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η470ἩράκλειςHerakles!, Heracles!… eta14). See also eta 469. [1] cf. scholion on Plato, Meno 91C. [2] The vocative is *(hra/kleis as at eta 469. [3] The Attic nominative is *dhmh/thr; Doric, Arcadian, and Boeotian is *dama/thr; *dwma/thr …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3792Εὐφήμειspeak well… epsilon1009; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2361; scholia to Plato, Gorgias 469A and Meno 91C.Matched in noteshighshort
ε699Ἐκκυκλεῖwheels out[Meaning he/she/it] uncovers. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] e)kkuklou/menos ["being wheeled out"], [meaning] having an e)kku/klhma.Matched in translationhighshort
χ471Χρήit is necessary[1] See the A scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.216 (web address 1), where the form xrh/ appears; see also Etymologicum Magnum 814.50. [2] Eupolis fr. 4 Kock, now 11 K.-A. [3] See chi 493 …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1889Ἐωνημένοιhaving purchased[Meaning they] buying, or having bought. Aristophanes [writes]: "for the deity does not allow the possessor to control his own body, but the one having purchased [it]." meaning [the one] buying [it]; from w)nou=mai …Matched in translationhighshort
δ297Δέφεινto knead[Meaning] to grab someone by the genitals. Also [sc. attested is] defo/menos ["kneading one's self"], meaning "peeling" one's organ.Matched in translationhighshort
ει206Εἴρωνdissembler[Meaning] one who makes fun of everything and is continually joking. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] ei)rwneuo/menos ["dissembling"] in speech; from the [verb] ei)/rw [which means] I speak. A cheat and a …Matched in translationhighshort
χ414Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεταιhe is grieved at the choruses of the tragediansAristophanes, Birds 787-788 (web address 1: the Suda's e)kpeto/menos needs for metrical reasons to be e)kto/menos), immediately preceded by an explanation from the scholia to 787. The rephrasing and presentation of this quotation as …Matched in noteshighshort
α2049Ἀναρριχᾶσθαιto clamberThe [verb that means] to climb up and out with the use of the hands to hold and get a grip. Aristophanes in Peace [writes]: "then he made slender ladders and clambered via these …Matched in translationhighshort
αι377Αἰτούμενοςasking for, requesting, seeking[Meaning one who is] borrowing. Menander in Hymnis [writes]: "not asking for fire, but seeking a plate." [The active voice] ai)tw=n [means] intending to have it permanently, but [the middle voice] ai)tou/menos [means] taking …Matched in translationhighshort
α3443Ἀπομορξάμενονhaving wiped offSame entry in other lexica -- doubtless from scholiastic comment on Aristophanes, Acharnians 696, where the headword participle appears (of a man wiping off sweat). The glossing participle is obelized by Theodoridis (on Photius, …Matched in noteshighshort
ι582Ἰππούμενοςridden downVariant reading at Aristophanes, Knights 924 (web address 1), with scholion. See also Photius, Lexicon iota187 Theodoridis At iota 585 this passage is quoted with the participle i)pou/menos "weighed down."Matched in noteshighshort
γ74Γαυνάκας ἀμπεχόμενονcloaked in mantlesAlso in Photius, Lexicon gamma41. Adler suggests a comic fragment: see now Comica adespota fr. 495 K.-A. The participle is used in this way in the Christian writer Germanus, Narratio de haeresibus et synodis …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1740Ἐξηπάτησεν ἡ χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελονthe stake deceived the vineAristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 2.71. See also eta 672, chi 97. [1] Here the manuscripts read sw=|zon "that which saves," but Kuster emends to sw|zo/menon "that which …Matched in noteshighshort
λ571Λινοπτωμένηnet-watchingThe headword, presumably quoted from somewhere (but attested only here), is the feminine nominative singular, present participle, of the verb linopta/omai. Its masculine counterpart linoptw/menos is the contested reading transmitted in Aristophanes, Peace 1178. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1774Κληΐσατεcelebrate in song!The headword is aorist active imperative, second person plural, of the verb klh/|zw (cf. kappa 1773 and LSJ s.v., I). Evidently quoted from somewhere -- but not Euripides, Alcestis 548 (web address 1), where …Matched in noteshighshort
α1330ἈλοῶI thresh, smite, drive around, smashThe [verb that means] I break. Also [sc. attested is the active participle] a)low=n ["threshing"], [meaning one who is] leading [beasts] around in a circle from without, as those on the threshing floors [do]. …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3468Ἀποπάτημαturd, shit[Meaning] the same thing [as] dung. Eupolis in Golden Race [writes]: "for what is that man? A turd [and] a fox." Cratinus in Runaway Slaves [writes]: "and when I found Kerkyon shitting on the …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι585ἼπτωI hurtEntry out of alphabetical order. [1] cf. iota 590. Outside lexicography, the middle i)/ptomai is used. [2] Homer, Iliad 1.454 (web address 1), quoted again at iota 796. [3] Aristophanes, Knights 924 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
α4702ἌχθομαιI am sick [of], I am grieved by[Meaning] I am distressed, I am irritated. Aristophanes [writes]: "I am sick of their peacocks and their quackery." Meaning their ornamental gowns; since a peacock [is] ornamental; or because they used to wear purple …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ1360ΜοιχόςseducerA type of haircut in the manner of catamites. Aristophanes [writes]: "Cratinus ever getting the 'seducer's' cut with a single blade." An indecent haircut cut like a catamite. And another type [of haircut is] …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ198Καλαμώμενοςstalk-binding, reaping[1] Same or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa107 Theodoridis. The headword is the masculine nominative singular, present middle participle, of the verb kalama/w; see also kappa 194, kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1894Κοάλεμοςblockhead, dolt, dunceSee also kappa 1893. The folk etymology is taken from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 198, where the invective is used. Other derivations combine koei=n with a)lw/menos "wandering" (Suetonius, *peri\ blasfhmiw=n 7), a)/lema "vain" …Matched in noteshighshort
α1652ἈμπέχῃwearingThe SOL text wrongly shows the supplementary headword a)pe/xh|, not the primary one a)mpexo/menos. For the verb a)mpe/xw cf. eta 362. [1] The headword, which has the same glossing in other lexica and is …Matched in noteshighshort
β532Βρενθύεσθαιto be haughty, to take umbrage[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to get carried away by rage or to pretend to be angry. "But he, putting on airs, got far more haughty." Also [sc. attested is] brenqu/etai ["is haughty"], [meaning] …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2468Κρονικώτεραmore antique, rather antique[1] The headword is comparative of the adjective kroniko/s, from the name of the god Kronos (cf. kappa 2467), neuter nominative/accusative plural. Same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and …Matched in noteshighshort
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 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1564Ἐξαρτήσαςhaving hung onThe headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) is aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)carta/w; cf. epsilon 1748, epsilon 1749. See also ps.-Zonaras 766.1, with the same glosses; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 485.17 s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his life[1] = Photius, Lexicon lambda24 Theodoridis; cf. Zenobius 4.85 and other paroemiographers. For Rhegion, in the toe-end of Italy, see rho 120, rho 121 (with the cowardice aspect), rho 122. For the idiom 'for …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1603Δυσγάργαλιςskittish, ticklishThe headword is a rare adjective, which in a concrete sense is used of horses. See e.g. Xenophon, On Horsemanship 3.10, and Aelius Dionysius *peri\ o)no/mata omicron27, quoting Aristophanes fr. 43 Kock = 44 …Matched in noteshighshort