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- κ2179Κουρεώτηςbarber… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Likewise (the festival) in Etymologicum Magnum 533.41. [3] Similarly Etymologicum Magnum 533.51. [4] alpha 2940.
- ε3221Ἐς τί ἔτιto what point still… epsilon874; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2029; and amid other scholiastic information, Etymologicum Magnum 382.11.
- μ1072ΜιμαλλόναςMimallones… Compare in any event Hesychius mu1367 (and kappa3062) and Etymologicum Magnum 587.53, 588.42; and cf. eta 336 and kappa 1829.
- 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. …
- 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 …
- 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. …
- 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. …
- ε1884Ἕωλαleftover, stale, out-of-date… found also in Lexica Segueriana 246.3; Photius, Lexicon 48.10-11; Etymologicum Magnum 352.32-33.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, …
- 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 …
- 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).
- 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 …
- 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. …
- 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 …
- 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, …
- 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); …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …