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- α1642ἈμωντιανόςAmontianos, AmontianusThe name, without the information, is also in ps.-Zonaras. Unidentifiable.
- δ1576ΔυναστείαsovereigntySame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. cf. generally delta 1575.
- δ434Δήμιοςpublic-manSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. A naive definition for the (Athenian) public executioner; cf. delta 449 below, and see generally LSJ s.v.
- β301Βιώνηςlife-buyer, living-buyerSame entry in Hesychius and other lexica. The one in ps.-Zonaras muddies the waters by offering an alternative definition based on bio/s, bowstring (cf. under beta 292). In any event the headword is not …
- ε2775Ἐπιχειροτονίαvoting by show of handsAbridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on this noun's appearance in Hyperides fr. 162 Jensen. [1] So the transmitted text, a)po/stasis; but this should read, as it does in Harpok., kata/stasis ("appointment"). The error is …
- α4273ἈστυφέλικτονundisturbedSame entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. (Hesychius has the same headword but different glossing.) The headword is either masculine/feminine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective. It …
- ε2796Ἐπολιάρχειwas prefect of the citySame entry in ps.-Zonaras; comparable one, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is third person singular, imperfect, of poliarxe/w (from poli/arxos, Latin praefectus urbi). It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps …
- α3587ἈποτέλειοιmagistratesSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The origin of the glossing in unidentifiable. For the same word in another context, magistrates of the Achaean League, see Polybius 10.23.9, 16.36.3-4; and in fact (as Adler notes) Toup …
- α4501Αὐτοκράτωρautocrat, absolute ruler, plenipotentiarySame entry in ps.-Zonaras. cf. generally alpha 4502 and alpha 4503. [1] For an example, see alpha 4121.
- ε469Ἐκκλησιάζωνassembling, summoning to an assemblySame entry in ps.-Zonaras 667.17. [1] The headword is present participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)kklhsia/zw, presumably extracted from the quotation given. Both the gloss and the quotation itself indicate that this …
- αι156ΑἴθυγμαglimmerSimilar entry (though the quotation is shorter) in ps.-Zonaras. For this headword see also alphaiota 157. [1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Claimed as Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 108 …
- ε2723δοτικῇ$ χαρίζεταιentrusts[The SOL mistakenly presents as headwords the first and second words of the gloss.] The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of the compound verb e)pitre/pw. It must be quoted from somewhere …
- α4078Ἀρχαιρεσίαmagistrate-electionLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. [1] Herodotus 6.58.3 (web address 1 below), on the ten-day suspension of elections in Sparta whenever a king dies. The Herodotus passage, in other words, illustrates the first rather than the …
- α4091Ἀρχήauthority, ruleSee also alpha 4092, alpha 4093. [1] The source of this material (also in ps.-Zonaras) is unidentifiable. [2] In the proverb arkhe is used in the sense of "beginning": "well begun is half done." …
- α921Ἄκομψονunadorned, lacking in prestigeThe headword is neuter singular of this adjective, evidently quoted from somewhere (other than the quotation given, where it is masculine/feminine singular). Under the same lemma Photius, Lexicon alpha791 Theodoridis, begins with the second …
- δ449Δημόκοινονpublic-common[1] Likewise in Hesychius and other lexica. The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested) is more probably neuter nominative/accusative singular -- as indeed is assumed by the additional …
- δ1111ΔικτάτωρdictatorTransliteration of the Latin dictator; again delta 1112, and see already the cognate abstract noun at delta 1110. [1] Likewise in Hesychius. See further, next note. [2] Likewise -- both elements -- in Photius …
- ε2658Ἐπιτακτοίreserves[1] Likewise in the derivative entry in ps.-Zonaras, except that Tittman's punctuation there includes 'troops' as part of the headword [2] Thucydides 6.67.1 on the Athenians at Syracuse (web address 1). [3] For the …
- α3979Ἁρμοσταίharmosts[1] This rather lame gloss occurs only here and in the parallel entry in ps.-Zonaras. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable -- but for the Faliscans [phi 52] …
- ε237Ἐδικαίουwas judgingThe headword -- imperfect active of dikaio/w (cf. delta 1077, delta 1078, delta 1079, epsilon 238, epsilon 239), third person singular -- is illustrated by all three of the quotations given. Entry shorter in …