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χ471Χρήit is necessary[1] See the A scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.216 (web address 1), where the form xrh/ appears; see also Etymologicum Magnum 814.50. [2] Eupolis fr. 4 Kock, now 11 K.-A. [3] See chi 493 …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1889Ἐωνημένοιhaving purchased[Meaning they] buying, or having bought. Aristophanes [writes]: "for the deity does not allow the possessor to control his own body, but the one having purchased [it]." meaning [the one] buying [it]; from w)nou=mai …Matched in translationhighshort
ε699Ἐκκυκλεῖwheels out[Meaning he/she/it] uncovers. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] e)kkuklou/menos ["being wheeled out"], [meaning] having an e)kku/klhma.

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Χρή

it is necessary

[When] oxytone [it means the same as] dei=, but "it may be necessary" [xrh=|], the subjunctive, is perispomenon; it means [the same as] de/h|. Eupolis in Goats [writes]: "I will pay the wage, whatever may be necessary."…

Χρή· ὀξυτόνως δεῖ· χρῇ δὲ περισπωμένως, τὸ ὑποτακτικόν, σημαίνει τὸ δέῃ. Εὔπολις Αἰξίν· ἐγὼ τελῶ τὸν μισθόν, ὅν τιν' ἂν χρῇ. χρῆν δὲ σὺν τῷ ν καὶ περισπωμένως τὸ παρεληλυθός, τὸ…

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χ414Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεταιhe is grieved at the choruses of the tragediansAristophanes, Birds 787-788 (web address 1: the Suda's e)kpeto/menos needs for metrical reasons to be e)kto/menos), immediately preceded by an explanation from the scholia to 787. The rephrasing and presentation of this quotation as …Matched in noteshighshort

α1330ἈλοῶI thresh, smite, drive around, smashThe [verb that means] I break. Also [sc. attested is the active participle] a)low=n ["threshing"], [meaning one who is] leading [beasts] around in a circle from without, as those on the threshing floors [do]. …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2049Ἀναρριχᾶσθαιto clamberThe [verb that means] to climb up and out with the use of the hands to hold and get a grip. Aristophanes in Peace [writes]: "then he made slender ladders and clambered via these …Matched in translationhighshort

α3468Ἀποπάτημαturd, shit[Meaning] the same thing [as] dung. Eupolis in Golden Race [writes]: "for what is that man? A turd [and] a fox." Cratinus in Runaway Slaves [writes]: "and when I found Kerkyon shitting on the …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4702ἌχθομαιI am sick [of], I am grieved by[Meaning] I am distressed, I am irritated. Aristophanes [writes]: "I am sick of their peacocks and their quackery." Meaning their ornamental gowns; since a peacock [is] ornamental; or because they used to wear purple …Matched in translationhighmedium

αι377Αἰτούμενοςasking for, requesting, seeking[Meaning one who is] borrowing. Menander in Hymnis [writes]: "not asking for fire, but seeking a plate." [The active voice] ai)tw=n [means] intending to have it permanently, but [the middle voice] ai)tou/menos [means] taking …Matched in translationhighshort

β532Βρενθύεσθαιto be haughty, to take umbrage[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to get carried away by rage or to pretend to be angry. "But he, putting on airs, got far more haughty." Also [sc. attested is] brenqu/etai ["is haughty"], [meaning] …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ297Δέφεινto knead[Meaning] to grab someone by the genitals. Also [sc. attested is] defo/menos ["kneading one's self"], meaning "peeling" one's organ.Matched in translationhighshort

α1652ἈμπέχῃwearingThe SOL text wrongly shows the supplementary headword a)pe/xh|, not the primary one a)mpexo/menos. For the verb a)mpe/xw cf. eta 362. [1] The headword, which has the same glossing in other lexica and is …Matched in noteshighshort

α3443Ἀπομορξάμενονhaving wiped offSame entry in other lexica -- doubtless from scholiastic comment on Aristophanes, Acharnians 696, where the headword participle appears (of a man wiping off sweat). The glossing participle is obelized by Theodoridis (on Photius, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ964Διεσπλεκωμένῃher who has been fuckedThe headword is the perfect middle participle, in the feminine dative singular, of the verb diaspleko/w; cf. also spleko/w in Aristophanes, Lysistrata 152 (pi 1722). It can also be written pl- or spekl-; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] awayThe headword is the present infinitive of the compound verb diopompe/omai. Lexicographers are the only extant source for forms of the un-compounded diopompe/omai, since the verb normally appears as a)podiopompe/omai (alpha 3297; LSJ entry …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1228Διώκεινto prosecuteFor this sense of the verb diw/kw see also delta 1229 (LSJ entry at web address 1). The present entry is prompted by Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 452 (web address 2). Chremes is reporting to Blepyrus …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1603Δυσγάργαλιςskittish, ticklishThe headword is a rare adjective, which in a concrete sense is used of horses. See e.g. Xenophon, On Horsemanship 3.10, and Aelius Dionysius *peri\ o)no/mata omicron27, quoting Aristophanes fr. 43 Kock = 44 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1560Ἔξαρνοςobstinately denying, obstinate in denying[1] Same gloss at Etymologicum Magnum 346.50; cf. ps.-Zonaras, epsilon755, with gloss a)rnou/menos (Hesychius epsilon3604, Scholia recentiora on Aristophanes, Clouds 1230a). See also ps.-Zonaras iota1124 [ = iota 728], where the same explanation occurs …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1564Ἐξαρτήσαςhaving hung onThe headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) is aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)carta/w; cf. epsilon 1748, epsilon 1749. See also ps.-Zonaras 766.1, with the same glosses; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 485.17 s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1740Ἐξηπάτησεν ἡ χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελονthe stake deceived the vineAristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 2.71. See also eta 672, chi 97. [1] Here the manuscripts read sw=|zon "that which saves," but Kuster emends to sw|zo/menon "that which …Matched in noteshighshort