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1099
Ἀλγίστατον
most painful, very painful
… version, Adler suggests, of Aristophanes, Wasps '1116' (= 1117 in
most
modern editions), tou=to d' e)/st' a)/lgiston h(mi=n.
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1074
Ἐμφερίστατος
most closely resembling, very like
Aristophanes, Wasps 1103, which however has sfhcin e)mferesta/tous
"most
closely resembling wasps" (web address 1). The Suda mss, apparently, all give the noun as sfhgci/n, which Adler perversely prints as sfigci/n. cf. generally epsilon …
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2807
Ἐποποῖ
epopoi (in hoopoe-ese)
… classified by analogy into paradigms of form and accentuation. The
most
important Canons of the time were those of Theognostus, compiled in the 9th Century. The words in this entry were classified (in the …
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488
Βωμολοχεύσαιτο
(if one) were to play the wit at the altar
… at least some of the fourth (here associated with Phrynis).
Most
take it for modulation between the new scales made possible by the new models of cithara (see West 194-96, Campbell 40 note 1, …
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1194
Διόπτης
able to look through [something]
… by Adler, whose tendency was to attribute mistakes in quotations
mostly
to the copies of scholia or lexica the Suda was consulting. However, I would modify the received text, here to kato/pta and every …
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573
Κατακέλευσον
enough!
… long note, mainly on textual issues -- e.g. whether 'o
most
wise' occurs twice -- but also airing the problem of what the headword verb, here in the aorist imperative, actually means in this …
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2319
Κραμβοτάτου
loudest, quite loud, very loud
… (kappa 2339) is the subject of the verse involved: "kneading
most
ingenious notions from a krambotaton mouth". See further, next note. [2] "Air-dried" is from Hesychius; "useful" is from the scholia, which still explain …
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4140
Ἀσέλγεια
licentiousness
… not from his Poikile Historia as transmitted. Domingo-Forasté reads lampro/tatos
"most
vigorous" instead of labro/tatos
"most
boisterous."
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425
Ἀδάμ
Adam
… scholar quite outside the type of neutral reticence which characterises
most
of the contributors to the Suda (although Küster suggests a comparison with the entry on Job at iota 471). His self-styled "essay" (logos), …
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171
Χαιριδεῖς
Chairideis
[1] cf. ps.-Zonaras s.v. Chairis. [2] cf. pi 1302. [3] cf. chi 172. [4] Aristophanes, Peace 951-3 (web address 1); see also Acharnians 16 & 866 (web addresses 2 & 3) and Birds 858 …
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253
Αἰόλος
undulating, 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
… for the theory" (Chantraine). In 1950 Ernst Fraenkel advanced the
most
persuasive etymology. The word, originally *vaivolos, is from the IE root uel-, seen in a)/ella, ei)le/w (as Porphyry saw), Latin volvo and English …
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2225
Κώθων
kothon; Kothon
… Athenaeus 483B (above, and Plutarch, Lycurgus 9): "a drinking vessel
most
suitable for campaigning and
most
easily carried in a knapsack. The reason why it is a military item is that (soldiers) must often …
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104
Ἄβυσσον
abyss
… in the entry. [2] In Homer, Odyssey, where bussodomeu/w occurs
most
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 …
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574
Ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι
I a dung-beetle will hatch an eagle
… collections (e.g. Mantissa Proverbiorum 1.2). These entries stem in the
most
immediate sense from Aristophanes, Lysistrata 695 (ai)eto\n ti/ktona ka/nqaro/s se maieu/somai), but the Aesopic fable of the beetle avenging the loss of its …
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767
Ἄθυρμα
plaything
… it at rho 316. Page argues that the object was
most
likely a statue (ibid.). [5] Cratinus fr.145 Kock, now 152 K.-A.
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772
Ἀθύρωτον στόμα
doorless mouth
… 838 (where the mss offer both "gateless" and "doorless"; the
most
recent editor, K.J. Dover, prints the latter.)
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1298
Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι
Alcyon days, Halcyon days, kingfisher days
… languages such as French, is not found here or in
most
Greek sources (but is found in our texts of some ancient grammarians). It comes from an apparently false etymology of these words from …
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1613
Ἀμνοκῶν
lamb-witted.
… BCE); OCD(4) p.332. He appears several times in the Suda,
most
significantly at kappa 1731.
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2212
Ἀνεβόησεν οὐράνιον
cried out heaven-high
From the scholia on Aristophanes, Frogs 781, where 'heaven-high' occurs as an adverbial description of the underworld people's clamour -- o( dh=mos a)nebo/a (779) -- to stage a contest between Aeschylus and Euripides; cf. …
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2293
Ἀνεπιεικές
unseemly
… but the Suda's quotation of it is garbled in a
most
intriguing way. In place of Arrian's tosou/tou e)de/hsen, "lacked so much", "was so far from", the Suda has tosou/ton a)nede/hsen, using a)nade/w as …
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2734
Ἀντιφάνης
Antiphanes
… son of Panaitios'. Either way, this can hardly be the
most
celebrated bearer of that name, P. the Stoic philosopher from Rhodes, c.185-109 (pi 183). Instead, vol.2 of the Lexicon of Greek Proper Names …
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2737
Ἀντιφερίζεις
you are measuring yourself against
… therefore better to follow the alternative line of explanation (as
most
modern editors have done) and accept "rim-full". The point (made at e.g. LSJ s.v.) is that the rim of a Greek cup was …
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4348
Ἀτέχνοις
for unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones
… the accent (LSJ entries at web addresses 1 & 2).
Most
of the entry consists of quotations, often overlapping, of various lexicographers, scholiasts, and grammarians of late antiquity. Only citations of significance are noted …
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4
Βαβάκτης
reveller
… (two occurrences in an astrological work in a codex in
Moscow:
Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum 12.178.17, 189.27), and in this case it seems likely to be a corruption of o)rxhsth/s ('dancer') which appears in …
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338
Βλήχων
pennyroyal
… plant of the mint family (Mentha pulegium), is native to
most
parts of Europe and has slightly hairy oval-shaped leaves and whorled clusters of deep purple or lilac blue colored flowers. It was esteemed …
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73
Γαῦλος
parasite, stooge, merchant-ship, bucket, pail
On gau=los (the headword) and gaulo/s (which
most
of the entry turns out to concern) see generally LSJ s.v. gaulo/s (web address 1). (The difference in accentuation is less clearcut on the ground than …
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500
Διαβάλλειν
to bring across, to cross, to mislead, to slander
… times, but never in Book 1. Note also that Thucydides
most
frequently uses it in the sense of discrediting/slandering (cf. below in the present entry), and once in the sense of crossing over, but …
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807
Δίαυλος
diaulos
… turns back as runners do in the diaulos" (5.17.6). The
most
pressing modern problem with the diaulos is how runners turned the post without colliding. Much is made of collisions at the terma in …
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1168
Διονύσια
Dionysia
… Though Dionysiac festivals were widespread throughout the Greek world, the
most
renowned was the "City" Dionysia in Athens, important because of the theatrical performances and dramatic contests featured. This festival, held during the month …
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… (Plato, Cratylus 409B) is attested only in a few instances,
mostly
in formal language, with reference to magistrates: cf. Aristotle, Politics 1322a12; idem, Athenaion Politeia 4.2 strathgoi\ e(/noi; IG 12.324.26 *(ellhnotami/ai e(/noi; Demosthenes 25.20; …
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