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  1. ε595Ἐκπορποῦσθαιto pin… occurs outside lexicography. How we should translate it is a matter of some doubt. Hesychius (epsilon1644) glosses the same headword with fiblou=sqai rather than e)kfiblou=sqai. This suggests that the prefix ek- is merely intensive …Matched in noteshighshort
  2. κ1995Κομήσῃςyou would grow your hair long… "But it will be no less = it does not matter." [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 835-836 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighmedium
  3. ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… citations from Aristophanes are more authoritative and are accompanied by material also found in the scholia. It has additional examples. A careful examination of the citations shows that the cries mimicked do not always …Matched in noteshighlong
  4. ε1002ἘμπεδοκλῆςEmpedokles, Empedocles… also epsilon 1003, epsilon 1004, and under epsilon 1001. The material of the present entry is drawn largely from Diogenes Laertius. [1] Or "Exainetos": Inwood and others (from Satyrus ap. DL 8.53). Xenetos is …Matched in noteshighmedium
  5. κ2734Κύπασσιςkypassis, cypassis… Carey OCT) and going on to cite or quote other material, from comedy and historiography.Matched in noteshighshort
  6. λ859Λυσίζωνος γυνήgirdle-loosening woman… phrase (= headword + gloss in Hesychius lambda1443, with extra material) was, or became, proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.96. The adjective in it is also used of unarmed soldiers: see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
  7. α1744Ἀμφιμάσχαλοςdouble-armholed, double-armholerAristophanes, Knights 882 (web address 1), with scholion. Similar material in other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort
  8. ε3766Εὐτέλεια Εὐτελίαthriftiness… the same word, eu)te/leia and eu)teli/a, but does not help matters by glossing only the second. (In the Aristophanes manuscripts both versions occur.) [1] An approximation of Aristophanes, Frogs 405 (web address 1), with …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. κ360Καρβάσιναιbrogues… was made of undressed leather. In other contexts the same material was used to cover siege-engines etc. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.14.Matched in noteshighshort
  10. αι44Αἰγίζεινto rend asunderSame or similar material, variously, in other lexica (notably Hesychius alpha1709). The latter part of the entry reappears under eta 104. [1] cf. alphaiota 61. [1] Aeschylus fr. 481 Radt (either of these infinitives). …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. α2157Ἀνδραποδώδη τρίχαslavish hair[1] Same material in Photius, and in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; prompted by Plato, Alcibiades 1.120B; see already under alpha 2156. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
  12. δ307ΔείκελονimageSame material, variously, in other lexica. See also delta 308, for an alternative spelling of the headword. [1] Greek Anthology 5.260.2 (Paul the Silentiary); cf. pi 3203 and, for the epithet, delta 426. For …Matched in noteshighshort
  13. κ2742Κύρβασιςcap… other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa1232 Theodoridis. The material comes in part from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 487 (see already under kappa 2741) and in part from glosses on Herodotus 7.64 …Matched in noteshighshort
  14. α2891Ἀπαμφιέσαντεςhaving stripped offSame material in other lexica. [1] The headword is aorist active participle, masculine nominative plural, of a)pamfie/nnumi. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps from its only extant occurrence outside lexica, in Themistius. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
  15. κ1854Κνάφοςcarding-comb… already kappa 1853. The first paragraph of the present entry's material is common from Philoxenus fr. 668 Theodoridis (cited in the Etymologicum Magnum and Etymogicum Gudianum), Herodian, De prosodia catholica p. 446, and Pollux …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. β452ΒούπαλοςBoupalos… from the primary gloss (for which see n.1 below), this material reappears under kappa 2062, q.v. [1] The gloss is erroneous, since the headword is a proper name (see n. 3 below). Adler cites …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. χ600Χοιροκομεῖονpig-penAristophanes, Lysistrata 1072-3 (web address 1), with material from the scholia. (Some of the comments not included here claim more plainly than is claimed here that these Spartans have erections; Henderson [below] nevertheless calls …Matched in noteshighshort
  18. α4232Ἀστέρειοςof a star, star's… gloss is from the scholia there. [3] Same or similar material in other lexica. The phrase occurs in Euripides, Trojan Women 855; and cf. Electra 866 for 'sun's four-horser'. [4] Homer, Iliad 1.580 (of …Matched in noteshighshort
  19. ε3522Εὐθύςstraight… 3523, epsilon 3524, epsilon 3525. [1] Aristophanes, Clouds 1047, with material from the scholia there. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 987.Matched in noteshighshort
  20. δ291Δευσοποιόςdeep-dyed… (fr. 72 Kock, now 73 K-A.). [2] Same or similar material in other lexica. The phrase can be traced to Dinarchus 2.4.Matched in noteshighmedium
  21. κ1500ΚηκίδιοςKekidios… approximation of Aristophanes, Clouds 984-5 (web address 1), preceded by material from the scholia there. [1] Nothing is otherwise known of this poet, and even the form of his name is unclear: here Kekidios, …Matched in noteshighshort
  22. ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-in… the second less so. It might suggest knowing/knowledgeable in sexual matters (compare the adulterous wife in Lysias 1.14) but more probably reflects a late meaning of the passive voice of this verb; see LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort
  23. δ1495ΔράκωνDrakon, Draco… 477. On the present entry, which contains the only biographical material we have on him, see T.J. Figueira, "The strange death of Draco on Aegina," in Nomodeiktes: Greek Studies in honor of Martin Ostwald …Matched in noteshighmedium
  24. λ780Λύγοςwithy… already with the same gloss under lambda 771. Ultimately this material comes from commentary to Homer (see next note); cf. Hesychius lambda1345, lambda1344; Synagoge lambda158; Photius, Lexicon lambda434 and lambda430 Theodoridis. [2] Homer, Iliad …Matched in noteshighmedium
  25. ε937Ἔμβαρός εἰμιI am weighty… Photius, Lexicon epsilon692 Theodoridis (with a lavish note). For this material see also beta 122 and pi 1455. [1] So e.g. Strabo 1.3.18. [2] Mounykhos is cross-referenced at mu 1289. [3] The name means …Matched in noteshighmedium
  26. ι374ἸνδοίIndians… OCD(4) s.v. India. [1] chiliostys (chi 306). where this unidentifiable material reappears. [2] cf. eta 634. [3] From epsilon 789; cf. alpha 3972, iota 75.Matched in noteshighmedium
  27. χ306Χιλιοστύςchiliostys… eta 634 and especially iota 374. The source of the material -- transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti -- is unidentifiable. [1] iota 374 has shriko/u+fon ("woven of silk") for sugkekufo/s …Matched in noteshighmedium
  28. α1930Ἀναλαμβάνεινto gather up[1] Likewise in syntactical lexica. [2] Here begins material taken from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.21B-D (1.38 Kaibel); it includes the quotations from Plato and Alexis. The opening verb is the impersonal e)/mele, not (as here) …Matched in noteshighmedium
  29. ε2838Ἐπωμίςshoulder-wrap… on, the entry seems to be a misplaced fragment of material intended for an entry on e)/foros ['overseer'] or e)po/pths ['witness'] or the like; cf. epsilon 2808. [4] An approximation of Aristophanes, Frogs 745 …Matched in noteshighmedium
  30. κ2025Κομψόνelegant, subtle, pleasant… de Boor (125) and Whitby (83). "When Hormizd discerned these matters, and as he could not tolerate the subtlety of the misfortunes, he rubbished Bahram with most disgraceful insults, bestowing women's clothing to him …Matched in noteshighmedium

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