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αι110Αἰθαλοκομπίαιςwith sooty boastingsFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 696 (which itself has yolokompi/ais: see psi 123).Matched in noteshighshort
μ1322Μωλόχιονmallow… of moloxi/on (which occurs in e.g. a fragment of Aristophanes), itself more commonly found as malaxi/on.Matched in noteshighshort
α2547Ἀνόδοντονtoothless… nominative in the quotation (below) but accusative as the headword itself. [1] Pherecrates fr. 74 Kock, now 79 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3997Ἐχέτωlet holdAristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 43 (from which the headword itself is extracted), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2327Κραπατάλλοιςin Good-for-Nothings, in Krapatalloi… 383, alpha 2928, alpha 3037 or epsilon 3069. (The play-title itself, here in the Suda as elsewhere, is spelled with either single or double lambda.)Matched in noteshighshort
κ2206Κόψιχοςkopsichos… fact (LSJ) kopsichos is a variant of kossyphos, and kossyphos itself is a term applying to both a bird and a fish.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1883Κνώμενοςbeing scratched… occurs already in Herodian, Partitions p.72 Boissonade; and the participle itself is perhaps quoted from Timocles fr. 19 Kassel-Austin (222b CGFP), line 5. See also kappa 1856, kappa 1857.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2668ΚυλίχνιονpotletThe headword, a diminutive of kuli/xnh (itself a diminutive of kappa 2665), occurs at Aristophanes, Knights 906 (web address 1) and the bulk of the entry is drawn from the scholia thereto.Matched in noteshighshort
λ235Λεκιθοπώληςpeasepudding-seller, pulse-sellercf. generally lambda 236. The headword itself is attested only here (and in Pollux 7.198), but the feminine version occurs in Aristophanes (Plutus [Wealth] 427) and Lucian (Lexiphanes 3).Matched in noteshighshort
α2680Ἀντιλογιῶνdisputations… for this genitive plural (web address 1 below); the noun itself does occur in book 1, but in the accusative singular (1.31.4, 1.73.1). [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 321 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2020Κομποφακελορρήμοναpomp-bundle-worded… (Euripides is characterizing the language of Aeschylus). The glossing term itself does not occur outside this context. For fa/kelos, see phi 25, phi 26, phi 27.Matched in noteshighshort
α2885Ἁπαλοὶ θερμολουσίαις ἁβροὶ μαλθακευνίαιςsoft men in hot baths [and] delicate men in soft beds… mu 107.) Same entry in other lexica. The headword phrase itself is Comica adespota fr. 56 Kock, now 555 K.-A.; proverbial in the paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort
κ938Κατελάσαςhaving driven down, having subjugated… See already at beta 339 and delta 843. The headword itself -- aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of katelau/nw -- reappears in the same sense in Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1082; and see also Theocritus, …Matched in noteshighshort
α2855Ἀωρόλειοςunseasonably-smooth… other lexica; from Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica (fr. 295). The headword itself occurs in Cratinus fr. 10 Kock, now 11 K.-A. (genitive plural). [2] See omega 95.Matched in noteshighshort
α3139ἈπείσομαιI will go away… sometimes used in epic as future for ei)=mi "go," which itself serves as a future in Attic. See already under alpha 3138.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1918ΚοκκύζωI crow, I cry like a cuckoocf. kappa 1920 for the cuckoo itself. [1] Less neutrally already in Hesychius kappa3296: kokku/zei -- very probably quoted from Hesiod, Works and Days 486 -- glossed with tara/ssei "harasses" and fwnei= o)ce/ws "makes …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1205Καὶ ταῦτ' ἔχοντες κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαιςand that too staying in the arms of the waves… phrase 'in the arms of the waves' (i.e. storm-tossed) is itself a quotation: Archilochus fr.213 IEG.Matched in noteshighshort
α3197Ἄπιαpears… the fruit, apios (feminine, second declension; plural apioi) the pear-tree itself. See already alpha 3194 and alpha 3195. LSJ entries at web addresses 1 & 2 for a)/pion and a)/pios (A).Matched in noteshighshort
ε469Ἐκκλησιάζωνassembling, summoning to an assembly… from the quotation given. Both the gloss and the quotation itself indicate that this is the transitive sense of the verb (II in LSJ s.v.). The intransitive sense is most famously illustrated by Aristophanes' …Matched in noteshighshort
α2897Ἅπανθ' ὅμοια καὶ Ῥοδῶπις ἡ καλήeverything similar even for Rhodopis the fair… and elsewhere; Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 233. The headword phrase itself is Comica adespota fr. 579 Kock, now 489 K.-A. [1] Again at pi 191 (with a gloss more closely related to her profession) …Matched in noteshighshort
α4516Αὐτόπρεμνονuprooted, pulled up by the roots… has the masculine dative plural of the adjective; the headword itself is neuter nominative/accusative singular, evidently quoted from somewhere else. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 903-4 (web address 1 below); see already alpha 1233; also epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1179Ἐν Διομίοις ἩράκλειονHerakles-shrine in Diomia… - actually an urban quarter of the city of Athens itself; and many sources mention the Herakles-shrine (Herakleion) there. The present entry abridges the rather longer one in Harpocration s.v. (commenting on Hyperides fr.114 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2729Ἐπίτριπτοςaccursed, damned… to Lucian, Jupiter Tragoedus 16.13, where the present gloss is itself glossed: toute/sti plhgh=nai ("that is, to be struck").Matched in noteshighshort
α2952Ἀπ' αἰγείρου θέα καὶ ἐπ' αἴγειρονview from the poplar and (view) at the poplar… again, albeit slightly differently, at alphaiota 35). The headword phrase itself goes back to C5-BCE Athens: Cratinus fr. 339 Kock, now 372 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
μ252Μασώμενοςchewing… the verb is middle voice, as in the headword participle itself. The first active instance extant is in the Sibylline Oracles 3.329, but active use was extremely rare until Modern Greek. [2] Aristophanes, Plutus …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1803Ἐξ ὄξους δίκηa lawsuit (prepared) from vinegar… separated at kappa 730 and omega 231.) The headword phrase itself generated no scholiastic comment, beyond the claim that 'lawsuit' comes unexpectedly for 'meat' or suchlike.Matched in noteshighshort
η485Ἠρδαλωμένοςbesmeared… (dative singular there). [2] Again, same glossing elsewhere. The aorist itself comes from a much-quoted line of the comic poet Philemon (fr. 59 Kock, now 62 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort
α3032Ἀπεπόνουνthey finished work… alpha 399 note for related entries. Both the headword verb itself, a)popone/w, and other vocabulary here (see epsilon 2921) come from Aristophanic comedy. See also phi 743, chi 348.Matched in noteshighshort
λ434Ληκώμεθα[whenever] we are shagged… (253 K.-A.), at Photius lambda254 Theodoridis. Both the headword verb itself and the glossing verb (kappa 1645) are verbs describing violent motion; in a sexual context they are classified by Henderson 35 (expanded 151-153) …Matched in noteshighshort
η689Ἢ χρὴ τραγῳδεῖν ἢ μελαγχολᾶνone must either make tragedy or be melancholic… The glossing would be a poor fit with the maxim itself if xai/rein here meant 'to rejoice'; for the 'letting go' sense see LSJ s.v. II.2.c.Matched in noteshighshort

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