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- δ1465ΔωριστίDorian-fashion, Dorian-mode… "[they say that he was apt] to fit only the Dorian-mode harmony as regards the lyre, and not be willing to accept any other."
- δ1461ΔώριοςDorian… but one which was intermediate and harmonious, truly befitting the Dorian mode of his fortune." And [there is] a proverb: "from a Dorian to a Phrygian." "I shall not present well-rounded phrases [as proems …
- α3870Ἀρύβαλλοςaryballos, globular oil-flask, bag, purse[Attested] not only in Stesichorus and other Dorian [writers], but also [used by] Aristophanes in Knights: "then [the goddess seemed] to pour a libation on your head with an aryballos."
- γ105ΓέλαGelaNeighboring cities on the (Dorian) south coast of Sicily, and therefore often mentioned as a pair: see e.g. Thucydides 4.58, 6.5.3, 7.58.1, and Aristophanes, Acharnians 606 (scholia to which lie behind the present entry).
- ε1380Ἐν Κλάρῳin Klaros, in Clarus… 1 -- but with a long alpha, i.e. as a Dorian dialect word connected with klh=ros, and thus meaning "[equally] distributing" without reference to a cultic place.)
- χ296Χιάζεινto play the Chian… harmony only the enharmonic genus in its various modes, e.g. Dorian, Phrygian. Thus the description of the chromatic genus as a twisting of harmony.
- κ1107Κάτωθεfrom below[sc. This word is spelled] without the [final] n among Dorians. And Pindar [ does] likewise. "For I come from the countryside [a)gro/qe] from Khariklo and Philyra".
- ε3325Ἐτνήρυσιςsoup-ladle… a fictional dedication of cooking tools by a glutton named Dorieus; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 125), (vol. II, 364-366), and further excerpts from this epigram at kappa 1871 and tau 799. As …
- μ1250Μορμολύκειαfright-masks… the masks of the tragedians. The masks of actors, which Dorians call gorgia. Whence also [is derived] the [verb] mormolu/casqai, [meaning] to frighten. "Appearance was the obstacle: a fright-mask of a face and a …
- μ57Μακαρίταςblessed ones… are blessed, because they no longer perceive anything terrible. Some Dorians call them zameri/tai, as if they have already obtained a share of the greater part; for the [sc. prefix] za refers to something …
- κ1549Κηρύλοςkerulos, kerylos… male [h]alcyon, which dies in intercourse. Euphronios reports that the Dorians say "would that, would that I were a khru/los"; but the Attic-speakers [call it] keiru/los. When the males grow old the females support …