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ε2637Ἐπίστωunderstand… is present imperative singular of e)pi/stamai; cf. epsilon 2636. [2] Sophocles, Trachiniae 182-3 (web address 1), with scholion [3] Sophocles, Philoctetes 1325-7 (web address 2). [4] Sophocles, Electra 616 (web address 3). [5] Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3850Ἔφεδροςreserve, in reserve… tau 7). [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 791-794 (web address 1). [3] Sophocles, Ajax 609-610 (web address 2), with material from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1492Δράκαυλοςdrakaulos; living with a snake… obelizes the tranmitted headword draukalos; similar one in Hesychius delta2305. Sophocles' (lost) play was named apparently from its chorus of drummers or tympanum-beaters (usually of the kettledrum associated with the cults of Dionysus and …

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[Meaning] know. "Know that Alkmene's son is alive and prevailing." And elsewhere Sophocles [writes]: "and know this and write it in your heart. For you are sick but the pain came as a chance from the gods." "Now…

Ἐπίστω· γίνωσκε. τὸν γὰρ Ἀλκμήνης τόκον καὶ ζῶντ' ἐπίστω καὶ κρατοῦντα. καὶ αὖθις Σοφοκλῆς· καὶ ταῦτ' ἐπίστω καὶ γράφε φρενῶν ἔσω. σὺ γὰρ νοσεῖς, τὸ δ' ἄλγος ἐκ θείας τύχης. οὐ…

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δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… in the (slightly abridged) quotation describing the courage of Ajax: Sophocles, Ajax 1285-87 (web address 1). Late sources (Apollodorus 2.8.4; Pausanias 4.3.3) tell of how Cresphontes (kappa 2377), Temenus and the sons of Aristodemus …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble… see also pi 1450. This quotation and the one from Sophocles which follow seem to be tenuously connected with the rest of the entry. The only association is that they contain instances of the …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ535Χρόνου πόδαtime's foot… however, the word for 'foot' in the nominative case). [2] Sophocles, Electra 1292 (web address 3), with comments deriving from the scholia. The text of Sophocles has optative e)cei/rgoi for the Suda's e)cei/rgei and …Matched in noteshighshort

α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judges[1] Sophocles, Ajax 572-3 (web address 1 below); again at lambda 839. [2] (Also in the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 1.25.) Possibly Contest, the divine personification of the agon (cf. Pausanias 5.26.3), though the apparently …Matched in noteshighmedium

α383Ἀγυιαίhighways… In fact it is probably derived from a)/gw, lead. [2] Sophocles fr. 341 Nauck (= 370 Radt), from the Laocoon. [3] Pherecrates fr. 87 Kock, now 92 K.-A.Matched in noteshighmedium

α1676Ἀμύνασθαιto ward off, to requite, to repay… (web address 1 below). [2] Simonides fr. 229 Bergk. [3] Sophocles fr. 1004 Radt (908 Nauck). Adler, following Nauck, connects this reference to the appearance of the verb a)mu/nomai at Oedipus at Colonus 873 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… 1 below). [3] Homer, Iliad 12.63 (web address 2). [4] "Sophocles" is a mistake (also in the Synagoge); this is Euripides, Medea 319-320. See web address 3. [5] Zenobius 2.4. Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3031Ἀπεπλίξατοtrotted off, strode off… also pi 1076, pi 1771, pi 1779, pi 1780. [2] Sophocles fr. 596 Pearson (of the coils of serpents). [3] Homer, Odyssey 6.318 (web address 2 below). [4] i.e. the pelvis.Matched in noteshighshort

α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… 296. [4] Callias fr. 2 Kock, now 5 K.-A. [5] Sophocles fr. 264 (= fr. 286 Radt); cf. Lloyd-Jones, who translates in the Loeb edn. of the fragments, p. 133, "And everything is loaded …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3827Ἀρέσκειαobsequiousness, being pleasing… an entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [1] Sophocles, Electra 147 (web address 1). [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 103 (web address 2). Also cf. scholia on Frogs 103 and on Wealth [Plutus] 72. …Matched in noteshighshort

