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η554ἩρῷναιheroinesAristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "they are some kind of heroines." They pronounced "heroines" with three syllables, as h)i/+qeoi [contracts to] h)/|qeoi. Aelian [writes]: "[she] having accomplished this, a noble and daring deed, downright [worthy] …Matched in translationhighshort
η551ἩρωΐνηHeroineA [feminine] proper name.Matched in headwordhighshort
α1729Ἀμφιθαλὴς ἔρωςblooming-around Eros[Meaning] he who is blossoming in both parents, not orphaned of either one.Matched in headwordhigh

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Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "they are some kind of heroines." They pronounced "heroines" with three syllables, as h)i/+qeoi [contracts to] h)/|qeoi. Aelian [writes]: "[she] having accomplished this, a noble and…

Ἡρῷναι· Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις· ἡρῷναί τινές εἰσι. τρισυλλάβως τὸ ἡρῷναι προήνεγκαν, ὡς ἠΐθεοι, ᾔθεοι. Αἰλιανός· γενναῖον ἔργον καὶ τολμηρὸν ἡρωΐνης ἄντικρυς τοῦτο δράσασα.

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α643Ἀεὶ τοῖς ἐρῶσιν σύνεσμενalways we associate with love(r)sAristophanes [sc. says this] about birds. Because lovers give noble birds to please their beloveds. And the nuthatch or some other sort of bird appears fortunate for lovers. "I, o Leukippe, [am] a fortunate …Matched in headwordhighshort

ε3074Ἐρώτησις ἔνδοξοςprobable question[Reputable question,] dialectical premise. Now not every premise [is] a question but the dialectical [premise sc. is]. Not every question [is] a dialectical premise, for there are many kinds of question. For those who …Matched in headwordhighmedium

κ1026Κατέχουσι δ' ἔρωτες ἐμὰς πόλειςpassions for my poleis control"Men" is implicit. Meaning that men are passionate about my polis.Matched in headwordhighshort

κ1210Καί τοι σ' οὐκ ἐρῶ γ' ὡς οὐ φιλῶand indeed I will not say that I do not love youThat is, I am not hiding my desire.Matched in headwordhighshort

ε924Ἔλυτρονcase… Lexica Segueriana 217.1) is perhaps a misreading (cf. Glossae in Herodotum 1.52, on Herodotus 1.185.4). Other lexica and grammars gloss this headword with "covering" (ka/lumma): ps.-Herodian 31 and (according to Adler) the unedited Lexicon …Matched in noteshighshort

γ73Γαῦλοςparasite, stooge, merchant-ship, bucket, pail… gaulo/s, oxytone, [is] the shepherd's vessel, which receives the milk. Herodotos [writes]: "and having sunk merchant-ships there." Or gaulo/s, the bucket of a well. Or a vessel for wine, prepared from wood, which Italians …Matched in translationhighshort

ε2750Ἐπιφορήματαdesserts, additional dessertsIn Herodotos [this means] sweetmeats.Matched in translationhighshort

ε1495Ἐντυγχάνεινto encounter, to meet, to run into… a dative. [The two things] are the same. "To encounter heroes."Matched in translationhighshort

ε3753Εὐστομεῖνto speak euphonious words… 834 (where the imperative eu)sto/mei occurs: web address 1). [2] Herodotus 2.171.1 (web address 2): the historian says that he could give a full account of the Mystery-ceremonies associated with the death of Osiris …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1404Κέρκουροςkerkouros, light galley… Hesychius, Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, the Etymologicum Magnum, Glosses on Herodotus 7.97, Herodian De prosodia catholica vol. 3.1 p. 202), all with some variation of "kind of boat" or "kind of ship". [2] Tzetzes, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1465ΚεχήνηI was open-mouthedFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 10, where the hero Dikaiopolis, recounting some recent experiences of pleasure and pain, recalls how at a recent theatrical festival he was "open-mouthed" (i.e. agog) in anticipation of …Matched in noteshighshort

