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Jennifer Benedict5
Catharine Roth2
William Hutton2

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α2061Ἀνασεσυρμένηνexposed… of pulling up clothing and revealing what is underneath. [2] Synesius, Letter 67 (213C): see translation at web address 1. [3] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 312 Zintzen (176 Asmus); cf. alpha 4462 (end), …Matched in noteshighshort
α2110Ἀνατρητοὺς ἐμβάδαςworn-through shoesThe headword phrase, accusative plural, comes from Synesius' Letter 52 (where it may mean shoes with holes for laces). See web address 1. [1] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 847 (a line split between Chremes and …Matched in noteshighshort
α2562Ἀνοργίαςun-ritedness… must be quoted from somewhere; there are extant possibilities in Synesius and elsewhere. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 898 (web address 1), with scholion. Using the euphemistic language of cult (see Henderson [below] 179 with 174), …

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Ἀνασεσυρμένην

exposed

[Meaning] disorderly, indecorous. "[An] exposed and outrageous comedy". "They call the jesting man charming and the witty man clever, but the exposed man raw and simple. From these it follows also that the austere man…

Ἀνασεσυρμένην· ἄκοσμον, ἀπρεπῆ. κωμῳδίαν ἀνασεσυρμένην καὶ πλημμελῆ. καλοῦσι δὲ τὸν μὲν σκωπτικὸν ἐπίχαριν, τὸν δὲ εὐτράπελον ἐπιδέξιον, τὸν δ' ἀνασεσυρμένον ἄπλαστον καὶ ἁπλοῦν.…

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α3535Ἀποσμιλεύουσιparing down… a scholium on Aristophanes, Frogs 819, where smileu/mata occurs. [3] Synesius, Letter 101 (p.240d Hercher); repeated more fully at pi 170, where it is clear that the verb is not third person plural, as …Matched in noteshighshort

β86Βάλλωνpelting, smitingSynesius, Dio 1.102-106 Terzaghi (PG 66.1117c-d), where all these present participles are dative, not nominative. cf. kappa 1531. [1] sigma 829, sigma 830. [2] zeta 77. [3] delta 1183.Matched in noteshighshort

β403Βόστρυχοςlock… Ecclesiazusae 954-5 (web address 1 below); cf. delta 1361. [3] Synesius, Encomium on Baldness 21 (PG 66, 1204b); cf. omicron 515, which has "to say", and pi 1254.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1183Διονυσίων σκώμματαinsults of the Dionysia… if not, its origin is unidentifiable. [1] An approximation of Synesius, Dion 1.103 (PG 66.1117c), where Socrates and Zeno are specified as the targets; cf. beta 86. [2] From delta 1168, q.v. (This sentence …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1461ΔώριοςDorian… instead of the manuscripts' tu/xhs. [3] Apostolius 3.61. [4] From Synesius, Praise of Baldness 4, PG 66.1173c; cf. lambda 638.Matched in noteshighmedium

ε857ἘλλιμενίζωI exact harbor tax… to mean 'harbor in' or 'come into harbor'; see e.g. Synesius, Epistle 148.7. (This meaning is absent from LSJ: web address 1.)Matched in noteshighshort