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- ε137Ἐγκυρῆσαιto light uponMeaning to meet with. So Cratinus [sc. used the word].
- η28Ἡβυλλιῶσαιbeing youthful[Meaning they] being in the prime of youth. Aristophanes in Frogs [writes]: "dancing-girls being youthful and freshly plucked". He leaves out "[as to] their hair." For marriageable young women used to pluck out their …
- κ2666Κύλιξ ῥοπαλωτήclub-shaped cup, kylix rhopalote[Meaning] the refreshment vessel for the many. "Commodus, the Romans' emperor, when he had tired himself out in the performance, took from a woman some sweet chilled wine in a cup shaped like a …
- λ693Λοῦτρονwash-water[Meaning] the wash-off, the filthy [water], that which has been washed off. "And he will drink the wash-water out of the baths." Procopius [writes]: "he bade the bath to be ready, for he wanted …