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η620Ἡττήθης τινὸς ἀλεκτρυόνοςyou were defeated… -- proverbial in Apostolius 8.70 -- occurs. The quotation is Theocritus Idylls 22.72 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
μ1047Μίκκοςwee… also in Doric or Aeolic poetry, e.g. the Idylls of Theocritus.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3708Εὐρώςdankness… Etym.Gud and Etym.Parv. use that form as a lemma. [3] Theocritus, Idylls 4.28; here once again the sense is more in the line of the mildew and decay caused by dankness (see note 2). …Matched in noteshighshort
κ938Κατελάσαςhaving driven down, having subjugated… the same sense in Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1082; and see also Theocritus, Idylls 5.116 (kath/lasa).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2093Κόριονlittle girl… in e.g. Lysias fr.4.5 Albini (now 1.5 Carey OCT) and Theocritus, Idylls 11.60; also, as kw/rion, in Aristophanes, Acharnians 731. Recommended by Phrynichus, Eclogae 50, against kora/sion.Matched in noteshighshort
η385Ἠνίlo… (perispomenon); also scholia on Aristophanes, Frogs 1390 and Plutus 75, Theocritus 3.10a. [2] Greek Anthology 6.236.3-4 (Philip); cf. sigma 426. On this epigram, which describes bees nesting on the prows of ships dedicated after …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2535Κοῖλαbags… ku/la); Synagoge kappa501; scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 472; scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 1.38. See also kappa 2545, kappa 2674. [2] The term 'apples' (mh=la) is often applied to the bags under the eyes by …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1107Κάτωθεfrom below… 128.3 Kock [133.3 K.-A.]), as well as in Doric (e.g. Theocritus, Idylls 4.44). [2] A misquotation of Pindar, Pythian 4.102-3 (web address 1): a)gro/qe ["from the countryside"] should be a)ntro/qe ["from the cave"]. Khariklo …Matched in noteshighshort
λ626ΛιτυέρσηςLityerses, reaping song… song called the Lityerses, referred to by Menander and others. Theocritus [Idylls 10.16 & 41] gives what purports to be a version of it" (West, below). [1] Menander fr. 264 Kock, actually from The …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2274Κώμυθαhay-bundle, sheaf… noun is in the accusative singular, as it occurs in Theocritus, Idylls 4.18, in the scholia to which (and elsewhere) an earlier instance is cited (Cratinus fr. 299 Kock, now 302 K.-A.). [2] Agathias, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2319Κραμβοτάτουloudest, quite loud, very loud… or "clear-sounding" (LSJ s.v. II), via "crisp" or "crackling", and Theocritus, Idylls 7.37 refers to the kapuro/s (clear-sounding) mouth of the Muses. Bekker suggests instead that the allusion may be to Crates as a …Matched in noteshighshort
λ775Λυγκέως ὀξυωπέστερον βλέπεινto see more sharp-sightedly than Lynkeus… also has Idas kill Kastor. Although Kastor kills Lynkeus in Theocritus, Idylls 22.193ff., there is no mention of Lynkeus seeing through a tree. Should the aorist participle dolofonh/santa be emended to the future dolofonh/sonta …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… which explains the word: ei)s tri/thn h(me/ran). Cf. Antiphon 6.21; Theocritus, Idylls 18.14; Hesychius epsilon1116 and epsilon2996; epsilon 1292. The old adjective e(/nos (cf. Latin senex), normally with rough aspiration in Attic, meaning “belonging …Matched in noteshighmedium