α1842ἈναγυράσιοςAnagyrasian… of the Anagyrasians. [The phrase] "Anagyrasian spirit" [arose] because a hero Anagyros took vengeance on the elderly settler who cut down the grove. Anagyrasians [were] a deme of Attica. One of them cut down …Matched in translationhighmedium

β436Βουλήσεται κἂν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ τυχεῖν ὢν μᾶλλον ἢ κρῖναι κακῶςhe will wish even to be in Egypt rather than to make a bad judgment… in Egypt he thinks that it does not rain. As Herodotus [says]: "for then Thebes was rained upon, never having been rained upon before."Matched in translationhighshort

α2928Ἀπαρτίcompletely, altogether… that has been completed [a)phrtisme/non] and [sc. thus is] full. Herodotus [writes]: "from this point it was seventy stades altogether". And Pherecrates in Krapatalloi [writes]: "tell me, of course, to anticipate it completely". And …Matched in translationhighshort

ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-timbering… belly-frames. But better to say the wood of the belly-framing. Herodian makes it short and proparoxytone. Hence Aristophanes says 'the e)nteriw/nh', which is the very middle of the ship, that which most holds it …Matched in translationhighmedium

κ730Καταπροΐξεταιwill escape unpunished… this!" Meaning you won't make fun of me without penalty. Herodotus [writes]: "for he will not get away with dishonoring me like this."Matched in translationhighshort

α2492Ἀνθέμωνflowers[Referring to] roses. Aristophanes: "would that some Eros would take and unite you and me, just like the one in the picture", he says. And again: "who has a wreath of flowers". That is, …Matched in translationhighshort

χ84ΧάοςChaos… And after the cycles of the years, from this sprang Eros the desirable, whose back glistened with golden wings just like wind-swift eddies. He mated with winged night-like Chaos in deep Tartarus and hatched …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1972Ἀνανέμεινto review, to rehearse… well'. Epicharmus [sc. uses the word in this way]. But Herodotus has given [middle-voice] a)nane/mesqai the meaning 'to recount'.Matched in translationhighshort

β228Βεκεσέληνεbekeselene… word signifying "bread," is well-known from the second book of Herodotus.Matched in translationhighshort

γ205Γέρροινwith a pair of wickers… instead of shields. It also means any genitalia. And elsewhere Herodotus [writes]: "Cyrus, dispensing with most of the military practices, left for the soldiers only the task of fighting with sword and shield and …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ1295Διφροφόροιstool-carriers… [uses the word] in Atalantai. *difroforoume/nous ["being carried on seats"]: Herodotus [uses the word]: among the Persians, being carried on litters. "And when a kind of stool had been placed for him, taking his …Matched in translationhighshort

ει262Εἰσηγήσαιντοthey were to introduceHerodotus says, concerning the Persians, that they deliberate in this manner: if they were to introduce something when sober, they deliberate about this when drunk; but what they might introduce drunk, they validate when …Matched in translationhighshort

χ474Χρῆμαthing; matter… great herd of cows." The phrase [is] about barbarian troop-marshalling. Herodotus [writes]: "the matter of the storm was unbearable." Aristophanes [writes]: "how long the matter of nights is!" [This means] the length, the stretch. …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… (OCD(4) 124 'Apollonius (13)'; cf. bibliography below) and his son Herodian (OCD(4) 674 'Herodian(1)''; see bibliography below). The majority of the examples in the Suda can be found in a treatise on grammar attributed …Matched in noteshighlong

α453ἈδείμαντοςAdeimantos, Adimantus… at alpha 1280 and elsewhere -- going back ultimately to Herodotus 8.61 (web address 1 below), on the prelude to the battle of Salamis (480 BCE). [2] Plato, Protagoras 315E (web address 2 below). …Matched in noteshighshort

δ89ΔᾶτιςDatis… of Carcinus. [2] To Delion in Boeotia; a quotation of Herodotus 6.118.1-2 (web address 2). [3] "I am pleased", "I am being gladdened", "I am delighted". These are the three Datisms given in Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighmedium

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