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- α2594Ἀνωνόμαστοςnameless, ineffableSee already alpha 2557 for its "faulty" (LSJ) form a)nono/mastos; a)nwno/mastos occurs only in Euripides, Hecuba 714 and (of a divine smell) Aristophanes, Birds 1715; see Dunbar (below) 748.
- ι251ἸθύφαλλοιIthyphalloi, erect-phallusesOn this nominative plural see already iota 250. For the present entry -- which seems to focus not on the individuals but on their costumes -- cf. Etymologicum Magnum 470.9, and ps.-Nonnus, Scholia Mythologica …
- β492Βωμόςaltar; podium… terms; for the wording of the present passage cf. rather [Nonnus], Scholia mythologica 4.28 (PG 36, 1001b). [3] Aristophanes, Peace 942 (web address 1 below), followed by comment from the scholia there. Again at …
- κ2320Κραναῶνof the rugged ones, of the Kranaoi… Aeschylus, Eumenides 1011, "Children of Kranaos". [2] Quotation unidentifiable. (But Nonnus, Dionysiaca 22.20, 45.308 has the formula "the rocky stone [kranah\ pe/trh] swelled, disgorging wine".) [3] Aristophanes, Birds 123; i.e. Athens. [4] From alpha …
- κ1047Κατήλιφαroof-beam, ladder, upper storey… Rhodius, Argonautica 1.563 and scholion; Lycophron, Alexandra 751 and scholion; Nonnus, Dionysiaca 36.407, 39.316, 45.142). In the Suda (mu 666) meso/dmh is defined as referring to the middle.
- αι64Αἴγληradiance; Aigle… (perhaps of Dionysus, for the word is remarkably common in Nonnus); and the verb should probably be taken to mean "reveals" or "betrays" a mystery. For poana see alpha 2082, pi 2051. [4] 'Leagoras' …