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γ352Γνώσῃ δὲ τοὺς τούτου τε κἀμοῦ μαθητάς τούτου μὲν Φορμίσιος Μεγαίνετός θ' ὁ Μάνηςyou will recognize his pupils and mine -- his are Phormisios and Megainetos the Manes… to assume the correctness of the reading Manes rather than Magnes ("from Magnesia") at the end of 965; modern editors (e.g. K.J. Dover) print it anyway, and observe that Manes is a stock comic …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1106Δίκραναpitchforks… as lexica and grammars (Hesychius, Herodian, Photius, ps.-Zonaras, the Etymologicum Magnum). It is a wooden (Etym.Magn. 506.18) gardening implement as well as a defensive weapon; cf. the diminutive in the gloss at delta 1109 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3708Εὐρώςdanknesscf. Etymologicum Magnum 397.50-56; Etymologicum Gudianum 564.14-15; Etymologicum Parvum epsilon75. See also epsilon 3707 for a different gloss on the same headword; and for related words see epsilon 3711, epsilon 3712, and epsilon 3713. …

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Γνώσῃ δὲ τοὺς τούτου τε κἀμοῦ μαθητάς τούτου μὲν Φορμίσιος Μεγαίνετός θ' ὁ Μάνης

you will recognize his pupils and mine -- his are Phormisios and Megainetos the Manes

Names of slaves.

Γνώσῃ δὲ τοὺς τούτου τε κἀμοῦ μαθητάς· τούτου μὲν Φορμίσιος, Μεγαίνετός θ' ὁ Μάνης· δούλων ὀνόματα.

philosophy

philosophy

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8

meter and music7

meter and music7

Ι iota

Ι iota

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Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Matthew Farmer1

Matthew Farmer1

Patrick T. Rourke1

Patrick T. Rourke1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

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δ1603Δυσγάργαλιςskittish, ticklish… in Photius, Lexicon delta804, and Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. (cf. Etymologicum Magnum 291.47). For the etymological expansion of the gloss cf. generally gamma 62, gamma 63 (and further in n.2 below). [1] An adjective even …Matched in noteshighshort

αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… 286 col. 1.9; Liber 1; on Odyssey 20.27; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 37.3 and the exceptional scholion B to Iliad 22.509, eu)/strofoi kai\ poiki/loi). He correctly took a)/ella from the same root of rolling or …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… episode, interpreting it as a divine omen. Cf. also Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *kuno/sarges. [3] The text implies (by a standard use of the genitive case) that Diomos was a son of Herakles. But the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2257Ἐπιβύσαςhaving stopped up… also quoted in Photius s.v. kro/khn nh/qein le/gousin and Etymologicum Magnum s.vv. nh=ma, para/buston. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 379 (web address 2), with scholia; also quoted in Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e(kato/mbh; cf. Acharnians 463 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3040ἙρμίαςHermias… from Harpokration s.v.; similar entries in Photius (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum). Hermias' daughter was Pythias: see below, and alpha 3929. [6] That is, not Hermeias (as in epsilon 3036 and alpha 3929). See Choeroboscus …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylos… [2] Very similar entries in Etymologicum Gudianum 297.22 and Etymologicum Magnum 488.54 (s.v. kandu/lh). The second part is unintelligible in all three versions, but in different ways: Etymologicum Gudianum has "and sour-sauce qroiko\n food", …Matched in noteshighshort

α3361Ἀποκναίεινto wear out… man -- I mean Herakles of course -- with the magnitude of the virtue [of Herakleios] by putting him in second place, if we leave them side by side." Theophylactus Simocatta [sc. writes this]. …Matched in translationhighmedium

ε3670Εὐπτέρωνof well-winged (ones)… The metaphor is from birds which are high up and magnificent; or honorable and well-born.Matched in translationhighshort

κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… mullets referred to, is namely [a slice] of prized and magnificent fish. The [word] "slice" is also said of flat cakes, never of wheat. And [there is] a proverb: "the mullet fasts"; in reference …Matched in translationhighmedium

α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… frequently, it has the sense "brood over." [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 4.44. These are principal parts of the verb bu/w, which means "to stuff," followed by buso/s, which does not exist according to LSJ. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α828Ἀκεανόςakeanos… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and see also e.g. Etym. Magn. 46.14. The headword is mentioned, in the accusative plural, in a fragment of Pherecrates (188 Kock, now 201 K.-A.), but it seems to …Matched in noteshighshort

