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- αι241Αἰξωνείαbeing an Aixonian, playing the AixonianSame entry is ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. cf. alphaiota 239, alphaiota 240, alphaiota 242.
- α2109ἈνατρέχωI reverseSame entry in Photius (and ps.-Zonaras). [1] Menander fr. 993 Kock, 680 K.-Th., 452 K.-A.
- ε314ἘθέμηνI put, I established[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is first person singular, aorist middle, of ti/qhmi (cf. epsilon 315). It is probably extracted from the quotation given, though ps.-Zonaras does not have it, and there are …
- α1889Ἀνακάψαιto wolf downLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword, aorist active infinitive of a)naka/ptw, is extracted from Aristophanes, Birds 579; the gloss corresponds with that of the scholia there (fagei=n).
- αι207Αἱμοπότηςblood-drinkerLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. LSJ s.v. gloss the headword as a variant of ai(matopw/ths (Aristophanes, Knights 198); cf. alphaiota 194. The feminine ai(mopo/tis is an epithet of Hecate.
- ε3414Εὐδιάλογοςcommunicative, outgoingSame entry in Photius (and, later, in ps.-Zonaras). The headword adjective is otherwise unattested. For the glossing term (apparently stemming from Attic comedy: see Comica adespota fr. 595 K.-A.) cf. under kappa 220.
- α4178ἈσκοπήραscripSame entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar one, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is (sparsely) attested in comedy and elsewhere: see LSJ s.v.
- ε3828Εὔχομαι δέ σοι τάδεI pray these things for youAristophanes, Knights 928 (web address 1), with scholion. Again in ps.-Zonaras.
- αι302Αἱρῇyou chooseAristophanes, Acharnians 494, with scholion. (But Aristophanes has the imperative le/ge -- "since you yourself choose, speak!" -- rather than the infinitive le/gein (also in ps.-Zonaras). See web address 1.)
- ε1193Ἔνδυοone-twoSame entry in Photius (and ps.-Zonaras). [1] Menander fr. 198 Kock (152 K.-A.), where the headword is aspirated; cf. LSJ.
- κ1275Κεκοισυρῶσθαιto be like CoesyraThe verb occurs as e)gkoisuro/omai in classical Greek; its locus classicus is Aristophanes, Clouds 48 (web address 1), and it is glossed in LSJ s.v. as "to be luxurious as Coesyra (a female name …
- κ1526Κηπαίαgarden [door]Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; very similar one in ps.-Zonaras. It has probably been generated by the genitive of the headword (a feminine noun) in Hermippus fr. 47 Kock (preserved …
- α563Ἀερονηχεῖςair-swimmingA slip, here and in ps.-Zonaras. Aristophanes does use this mock-tragic adjective, in Clouds 337, but of birds; a scholiast there simply says "the ones swimming in the air". See web address 1.
- α1227ἈλίμενονharbourlessLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword (accusative case, as the glossing shows) occurs in Aristophanes, Birds 1400 ("cutting a harbourless furrow of sky" -- see Dunbar 672 on the mixed metaphor there), and the gloss …
- α755Ἀθρήνιονwasps'-nestSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon (764). For the more usual spelling of the word, beginning an- (cf. alpha 753), see LSJ s.v. (web address 1 below), which cites …
- α1760ἌμφιςAmphisSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Of Middle Comedy. See generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.73-4); Kassel-Austin, PCG II pp.213-235. [2] Note also the different accentuation. For a)mfi/s, which functions as both adverb and preposition, see LSJ …
- α1972Ἀνανέμεινto review, to rehearseSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Epicharmus fr. 224 Kaibel, now 232 K.-A. [2] Herodotus 1.173.5 (web address 1 below).
- μ1246Μόραblack mulberries, blackberriesPlural (presumably quoted from somewhere) of this neuter noun for which LSJ cites instances of both of the meanings given as the translated headword here. Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and (according to Adler) the …
- δ684Διαπατταλευθήσῃ χαμαίyou will be pegged out on the groundLikewise in Photius and ps.-Zonaras. The headword phrase comes from Aristophanes, Knights 371 (said by Cleon to the sausage-seller). See also delta 685.
- α1893Ἀνακεκώφηκαςyou have deafened, you have stunnedThe headword a)nakekw/fhkas, here and in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras, should be e)kkekw/fhkas -- perfect of e)kkwfe/w -- from Aristophanes, Knights 312 (web address 1 below); and this is the gloss of the …
- ε42Ἐβρυάζοντοthey were revelingSame entry in Hesychius, ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is imperfect middle, third person plural, of the verb brua/zw (cf. beta 567). One would suppose it to be quoted …
- ε22Ἐβάστασενweighed[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. The headword is aorist indicative active, third person singular, of basta/zw (cf. beta 172, beta 173). It is presumably, though not demonstrably, extracted from the quotation given. [2] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae …
- ε1671Ἐξέτηξενmelted awaySame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is aorist of e)kth/kw, third person singular. Latte on Hesychius s.v. (where it is glossed with e)le/ptunen) regards it as quoted …
- α1957Ἀναμασώμενοιmulling over, ruminatingSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword participle is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Aristophanes, Wasps 783 (web address 1 below), with scholion. [2] Quoted from somewhere, but not independently attested.
- αι240ΑἰξωνεύςAixonianSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Perhaps from a scholion on Aristophanes, Wasps 895, where the headword occurs in the accusative case (as a deme-name; cf. alphaiota 242): web …
- ε1329ἘνιαυτίζωI spend a yearSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. In the active voice, as here, this verb is confined to these lexica and to a scholion on Euripides, Orestes 1645. (Middle-voice e)niauti/zomai …
- κ2356Κραιπαλαίκωμοςdrunken revelryThis headword, kraipalai/kwmos, is a variant of the term kraipalo/kwmos found in Aristophanes, Frogs 218 (web address 1) and explained in the corresponding commentary by Tzetzes (see below). See also alpha 3365, kappa 2355, …
- ε1560Ἔξαρνοςobstinately denying, obstinate in denying[1] Same gloss at Etymologicum Magnum 346.50; cf. ps.-Zonaras, epsilon755, with gloss a)rnou/menos (Hesychius epsilon3604, Scholia recentiora on Aristophanes, Clouds 1230a). See also ps.-Zonaras iota1124 [ = iota 728], where the same explanation occurs …
- α3329ἈποθυννίζωI write offSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The rare headword verb, literally meaning 'I reject as worthy of a (sc. mere) tuna-fish', is identified by Eustathius as a coinage of …
- δ1321ΔοθιώνboilSame entry in ps.-Zonaras (though with the headword accented as doqi/wn; likewise in Leo, Conspectus medicinae 7.8). The headword is a variant for doqih\n (cf. delta 1320; LSJ at web address 1); see Herodian …