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Ι iota1

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William Hutton7
Catharine Roth5
Nick Nicholas5
Robert Dyer3
Ronald Allen2
Antonella Ippolito1

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Craig Gibson1
David Whitehead1
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ε879Ἑλκεσίπεπλοιrobe-dragging… is found in Hesychius (epsilon2131), Lexica Segueriana 216.17 Bachmann, Etymologicum Magnum 334 and 74, and Etymologicum Genuinum alpha559, and the scholia to Homer loc.cit., though none seems to be the direct source for the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2257Ἐπιβύσαςhaving stopped up… also quoted in Photius s.v. kro/khn nh/qein le/gousin and Etymologicum Magnum s.vv. nh=ma, para/buston. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 379 (web address 2), with scholia; also quoted in Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e(kato/mbh; cf. Acharnians 463 …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2179Κουρεώτηςbarber… in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Likewise (the festival) in Etymologicum Magnum 533.41. [3] Similarly Etymologicum Magnum 533.51. [4] alpha 2940.

ε879

Ἑλκεσίπεπλοι

robe-dragging

[Meaning women] dragging their robes behind them while wearing them. In compounds often the 'o' changes into an 'e' and takes on the 'si' syllable. [sc. Witness for instance] e(/lkw, e(lko/peplos, e(lke/peplos,…

Ἑλκεσίπεπλοι· ἐφελκόμεναι τοὺς πέπλους ἐν τῷ φορεῖν. ὅτι τὸ ο ἐν ταῖς συνθέσεσι πολλάκις εἰς τὸ ε μεταβαλλόμενον καὶ τὴν σι συλλαβὴν προσλαμβάνει. ἕλκω, ἑλκόπεπλος, ἑλκέπεπλος,…

meter and music2

meter and music2

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α839Ἀκερσεκόμηςunshorn-hairedLikewise in Hesychius alpha2335 (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 46.25). From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 20.39, where the headword is applied to Apollo. Not cutting the hair would imply eternal youth; see generally LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort

αι250Αἰολομίτρηςagile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diadem… because of which he moved easily', Etymologicum Genuinum alpha221, Etymologicum Magnum 37.21, Etymologicum Symeonis 1.156.27). As with all uses of ai)o/los (alphaiota 253) and its compounds, it is impossible to decide among the possible …Matched in noteshighshort

β291Βίολαbiola… plural) headword is otherwise unattested in this form, but Etymologicum Magnum 196.34-35 cites the form bai/ola from Panyassis (pi 248).Matched in noteshighshort

δ698Διαπηνικίσαιto pull the wig over… 304 K.-A.), to whom the grammarian Pausanias and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 269.31 attribute this very rare verb. [1] Actually phnh/kh; see LSJ s.v. (web address 1) and pi 1529. [2] cf. LSJ s.v. fenaki/zw …Matched in noteshighshort

ε885Ἐλλώβιαlobe-ornaments… Similar etymological explanations are found in Aelius Dionysius epsilon33, Etymologicum Magnum 332.39. Less similar are the scholia (46.7-10, 22.29 and 52.7) to various passages of Lucian where the headword occurs. [3] Ascribed to Arrian …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1125Ἔναραspoils… Homer, Iliad 10.528. See also Orion [Author, Myth] 60.1; Etymologicum Magnum 337.46; scholia to Sophocles, Ajax 26.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… offers the other). Compare also Erotian 127-11-12 and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 356.2-3. [2] At this point Adler cites the unedited Ambrosian Lexicon (1569). [3] Aelian fr. 246 Hercher, 244a Domingo-Forasté (cf. epsilon 1137). [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2172Ἐπηλυγασάμενοςovershading… but not incompatibly: e.g. Hesychius epsilon4551; Photius, Lexicon eta132; Etymologicum Magnum 356.56. The headword also appears in quotations in epsilon 2171 and epsilon 1612.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3577Εὐμαρήςconvenient… epsilon960; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2244; cf. Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. (whence Etymologicum Magnum 393.10). Compare also Hesychius epsilon6978; and epsilon 3543, epsilon 3574 gloss, epsilon 3576 and epsilon 3822. [2] Similar to the headword, but of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3707Εὐρώςdankness… de se ipso had used the word); and cf. Etymologicum Magnum 397.52. Probably all derive ultimately from commentary to Plato, Timaeus 84B, where the genitive eu)rw=tos occurs. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 236.3 Pfeiffer.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3873Ἐφεστρίςephestris, mantle… unedited Ambrosian Lexicon (2685). [2] In addition to Artemidorus, Etymologicum Magnum 402.49 and the scholia to Lucian (36.37 and 77.20 Rabe) also offer this word as a synonym for the present headword; and cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

