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37 entries for interpretation of a dream

  1. κ2726Κυνοφθαλμίζεταιlooks with dog-eyes… 1058 Kock, now part of 187 K.-A. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychos (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighshort
  2. β409Βότρυνcluster… Peace 708, where the nominative bo/trus occurs. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); again at sigma 1012.Matched in noteshighshort
  3. γ311Γλυκεῖ' ὀπώρα φύλακος ἐκλελοιπότοςwith the watchman having abandoned sweet fruits… in K.-A.); Apostolius 5.52 and other paroemiographers. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); cf. epsilon 3133, tau 1077.Matched in noteshighshort
  4. κ1745ΚλειδημίδηςKleidemides, Clidemides… BCE; see OCD(4) s.v. Cleidemus (a.k.a. Cleitodemus). [3] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighshort
  5. κ2060Κόπριος ἀνήρman of dung, Dungsman… 2437, from where this material is copied. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); cf. beta 392.Matched in noteshighshort
  6. κ2388Κρημνόςcrag… of rivers) and scholia; cf. omicron 1047. [4] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighshort
  7. χ320Χιτώνchiton, tunic… is from the scholia to line 1068. [4] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighmedium
  8. β392Βορβοροτάραξιo muck-raker… 694-5 (web address 2 below); Zenobius 2.76. [3] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); repeated at kappa 2060.Matched in noteshighshort
  9. κ2105Κορώνηshearwater, crow, something hooked (like a crow bill), tip, glans… 2106 (below), cf. also kappa 2103. [1] Artemidorus 5.65: a dream interpretation, in which a passive homosexual's glans grows hairy out of disuse. The particular meaning "glans" for "tip" is not recorded in LSJ, …Matched in noteshighshort
  10. α1488Ἁμαξίςcart… in general see Dover (below) 205 (arguing for a literal interpretation of "cart" and suggesting that centuries of price-inflation were responsible for the "cake" interpretation). [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 864. On the Diasia, a festival …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. ε1177Ἐν δίκῃwith justice… epsilon2794 and Etymologicum Magnum 339.4. But according to a different interpretation reported by a scholion on Aristophanes, Wasps 421, e)n di/kh| (= e)n th=| di/kh|) means dika/zontes, "while serving as jurors".Matched in noteshighshort
  12. α1703Ἀμφίαςamphias… adjective metrios might have been open to a more favourable interpretation here -- middling, tolerable -- but cf. Athenaeus (next note) on Amphias as a 'poor' wine. [1] Nicostratus fr. 18 Kock, now 17 …Matched in noteshighshort
  13. κ516Καταδακτυλικόςsphincter-inclined (?)… the fingers rather than the orifice they enter. For this interpretation see Sommerstein's translation at phi 152.Matched in noteshighshort
  14. κ2025Κομψόνelegant, subtle, pleasant… On Hormizd see alpha 3174. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 649. The interpretation is taken from the scholia there. [4] Aristophanes, Frogs 967. The interpretation is excerpted from the scholia there. [5] Damascius, Life of Isidore …Matched in noteshighmedium
  15. λ578Λιπαρέςobstinate… work better. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673-675 (web address 1). [3] Interpretation also given at chi 266. [4] Again from the scholia.Matched in noteshighshort
  16. κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than CrotonFor the two different interpretations of this proverb see upsilon 28, upsilon 29. This lemma (with upsilon 29) gives the more probable. Its first full sentence is taken from Photius, Lexicon kappa1114 Theodoridis, but …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. μ81Μακρούςlong… of the passage emphasises "long", and is open to the interpretation "I will not hear the long speeches (but I might hear the short)", as opposed to "I will not hear the all too …Matched in noteshighshort
  18. χ6Χαλαζᾷis hailing… scholiast there. But its author is probably incorrect in his interpretation of Aristophanes: the passage more probably refers to the disease detailed here, immediately below (so LSJ). [2] i.e. tubercles or pimples. [3] Aristotle, …Matched in noteshighshort
  19. δ1320Δοθιῆνιboil… the expression diasalakwni/sai of line 1169, then give an alternative interpretation of the whole comparison: "[Bdelycleon speaks in this way] to his father, for he is wearing the cloak in an ugly and slouching …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. κ2133Κόρχοροςblue pimpernel… plant." [3] Better known now as mahi-mahi: Coryphaena hippurus. This interpretation of the word comes from the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 239a (see above): "against Lycophron, who said the korkoros is a little fish; …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. κ1897Κόβαλοςrogue… with "robber". [5] Also from the scholiast, conceding the "trickery" interpretation of the stem.Matched in noteshighshort
  22. μ1071Μίλτοςmiltos, ruddle, red ochre, red earth, red lead… in question here occurs also in Plutarch, Alexander 24: Tyrians dream of Apollo deserting them, and of their doing this to his statue. [5] A slightly abbreviated version of Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 378-9, followed by …Matched in noteshighmedium
  23. λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators… [Myth, Place] (see web address 1: Pausanias 2.36.6-37.6). Thus another interpretation of the phrase might be 'quagmire of spectators', or 'cesspool of spectators' (see n. 3 below). The place was most famous for being …Matched in noteshighshort
  24. λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… Laertius 7.56-59, with addenda. [1] This definition is Aristotelian (On Interpretation 16b26). [2] cf. beta 335. [3] These lines reproduce Diog.Laert. 7.57 in a slightly different way and their content is Stoic. [4] See …Matched in noteshighmedium
  25. λ775Λυγκέως ὀξυωπέστερον βλέπεινto see more sharp-sightedly than Lynkeus… after Lynkeus has seen Kastor (and possibly Polydeukes: text and interpretation uncertain, cf. the scholia to Pindar, Nemean 10.114a) hiding in an oak. Kypria F15 Bernabé has Lynkeus see both Kastor and Polydeukes hiding …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. ε2914Ἐραῖαeraia, wool-decorated branch… branch decorated with pieces of wool comes to mind. This interpretation has the support of ps.-Zonaras 865: writing later than the Suda, he adopted the Suda entry but added the words h)\ kai\ malli/on …Matched in noteshighshort
  27. κ2318Κράμβηcabbage… hangover cure in [Aristotle], Problems 3.17 (873a37-b24). [5] On the interpretation of this quotation from Aristophanes, Knights 539, see kappa 2319. 'Alcaeus' offspring' is Heracles (grandson of Alcaeus), but the verse is spoken by …Matched in noteshighmedium
  28. κ822Κατατιλᾷshits down on… more than a repetition of what went before. Let us dream for a moment, all the same, that Suda expresses for a moment some person's true feelings!Matched in noteshighmedium
  29. δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… from the evil". Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 10.481, refers his interpretation of the word diopompei=sqai to the offerings of ram-fleeces as scapegoats to Zeus Meilichios, during the purificatory rituals which took place in the …Matched in noteshighshort
  30. δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… According to Pollux 8.24 the e)chghtai\ were appointed to the interpretation of signs and used to give instruction about the will of gods. [9] The information given by the Suda stems from the scholia …Matched in noteshighmedium

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