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γ412Γωνίαcorner… e)/sti gnh/sios of the Suda. In Harpokration the quotation from (?)Lysias begins with e)/sti de\ ka/myanti ("there is for one following the bends...") instead of the Suda's ka/myanti. The Suda may have transposed the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2508Ἐπίπεμπτονadditional-fifthAbridged from Harpokration, who besides Lysias (below) cites an unidentifiable passage of 'Plato' and quotes Aristophanes fr. 201 Kock (212 K-A). See already under epsilon 2286. [1] Lysias fr. 150 Sauppe (now 203 Carey …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2724Ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖς οἰκείοιςto entrust [the arbitration of a dispute] to one's friends… Suda's headword phrase, which comes from Demosthenes). Besides Demosthenes and Lysias, below, Harpok. cites Menander's play Epitrepontes. [1] Demosthenes 27.1, with "arbitrators", diaithtai/, instead of "jurors", dikastai/. (The error postdates Harpok.) [2] Lysias fr. …

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[Meaning] 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…

Γωνία· ἡ τοῦ οἴκου. καὶ Γωνιασμὸς Λυσίας ἐν τῷ κατὰ Λυσιθέου, εἰ ἔστι γνήσιος. κάμψαντι, φησὶ, τοῦ τείχους, ὦ βουλὴ, ἐστὶ γωνιασμὸς ἐν ἀριστερᾷ καὶ εὐρυχωρία πάνυ πολλή. καὶ…

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λ17ΛαγίσκαLagiska, LagiscaAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v., who besides citing Lysias -- see next note -- also quotes a fragment of the comic poet Strattis (fr. 3 Kock and K.-A.). [1] Lysias fr. 155 Sauppe, now 208 …Matched in noteshighshort

α3367Ἀπόκριναιanswer!… K.-A. (with indicative la/lei (Hirschig) for the Suda's infinitive). [6] Lysias fr. 305 Sauppe (now 475 Carey OCT); Antiphon fr. 154 Blass. [7] Again Demosthenes 19.120: see n.2 above. It is repeated because this …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3378Ἀπολαχεῖνto allocate… Antiphon fr. 65 Sauppe. [2] But see next note. [3] Lysias fr. 214 Sauppe (now 266 Carey OCT); Aristophanes fr. 494 Kock (511 Kassel-Austin); Antiphon fr. 65 Sauppe (again). This tailpiece to the entry …Matched in noteshighshort

α3959Ἀρκτεῦσαιto be a bear… the middle - also used here - was intransitive. [1] Lysias fr. 249 Sauppe, now 303 Carey OCT (from the lost speech On behalf of Phrynichus' daughter). [2] Euripides fr.767 Nauck; Aristophanes, Lysistrata 645 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… [6] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 5.189D [5.15 Kaibel], cf. 13.559F [13.8]. [7] Lysias fr. 154 Sauppe, now 206 Carey OCT (where the meaning of "crab" is unclear). [8] Pherecrates fr. 20 Kock (24 K.-A.), from the …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ788ΚατάστασιςallowanceAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. [1] Lysias 16.6. [2] Eupolis fr. 268 Kock (293 Kassel-Austin).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1690ΚίοιKians, Cians… classical spelling of which has appeared under kappa 1476). [1] Lysias fr. 96 Sauppe, now 109 Carey OCT. [2] Harpok had in fact given examples not from oratory but from tragedy (Euripides, Ion 294 …Matched in noteshighshort

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); …Matched in noteshighshort

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.Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

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).Matched in noteshighshort

αι320ΑἴσιμοςAisimos, Aesimus… the decade or so after 404 BCE, see also (e.g.) Lysias 13.80-82, and Strauss index s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… 13 PCG vol. 2), and for his case of diarrhoea. Lysias also attacked him in two lost speeches (see kappa 1639 and notes). [1] See Peace 831 (epsilon 1174). This form is yet another …Matched in noteshighmedium

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2238Ἐπιβολήthought, principle, impost, penalty, fine… fines) without reference to a court (Athenaion Politeia 56.7; cf. Lysias 30.3)'.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2240Ἐπιβολήfine… [1] Abbreviated from Harpokration s.v. (who gives as an example Lysias 30.3); cf. Hesychius. [2] Aristophanes, Wasps 769 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

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.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2895ἘρασινάδηςErasinades, Erasinides… (between 1.5.16 and 1.7.29); see also e.g. Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.18, Lysias 21.8.Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

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.Matched in noteshighshort

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, …Matched in noteshighshort

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