Magnum 210.34), commenting on this toponym's appearance in Demosthenes 7.32 (web address 1); cf. theta 114. [1] Another attested version of the name (which would be neuter …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1202ΔῖοςDios… calendar, corresponding to Attic Pyanepsion (October-November). [2] cf. e.g. Etymologicum Magnum 278.15-18 for the gloss e)/ndocos [NB: some Suda mss do not begin the present gloss until o( e)/ndocos]; and see already delta 1167. …Matched in noteshighshort
αι255Αἰώνaion, eon, age, marrow… five meanings are found in the Etymologicum Genuinum, also Etymologicum Magnum 41.15. They are as follows: (i) the life of a man, as at Homer, Iliad 5.685. (ii) a period of one thousand years. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1884Ἕωλαleftover, stale, out-of-date… found also in Lexica Segueriana 246.3; Photius, Lexicon 48.10-11; Etymologicum Magnum 352.32-33. Contrast Etymologicum Gudianum 577.19, where four different synonyms are listed. [3] This quotation and the next constitute a paraphrase of Babrius 1.86.1-3, …Matched in noteshighshort
β153ΒασίλειοςBasileios, royal… three names ending in -eios are given here. Since Etymologicum Magnum s.v. talasi/a has the same three, presumably the number here is simply erroneous (so the C18 Suda editor L.Kuster). [2] For its change …Matched in noteshighshort
ι16ἼακχοςIakkhos, Iacchus… this detail. [3] Also spelled i)a/xw or i)axw=: cf. Etymologicum Magnum 462.48. [4] Aelian fr. 270b Domingo-Forasté (272 Hercher again); 'Areian' should be Thriasian (theta 495).Matched in noteshighshort
κ122Καθοσίωσιςtreason; holiness… below. [2] cf. Socrates, Historia Ecclesiastica 5.14. "Maximus" here is Magnus Maximus or Maximianus, who usurped control over the Western Roman Empire and on whom Quintus Aurelius Symmachus delivered a panegyric. [3] John of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1738Κλέπτηςthief… 1.132 (web address 1); cf. n.2. [2] Similarly elsewhere: Etymologicum Magnum 517.39, scholion on Sophocles, Electra 56, scholion on Homer, Iliad 1.132, Hesychius, Erotian 54.2. [3] Aelian fr. 281 Domingo-Forasté (283 Hercher). [4] cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4469Αὐτήshe, it… alpha 2078, kappa 2761; also alpha 2079. [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 173.7. [2] Psalm 117.24 LXX. [3] Luke 9.22. [4] George the Monk, Chronicon 1.312.9-22. The earliest annual Christian feast was March 25, thought …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1199ΚαῖσαρCaesar… 1. [2] See gamma 10, kappa 1196. [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 498.27-30 for the material of this first paragraph of the entry. The Suda's own source for it is indeterminable. [4] a.k.a. Marcus Aurelius, …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4173ἈσκληπιάδηςAsclepiades, Asklepiades… formulation of this etymology can be found in the Etymologicum Magnum, s.v.: 'because he makes tough [askele] (i.e. harsh) diseases mild [epia]'. [4] pi 823. [5] Aelian fr. 92c Domingo-Forasté (part of 89 Hercher); …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3585ΕὔμολποςEumolpus, Eumolpos… the son of Poseidon (beta 357, delta 1395). See Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *eu)molpi/dai, according to which Eumolpus was the founder of the Eleusinian mysteries. Also Photius and Hesychius s.v. *eu)molpi/dai, which mention that there …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, Crates… Philostratus and elsewhere. [1] See D.L. 6.88 (citing Demetrius of Magnesia). The point was not to punish the sons but to recognize that, if philosophers, they would have no need of money. [2] That …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1310Μοχθηρόςwicked, depraved, nasty, wretched… Segueriana 304.5; Ammonius, De adfinium vocabulorum differentia 326.5; and Etymologicum Magnum 592.9. [3] Adler notes that in his pioneering study on Suda source texts, Wentzel linked the reference to "rhetoricians" here with the use …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1295Ἔνηthe day after tomorrow, the second day after… probably an error for h( triaka\s th=s selh/nhs at Etymologicum Magnum 340.55f., 'the 30th. day of the month', i.e. the 29th., in a definition of e(/nh kai\ ne/a (cf. epsilon 1292, epsilon 1293, epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius… name to Kynnes (*ku/nnhs); cf. Lexica Segueriana 274.16 and Etymologicum Magnum 545.51, where both are mentioned as possibilities. This hero is named as progenitor for an aristocratic Athenian family, the Kynnidai, who are mentioned …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1093Δίκηςof justice… the translation here. For the gloss timwri/as ('vengeance') cf. Etymologicum Magnum 276.8. [2] Quotation (via the Excerpta Constantiniana, Adler supposes) unidentifiable. Poetry? The words seem to hint at an iambic rhythm, although it is …Matched in noteshighmedium
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… 94, notes 1 and 14. [7] The Suda underscores the magnitude of the honor with a hyperbolic kat' before e)cai/reton. [8] The statement, rooted in a paternalistic-filial model that originates in Abraham and culminates …Matched in noteshighlong