α4211Ἀσπιδηφόροιshield-bearers… Aristophanes fr. 66 Kock (72 K.-A.), cf. Lysistrata 282. [8] Sophocles, Ajax 565-566 (web address 1 -- there is a textual alternative for "on that man"); cf. epsilon 2579.Matched in noteshighmedium

β399Βοσκήσομενwe will feed… from its only other extant occurrence: Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 599. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 1424-1428 (web address 1 below), where the text has the active infinitive deiknu/nai instead of the Suda's dei/knutai.Matched in noteshighshort

δ119Δαίμωνgod, demi-god, spirit, fortune, genius… Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 6-7 (web address 1), with scholion. [3] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 76 (web address 2), with scholion. [4] Homer, Odyssey 11.302. [5] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 2.13; quoted again in part at …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ331Δεινάterrible things… address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [2] Sophocles, Electra 731-2 (web address 2), with comment from the scholia there; cf. pi 1290.Matched in noteshighshort

δ859Διδάσκαλονinstructor… again here -- in Antiphon 6.11 (web address 1). [2] Sophocles, Philoctetes 387-8 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

δ1370Δοξάσαιto suppose… Euripides' lost tragedy Aeolus (Euripides fr.118). [2] An approximation of Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 911-913 (Jocasta talking to the magistrates of Thebes); it contains not the headword verb but the related noun. [3] Stoic doctrine: …Matched in noteshighshort

ε45Ἐγγαστρίμυθοςventriloquist… epsilon 3721. [1] cf. pi 3140; also tau 266. [2] Sophocles fr. 59 Radt. [3] Plato, Sophist 252C. [4] Aristophanes, Wasps 1019. MacDowell (see Bibliography) has a useful note there (p.264). [5] Philochorus FGrH …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2616Ἐπιστάτιςchairwoman, lady president… verb e)pistate/w: cf. epsilon 2086). See web address 1. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 27 (web address 2) with scholion. [4] Cassius Dio 73.16.3 (from his eye-witness account of the over-the-top spectacles at the end of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3402Εὐδαιμονέστερος τῶν Καρκίνου στροβίλωνhappier than the pirouettes of Karkinos… of snail (cf. sigma 1208). [4] Note 2 above. [5] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 144-145, with comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3580ΕὐμενίδεςEumenides… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.454; cf. epsilon 2994. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 39-42, preceded here by material from the scholia to line 42 there. (Philemon = fr. 217 Kock, now 180 Kassel-Austin.) …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ364Χοάςpourings… adverb 'unjustly' (e)kdi/kws) before 'deceased'; see also epsilon 400. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 469–73, with variants (TLG, using the Budé text of Dain and Mazon, has i(ra\s, a)eiru/tou, qi/gwn), word order (tou=to xeu=m’, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… or pastiche of tragic laments (cf. its later use at Sophocles, Philoctetes 743, 790). See also iota 56. Modern texts read the same phrase twice: a)ttatai\ a)ttatai/. The prefix para- is used in Byzantine …Matched in noteshighlong

δ1587Δυσάλγητοςhard-hearted= Synagoge delta384; Photius, Lexicon delta791. From the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 12, where the headword, masculine nominative singular of this adjective, occurs: web address 1 below. There is another instance in Sophocles …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2645Ἐπιστροφῆςtending-to… (533) that Schweighäuser attributed this fragment to Polybios. [3] Rather Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 536-7 (web address 2), with comments from the scholia. The texts of Sophocles read muri/wn instead of muri/ai, rendering the …Matched in noteshighshort

α145Ἄγανονfirewood, broken; good, gentle… occurs). [5] Greek Anthology 7.36.5 (Erucius), on the tomb of Sophocles; cf. Gow and Page (252-253), alpha 1421, beta 453, and sigma 569.Matched in noteshighmedium

α592Ἀζήμιοςpenalty-free, with impunity… Plutus [Plutus] 271-2, with scholion. [2] From a scholiast to Sophocles, Electra 1102 (where the word also appears).Matched in noteshighshort

α645Ἀείφρουροςalways on watch, everlasting… diame/nwn, a)eiqalh/s "always waiting, evergreen". The word is attested in Sophocles, Cratinus (quoted by Hesychius, above), and elsewhere; see LSJ s.v. at web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort

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