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ε1481Ἐντὸς ἑβδόμηςbefore (the) seventhcf. Zenobius 3.79; Hesychius epsilon3383; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1039. Such a stipulation is otherwise unattested. (Photius says the reason for it had been given in Callimachus' Aitia.) For the preposition e)nto/s in this sense see …Matched in noteshighshort
ι180Ἱερομηνίαsacred-month… or similar entry in other lexica: see the references at Photius iota53; and further under iota 181.Matched in noteshighshort
αι257Αἰωνίζειis eternalSame entry in ps.-Zonaras; very similar one in Photius and elsewhere. The headword (present indicative, third person singular, of ai)wnizw) must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. cf. generally alphaiota 255.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1287ΜουνυχιώνMounychionFrom Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Hyperides fr. 128 Jensen. See also mu 1288 and (with a different spelling) mu 1240.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3221Ἐς τί ἔτιto what point still… the gloss from the scholia thereto. See also Synagoge epsilon874; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2029; and amid other scholiastic information, Etymologicum Magnum 382.11.Matched in noteshighshort
α2500ἈνθεστηριώνAnthesterionThe etymological explanation comes, via Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., from Ister FGrH 334 F13.Matched in noteshighshort
α1727Ἀμφιετηρίςyearly festivalSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Photius, Lexicon alpha1325 has a longer one, adding 'and sacrifice' to 'festival' and quoting a fragment of Cratinus. The headword is a single word in …Matched in noteshighshort
δ921Δι' ἐνιαυτοῦthrough the yearAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., where Antiphon (fr. 29 Sauppe) is cited for the first phrase and Teleclides (fr. 28 Kock = 30 Kassel-Austin) for the second.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3168Ἐς ὀψιγόνουςto late-born (persons)Same entry in Photius and other lexica. The headword phrase must be quoted from somewhere. It is not independently attested in this precise form, but one in Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae 27.3, comes …Matched in noteshighshort
μ689ΜεταγειτνιώνMetageitnionFrom Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Hyperides fr. 126 Jensen (and citing Lysimachides' treatise On the months at Athens [FGrH 366 F1] for the second sentence). On the month Metageitnion (July-August) and the …Matched in noteshighshort
α2955Ἀπαιδίαchildlessness[1] Same glossing in Photius and elsewhere. [2] i.e. genitive case, evidently quoted from somewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
η308Ἡμερόλεγδονby count of days… kaq' e(ka/sthn h(me/ran e)cariqmei=n "to count day by day") which Photius and other lexica have (and similarly in the Aeschylean scholia).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2698ΚυνέηcapLikewise or similarly in other lexica (see the references at Photius kappa1204 Theodoridis), and cf. also scholia on Homer, Iliad 5.845, and Aristophanes, Clouds 268, in both of which the headword occurs (web addresses …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2443Ἐπίληπτοςreprehendible, epileptic[1] = Synagoge epsilon701; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1618. [2] cf. Lexica Segueriana 187.20; Hesychius epsilon4931. [3] Bernhardy suggested that the words 'under the emperor Theodosius' have strayed in from epsilon 2409 (q.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1775Κληΐσαιto closeAbbreviated from Photius, Lexicon kappa762 Theodoridis, which subsumes the Suda's kappa 1772 (q.v.). For the noun klei/s "bolt, bar", see also kappa 1755; for the verb klhi+/w or klei/w "shut", see kappa 1753, kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
κ525Κατὰ δήμους δικασταίdeme justices, justices by demesAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Demosthenes 24.112. [1] And operated from the city of Athens itself. See generally the authority whom Harpok. cites: ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 53.Matched in noteshighshort
ν86ΝαυτοδίκαιnautodikaiThe first paragraph here follows Photius nu61 Theodoridis; the second Harpokration s.v. (via Photius nu60 Theodoridis), commenting on Lysias 17.5 & 8. [1] cf. nu 56. [2] Krateros FGrH 342 F4 (from Book 4 …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1310Μοχθηρόςwicked, depraved, nasty, wretched… accent on the antepenultimate syllable (Dickey, p. 255). [2] cf. Photius' Lexicon (mu562 Theodoridis), Hesychius mu1764, Lexica Segueriana 304.5; Ammonius, De adfinium vocabulorum differentia 326.5; and Etymologicum Magnum 592.9. [3] Adler notes that in …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius= Photius, Lexicon kappa1210 Theodoridis, though with some significant differences. For the headword itself, the mss of Photius have some variety of *Kunei=os, omitting the odd uncontracted cluster of vowels present in the Suda's …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2708Ἐπιτολῆςof a raising= Synagoge epsilon766; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1766. Headword and glosses are genitive singulars. (The headword is presumably quoted from somewhere. Extant possibilities are numerous; and cf. under theta 205.) Similar, but largely in the nominative …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2804Κυψελιδῶν ἀνάθημα ἐν ὈλυμπίᾳKypselids' dedication in Olympia; Cypselids' dedication in Olympia… c.627–587). The whole entry is copied with small changes from Photius kappa1280 Theodoridis; and cf. the other references there. [1] Plato, Phaedrus 236B, with slight changes. Notably, the Suda has sfurh/matos for Plato's (and …Matched in noteshighmedium
α83ἉβροκόμαςAbrokomas, Habrokomas, AbrocomasFrom Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. The name has a smooth breathing (Abrokomas) there, as in Xenophon before them (below); in the Suda it is rough (Habrokomas). [1] Provincial governor; see sigma 153 (and generally …Matched in noteshighshort
λ84ΛαμίαLamiaThis entry -- taken from Photius (lambda61 Theodoridis) -- does double duty: see OCD(4) s.v. Lamia(1) for the 'nursery bogy' and s.v. Lamia(2) for the city. See also lambda 85. [1] D(o)uris of Samos, …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3304Ἔτειονyearly… Portus, instead of the transmitted mo/non. [2] Same entry in Photius; similar one earlier, in Hesychius (but for the headword only, regarded by Latte as quoted from Euripides, Rhesus 435). [3] cf. Theophrastus, On …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1785Κλῆρος ἙρμοῦHermes' lotFrom Photius' Lexicon (kappa774 Theodoridis). For 'lot' see also kappa 1782, kappa 1783, kappa 1784. [1] Euripides fr. 39.Matched in noteshighshort
α1338Ἄλλος οὗτος Ἡρακλῆςthis man is another Herakles… similarly in the late paroemiographers. [2] What now follows = Photius, Lexicon alpha1011 Theodoridis. [3] theta 364. [4] See generally iota 92 (and OCD(4) p.724). [5] "The" Heracles/Hercules. (For Alcmene see alpha 1294.)Matched in noteshighshort
κ2193Κουροτρόφος γῆboy-nourishing earthSame entry in Photius (Lexicon kappa1035 Theodoridis; see the long note there). Adler suggests an attribution to Pausanias the Atticist (kappa40); perhaps ultimately from an Atthis, according to Jacoby. For the adjective see already …Matched in noteshighshort
δ39ΔαμάσκιοςDamaskios, Damascius… Isidore, is reconstructed from extensive quotations in the Suda and Photius. See bibliography below.Matched in noteshighshort
μ322ΜαιμακτηριώνMaimakterion, MaemacteriumAbridged fropm Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on [Demosthenes] 49.22 [1] An error: the month began on the fifth new moon after the summer solstice, therefore in November or October. Küster deleted this. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ308Κανηφόροιbasket-carriersAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Lycurgus fr. 68 Conomis. See also kappa 318. [1] Philochorus FGrH 328 F8. [2] Trad. 1487-1437. E. was reckoned to be the offspring of Athena and …Matched in noteshighshort

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