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- γ412Γωνίαcorner… that of a house. Also [sc. attested is] gwniasmo/s ["corner-work"]. Lysias in the [speech] Against Lysitheos (if it is genuine) says "for one following the bends in the wall, councilmen, [there is] a corner-work …
- λ17ΛαγίσκαLagiska, LagiscaA certain courtesan, whom Lysias mentions.
- ε2508Ἐπίπεμπτονadditional-fifthLysias said [this] to mean a simple fifth.
- ε2724Ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖς οἰκείοιςto entrust [the arbitration of a dispute] to one's friends… uses the phrase] to mean choosing them as jurors, whereas Lysias said "[he] entrusted to men," meaning [he] appointed conciliators.
- κ1690ΚίοιKians, Cians[Kios is] an island, one of Kyklades, lying near Attica. Lysias called the island a city. But frequently other orators, too, give the name of "city" to the islands.
- α3959Ἀρκτεῦσαιto be a bearLysias used [the verb] "to be a bear" of consecrating virgins, before marriage, to Artemis. For the virgins are called "being bears", as Euripides and Aristophanes show.
- κ788Κατάστασιςallowance… to take from the public treasury on their appointment. So Lysias [sc. uses the term]. But Eupolis, too, says: "you were a fool, old man, to take this allowance suddenly, before even learning horsemanship". …
- α3378Ἀπολαχεῖνto allocate… *)apolaxei=n [sc. can be used] in place of dialaxei=n. Thus Lysias and Aristophanes and Antiphon [use it].
- α3367Ἀπόκριναιanswer!… attested is the related noun] a)po/krisis ["answer"], [meaning] defense. Thus Lysias and Antiphon [sc. use the word]. But Demosthenes too says likewise in the [speech] against Aeschines: "come here," he says, "and answer me."
- ε2275Ἐπίγυονhawser, limb-ropeAccording to Harpokration s.v. the term was used by e.g. Lysias (fr. 16 Sauppe, still 16 Carey OCT) and Aristophanes (fr. 426 Kock = 440 Kassel-Austin). See also epsilon 2276.
- κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… Semele or Beginning, as Athenaeus says in Philosophers at Dinner. Lysias [writes]: "for the bitches, he says, were spoiled by going in to my "crab"." And whenever the grain is rooted in the ground, …
- ε2240Ἐπιβολήfine… [1] Abbreviated from Harpokration s.v. (who gives as an example Lysias 30.3); cf. Hesychius. [2] Aristophanes, Wasps 769 (web address 1).
- κ2734Κύπασσιςkypassis, cypassis… The present entry is abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Lysias fr. 58 Sauppe (now 65 Carey OCT) and going on to cite or quote other material, from comedy and historiography.
- αι320ΑἴσιμοςAisimos, Aesimus… the decade or so after 404 BCE, see also (e.g.) Lysias 13.80-82, and Strauss index s.v.
- κ1639ΚινησίαςKinesias, Cinesias… generic gloss, this entry savagely abridges Harpokration s.v. (generated by Lysias fr. 142 Sauppe, now 196 Carey OCT: two speeches In Reply to Kinesias). See further at phi 459. Kinesias, son of Meles (c.450-390); …
- κ2093Κόριονlittle girl… diminutives of ko/rh (kappa 2078). The headword occurs in e.g. Lysias fr.4.5 Albini (now 1.5 Carey OCT) and Theocritus, Idylls 11.60; also, as kw/rion, in Aristophanes, Acharnians 731. Recommended by Phrynichus, Eclogae 50, against …
- κ713ΚαταπλήξstrickenAbridged from Harpokration s.v., where Lysias 6.50 and fr. 4 Sauppe (still 4 Carey OCT) are also cited. See also kappa 712, kappa 715. [1] Theopompus fr. 59 Kock (60 Kassel-Austin). Eileithuia was the …
- α4254Ἀστρατείαnon-campaigning… appear for service when obliged (Aristophanes, Knights 444). See also: Lysias 14.6-7; Andocides 1.74; Aeschines 3.175-176; Plato, Laws 943A-945B; Pollux 6.151, 8.40. On this and other military offenses see chiefly Hamel (below).
- α469Ἀδηφαγίαgreed… This paragraph abridges Harpokration s.v. a)dhfa/gous trih/rei=s (a phrase in Lysias: fr. 103 Sauppe, now 121a Carey). [2] Alcaeus fr.21 Kassel-Austin.
- ε2895ἘρασινάδηςErasinades, Erasinides… (between 1.5.16 and 1.7.29); see also e.g. Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.18, Lysias 21.8.
- δ420Δήμαρχοςdemarchos, demarch, mayorAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v. (commenting on the term's appearance in Lysias fr. 184 Sauppe, now 237 Carey OCT); cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 37 (web address 1). See also delta 419 and the …
- α3501Ἀπόρρηταunspeakable [things]… has used Harpokration s.v., who cites this Demosthenic passage and Lysias 10.6. [5] Aristophanes fr. 622 Kock (now 633 K.-A.) -- here very garbled: there is no initial negative, for example; but the notion …
- ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-in… 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 s.v., IV. [2] The suggestion is …
- λ124Λάρκοςcharcoal-scuttle… entry in Harpokration s.v. arises in the first instance from Lysias fr. 139 Sauppe, now 192 Carey OCT, but goes on to cite Acharnians.] In the play Dicaeopolis confronts a chorus -- a posse, …
- α4202ἈσπασίαAspasia… from Harpokration s.v., an entry generated by A's appearance in Lysias fr. 2 Sauppe (= 2 Carey OCT). [1] The revolt of Samos from Athenian control, 441-439 BCE. [2] 431-404 BCE. [3] See delta …
- δ300Δεῖγμαdisplay, Deigma… of the word in Demosthenes (50.24 [web address 1]) and Lysias (fr. 232.6 Sauppe, now 279.6 Carey OCT). [3] Aristophanes, Knights 978-80 (web address 2), with comment from the scholia there. [4] Aristophanes, Acharnians …
- λ357Λείβεται τοῖς δακρύοιςis soaked with tears… BCE ([Plutarch], Lives of the Ten Orators 833A, 834A, etc.; Lysias 12.67. Whether his father was Hippodamos of Miletos, the well-known town planner, is open to question, though this is commonly assumed -- see …
- ε2238Ἐπιβολήthought, principle, impost, penalty, fine… fines) without reference to a court (Athenaion Politeia 56.7; cf. Lysias 30.3)'.
- δ234Δεξιόςclever… already alpha 3764. [4] See Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.4-35. [5] cf. Lysias 12.72-77 and Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.1-2, 11-56. [6] A summary of this sentence reappears at kappa 2448 (under a non-existent headword). [7] Xenophon, Hellenica …
- δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… Pausanias 8.15.8). For further relation to rituals of ka/qarsis see [Lysias] 6.53 th\n po/lin kaqai/resqai kai\ a)podiopompei=n kai\ farmako\n a)pope/mpein kai\ a)lith/rion a)palla/ttesqai, "purify the city, avert evil from there, expel the scapegoat and …