α1057Ἀλαζώνboaster, imposter… and alpha 1058. [1] cf. Hesychius s.v. and (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 55.42. The second synonym is in Photius and elsewhere. [2] Outside the Suda this compound is attested only in a fragment of the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1396Ἄλλωςotherwisecf. Hesychius s.v., Etymologicum Magnum 68.37, and a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 114 (where the headword occurs: web address 1). cf. already alpha 1318, alpha 1395, and again alpha 1398. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. (The …Matched in noteshighshort

α3962Ἄρκυςhunting-net[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 144.9. [2] Likewise in other lexica. [3] Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Lycurgus (fr.86 Conomis), Xenophon (On Hunting 2.3, etc.), and Cratinus (fr 79 Kock = 84 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighmedium

αι239Αἰξωνεύεσθαιto be an Aixonian, to play the Aixonian… the phrase "to be an Aixonian" occurs; Hesychius s.v.; Etymologicum Magnum 36.57. [1] cf. alphaiota 240, alphaiota 241. [2] See alphaiota 242.Matched in noteshighshort

β4Βαβάκτηςreveller… Lexica Segueriana 223.31 Bekker; Photius, Lexicon beta5, 6, 8; Etymologicum Magnum 183.45. Its only appearance outside lexicography is in the Doric vocative form baba/kta in a fragment of Cratinus (321 Kock, 22 Meineke, 359 …Matched in noteshighshort

β194Βαῦνοςfurnace… derivation of banausos from baunos is given in the Etymologicum Magnum 187.38. [3] This extra observation is missing, Adler reports, from some manuscripts.Matched in noteshighshort

β362Βολεῶναςdunghills… is accusative plural, as in Photius, Lexicon beta195 (cf. Etymologicum Magnnum 204.25) which the Suda follows. Harpokration s.v. has the nominative plural and -- citing Nicander (FGrH 343 F3), Dinarchus (fr. III.3 Conomis) and …Matched in noteshighshort

β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… cited in the scholia on Plato, Republic 606C (and Etymologicum Magnum 218.7). It would be derived from 'altar' and a verb for watching attested only in the Cypriot dialect by Hesychius and possibly in …Matched in noteshighmedium

β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… eunuch, was reconquering Italy. The passage describes the generosity and magnanimity of Narses. He here denies that he speaks and acts to importune the Lucanians, whom he addresses, with unrealistic promises merely for self-serving …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ63Γαργαλίζειtitillates… as an error for u(posai/nei "fawns on" in the Etymologicum Magnum.) [2] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 132-3 (web address 1). [3] Same material in other lexica. If gargari/zei is quoted from somewhere, the source is unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

δ208Δελφίςdolphin[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 255.25 (plurals). [2] Aristophanes, Knights 761-762 (web address 1), followed by comment from the scholia there. See further below. [3] Thucydides 7.41.2 (web address 2); see already delta 207. [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ698Διαπηνικίσαιto pull the wig over… 304 K.-A.), to whom the grammarian Pausanias and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 269.31 attribute this very rare verb. [1] Actually phnh/kh; see LSJ s.v. (web address 1) and pi 1529. [2] cf. LSJ s.v. fenaki/zw …Matched in noteshighshort

δ756Διασκευαζόμεναitems being furnished… 3657. However, Bernhardy was probably right to suggest that, here, Magnes (mu 20) was meant; see lambda 784. [2] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. [3] So the transmitted text, the adverb "i)/sws" -- …Matched in noteshighshort

δ796Διατρέχοντεςmeteors… may suggest specifically "fireballs," very bright meteors with a visual magnitude brighter than -3, similar to that of the planet Venus (web address 2), as LSJ indicates that spinqhrobole/w is used of that planet …Matched in noteshighshort

δ911Διεκπερδικίσαιto slip through and out like a partridge… in the aorist infinitive diaperdiki/sai in Hesychius delta1213 and Etymologicum Magnum 269.37, regarded as a context-less fragment of Attic comedy) LSJ s.v. claims the Suda's diekperdiki/zw as its equivalent, though that does less than …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… 1965, without text, identified as a dithyramb poet in Etymologicum Magnum 164.20, from Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 879 p.2846 Scheer; PC2 52; PMG fr.837; Campbell 198-203; Aristotle, Poetics 1455a6; RE 21.1659-61 'Polyidos 9'), and …Matched in noteshighmedium

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