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η439Ἦ πολλοῦ γε δεῖindeed far from itMeaning not at all.Matched in headwordhighshort
δ708Διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνουthrough much time"For the old man, as he drank through much time and listened to the pipe, very delighted by the thing, never stops dancing the night away to those old songs with which Thespis used …Matched in headwordhighshort
δ1194Διόπτηςable to look through [something]… (*mousa/wn qera/pontes o)trhrou/s) Peisetairos evidently interprets the word o)trhro\s as polu/trhtos, "full of holes". [4] pantepo/pths is a later word; panto/pths or pano/pths are more used in tragedy. Cf. Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 130 path\r …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1470Μυσάχνηdefiled woman, polluted woman… 829). Suetonius explains the term "because of gluttony" (dia\ to\ polu/trofon) and cf. uenterque mollis in Horace Epodes 9. [6] borboro/pis: Hipponax fr. 158 Degani (borboro/ph preoptandum)= 135b West (borboro/ph) = 146 Medeiros (borborw=pis) …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1267Δὶς ἑπτὰ πληγαῖς πολύπους πιλούμενοςan octopus pounded with twice seven blows[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who deserve punishment, inasmuch as when the octopus has been caught it is beaten many times to make it tender. And [there is] another proverb: "twice …Matched in headwordhighmedium
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… 22.300; cf. Apion (de glossis Hom., fr. 74.214.16, but with poluki/nhton), and, with taxu/s for eu)ki/nhtos, Hesychius alpha2020, Eustathius on Odyssey 10.2 and many Homeric scholia (see Mette under *sx). Modern dictionaries such as …Matched in noteshighshort
α3262Ἀπὸ γὰρ ὀλοῦμαιfor I destroyed will be[An example of] hyperbaton: [meaning] for I will be destroyed [a)polou=mai ga/r]. Aristophanes [writes]: "for I destroyed will be if I do not learn to ply my tongue."Matched in translationhighshort
μ1276Μοσχίδια σύκωνyoung shootlets of figs… at alpha 279, but cf. alpha 280) is Vitex agnus-castus (Polunin no. 1087), a shrub native to the Mediterranean region whose fruit was used to season food. It was believed that Vitex had medicinal …Matched in noteshighshort
α3069Ἄπεστινis away… here is probably Aconitum vulparia (wolfsbane) or A.lycotonum (northern wolfsbane) (Polunin, no. 208, p. 98; cf. Tutin, pp. 211-212).Matched in noteshighshort
β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… appear as "or who takes pleasure in ill-timed foolish loquaciousness, polulogi/ais flua/rois, i.e. acting the altar-ambusher." [2] Agathias [alpha 112], Histories p.26.24-25 Keydell (1.19 Niebuhr). This work is a continuation of Procopius (pi 2479) …Matched in noteshighmedium

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