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David Whitehead8
Jennifer Benedict8
Catharine Roth5
Antonella Ippolito3
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Malcolm Heath2

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William Hutton2
Anne Mahoney1
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χ164ΧαίρεινgreetingsFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 609 (web address 1), where this form -- an infinitive of the verb meaning 'to be happy' -- occurs. The claim that Kleon (kappa 1731) was the first …Matched in noteshighshort
χ370ΧόεςPitchers, Choes… on Demosthenes 39.16: web address 1) and half from the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 961 (web address 2); note, however, that Jacoby, for FGrH 244 F33, regarded all of this material as deriving from …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ622ΧύτροιPotsFrom scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 1076 (web address 1), where the festival is mentioned; see also the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 218 (web address 2). [1] For the Pitchers festival, Choes, see chi 369 …

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Χαίρειν

greetings

To add 'greetings' to letters [was] the ancient way. Some say that Kleon was the first to do this, but they are wrong.

Χαίρειν· ἀρχαῖον ἔθος τὸ ἐπιστολαῖς προστιθέναι τὸ χαίρειν. οἱ δὲ λέγοντες Κλέωνα πρῶτον χρήσασθαι τούτῳ, ψεύδονται.

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ε1293Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and newFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 1134, where the headword phrase occurs (see web address 1). See also delta 1205, epsilon 1292, epsilon 1296, epsilon 1294, epsilon 1295, epsilon 1298; LSJ entry at web …Matched in noteshighmedium

β189Βατράχειονfrog-green[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 522, where the headword occurs; cf. mu 20. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 1406, where the word occurs. [3] This (proverbial?) phrase is not otherwise …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1240Ἐννέωροςin the ninth season; nine seasons old… -- a line quoted in [Plato], Minos 319B, where the scholia gloss it as here. See also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.351, and other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

χ535Χρόνου πόδαtime's foot… 100 (see under pi 356), with comment deriving from the scholia. The first of the two phrases has been identified as a (comic?) version of Euripides fr. 487 (from the Melanippe), ai)qe/r' oi)/khsin *dio/s …Matched in noteshighshort

α1Ἂ ἄah! ah!… 1052 (web address 1). The first sentence is derived from scholia to this passage, and this may also be true of the rest of the entry. [2] That is, it is "ah! ah!", not …Matched in noteshighshort

α1615Ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπουςlambs in disposition… 1), and the substance of the entry is from the scholia on it. [1] On this terminology see already alpha 1614.Matched in noteshighshort

α1641ἈμμώνιοςAmmonius, Ammonios… Ammonius lived in the C2 BC -- derives from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 10.397.Matched in noteshighshort

α1916ἈνακρέωνAnakreon, Anacreon… Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. [1] cf. the scholia to Plato, Phaedrus 235C. [2] 572-569 BCE. (Adler [addenda] notes Kuster's suggested emendation of this numeral to 62nd, i.e. 532-529.) [3] 560-557 BCE. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… SH 119. [31] Plato Cratylus 407D, Republic 535C; see the scholia there. [32] This addendum and the preceding one simply note words similar to the poet's name: see web address 1 and web address …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3932ἈριστοφάνηςAristophanes… Suda entries, in fact, derive from the text of and/or scholia to Aristophanes; and -- to take an admittedly extreme example -- almost a quarter, all told, of the text of Lysistrata is quoted.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4123Ἀσάμινθοςbathtub… other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 10.576, where the accusative plural of the headword occurs. cf. beta 64. [1] cf. Artemidorus 1.64 (which more reasonably says …Matched in noteshighshort

αι334ΑἴσωποςAesop… (p.28). For the present material cf. Herodotus 2.134.3-4 and the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 471 (where he is mentioned). [1] Actually Euagon of Samos: FGrH 535 F3. [2] Here, ungrammatically, in the nominative. Mesembria …Matched in noteshighmedium

β64Βαλανειομφάλουςacorn-bossed… attested only in Polybius 30.29.4. [4] Artemidorus 1.64; cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 838. [5] From alpha 4123.Matched in noteshighshort

β117ΒαρκαίοιςBarkaian (ones), Barcaean (ones)From the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 727, where the dative plural headword occurs: "crashed into Barkaian chariots"; cf. omicron 1064. For Barke/Ptolemais see Strabo 17.3.20-21 (C837) and Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. On its chariots …Matched in noteshighshort

β229ΒεκεσέληνεbekeseleneFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 398, where this vocative singular occurs (but spelled with double kappa there); see already beta 228, and again alphaiota 68 and pi 2634. The story is told by …Matched in noteshighmedium

β475ΒουφόνιαBouphonia; Ox-slayingFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 985, where the headword occurs. See also beta 474. [1] beta 474 has a different word, popanon rather than pelanos, but either means a cereal-based cake or pottage …Matched in noteshighshort

β488Βωμολοχεύσαιτο(if one) were to play the wit at the altar… a cognate or internal accusative, implying plaga/s 'blows', as the scholiast says (sch. rec. 972c). See pi 1872, citing the identical construction in the NT (Luke 12:47), a phrase often quoted in patristic writers. …Matched in noteshighmedium

β519ΒρασίδαςBrasidas… An approximation of Aristophanes, Peace 640, with comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighmedium

β521ΒραυρώνBrauron… Aristophanes, Peace 875-6 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. [2] By Greek inclusive reckoning; we would say four. [3] alpha 3958. (NB: The deity honored at Brauron was Artemis; why we …Matched in noteshighshort

δ178Δεκάπουν σκιάνten-foot shadow… Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 651-2 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. For o)yino/n, see omicron 1081.Matched in noteshighshort

δ515Διαγεγονότοςelapsed, gone through, surviving… not to be used in classical writers; perhaps from the scholia to Euclid (I, sch. 59), starting from the fifth century A.D. [4] Source(?s) unidentifiable. The verb diaginw/skw (Ionic and later for diagign-) is …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… the first two glosses given here is used in various scholia. [1] = Synagoge delta289, Photius delta602 Theodoridis. The noun dikaiosu/nh may also be translated as "justice", but it denotes justice as a virtue, …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1391ΔόρπειαDorpeia… Likewise -- i.e. the entry thus far -- in the scholia on Aristophanes, Peace 890, where a)na/rrusin occurs. [4] alpha 2940.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… while never eponymous archon, is linked with theorika by a scholiast to Aeschines 3.24. (So G.L. Cawkwell, 'Eubulus', JHS 83 (1963) 47-67, at 55 n.53; P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary on the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia …Matched in noteshighshort

ε149Ἐγώγυονold… quoted from somewhere -- probably Hesiod, Theogony 806; cf. the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

ε363ἙκάτηνHekate, Hecate… of of Aristophanes, Plutus (Wealth) 594-7 (web address 1), the scholia to which are the source for the rest of the entry. After the first sentence the quotation is verbatim. See also pi 1795. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε647ἙκτῆνεςEktenes, Ectenes, HektenesFrom the scholia to Lycophron, Alexandra 433, where the headword oocurs. See also Pausanias 9.5.1 (web address 1). There, as elsewhere, the name has a smooth breathing.Matched in noteshighshort

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