ι251ἸθύφαλλοιIthyphalloi, erect-phalluses… on the individuals but on their costumes -- cf. Etymologicum Magnum 470.9, and ps.-Nonnus, Scholia Mythologica 4.38.18-20 (on Gregory of Nazianzus, PG 36.1005A). [1] phi 60.Matched in noteshighshort

κ191ΚάλαϊςKalais, Calaiscf. Etymologicum Magnum 486.50; Hesychius s.v. ka/lai+s (kappa94). [1] One of the sons of Boreas (see under beta 390). cf. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.211ff. [2] Blue-green. [3] Purportedly an abbreviated phrase from Aeschylus, Agamemnon …Matched in noteshighshort

κ248Καλοπόδιονlast… rare variant for feminine kalopous (kappa 201): see e.g. Etymologicum Magnum 510.45-47, and (as LSJ notes) a variant reading in Galen, Thrasybulus (vol.5.890.12 Kuehn). For kalo/pous (also written kala-) see e.g. Plato, Symposium 191A; …Matched in noteshighshort

κ281Καμηλαύκιονcap, hood, kamelavkioncf. Etymologicum Magnum 487.49, where the second vowel is epsilon and the garment is equated with the kausia (kappa 1139). The word is used for a cap worn by court officials, and for the …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1273Κεκρύφαλονhairnet… with kekru/falon in reverse, in the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and kappa 2458. [2] Spelled thus also in Hesychius kappa2110 and elsewhere; alternatively with double beta. Either way, rare. [3] A gloss again …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1607Κιλίκιος τράγοςCilician billy-goat… hair: see already kappa 1605, and cf. Diogenianus 5.54, Etymologicum Magnum 513.43, Photius, Lexicon kappa700 Theodoridis (s.v. kigkio/pragoi, corrupt), Hesychius kappa2676. [In her critical apparatus Adler again reports the relevant lemma in Hesychius as …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

κ1987Κόμβοςband… e)gko/mbwma is similarly glossed in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum. The noun is otherwise attested only as "fringe" (or "molar") in Hesychius; but it is clearly related to kombi/on "buckle". See also kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2014Κομμωτικήfor embellishment, of embellishment… 465B-C). cf. generally kappa 2012, kappa 2013. [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 526.36 [2] cf. kappa 2009.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2035Κονιόπουςdust-foot, sandal… The entry up to here is also in the Etymologicum Magnum. The wording "narrow sandal" is in the Aristophanic scholia ad loc. Otherwise, this is the only information preserved on what kind of shoe …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2151Κόσυμβοςknot of hair, hairnet… gloves, like this gloss, in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum --- and they add that "some call this a kosu/mbh".Matched in noteshighshort

κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… without it, perhaps through the ancient explanation (found in Etymologicum Magnum 550.2ff.) that takes it as a sleeping mattress and associates it with kwdei/a, the poppy head (kappa 2213) used as an opiate, and …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2331Κράσπεδονfringe, skirtcf. Etymologicum Magnum 534.55; perhaps (as Adler notes) from comment on Matthew 9.20, where the woman with a flow of blood touches the hem of Jesus' garment (web address 1). See also kappa 2330 …Matched in noteshighshort