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α1750Ἀμφιορκίαamphiorkia, double-oath, reciprocal oath… lexicography; cf. e.g. Hesychius s.v. ("amphiorkia: when litigants exchange oaths"), Pollux 8.123 (jurors). [1] For apographe see alpha 3272, alpha 3273. [2] Malicious or blackmailing prosecution. See generally sigma 1330.Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2507Ἐπίπασταsprinklings… this entry up to this point, prefer 'porridge'; and cf. Pollux 6.61. (Thus there is really no need for K. Zacher's emendation to zwmw=|, noted by Adler.) [2] Aristophanes, Knights 103 (web address 1), …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2602Κύβοςcube (six-sided gambling die or a square face or pip (spot) on such a die)… (the meaning of kubos here is probably that given at Pollux 9.95, each 'spot', for that is the meaning of trh=ma). Euripides, in a line (Telephus?, fr. 888) selected ironically by Dionysus in Aristophanes' …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ318Κανοῦνbasket… Hesychius kappa650. [1] = Hesychius kappa679, Synagoge, Photius kappa161; cf. Pollux 7.176. [2] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 242 (web address 1); cf. kappa 308. [3] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Peace 948 …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-timbering… commentary on the Aristophanes passage (Herodian, On Orthography 3.2 507.28, Pollux 2.212, Hesychius epsilon3349; cf. epsilon 1460, tau 282), perhaps as a result of someone's speculation about whether this word should be read in …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι537Ἱππεῖςcavalrymen, horsemen, knights… (1981) 282-286. [4] Labourers, in effect. See e.g. Thucydides 6.43; Pollux 3.82. [5] Hesychius s.v. [6] Aristotle, Politics 1320a26. [7] cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 51. See also pi 1181 for both jury-pay …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3640Εὐπάρυφαfinely-bordered… the headword certainly might refer, but not exclusively (more ambiguously Pollux 7.46.3). Unless Herodian (1.16.3) and Irenaios (1.7.2) are being pleonastic, the sense of the headword can be separate from purple-ness. See also alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1293Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and new… is explained by lexicographers as 'over-ripe'; see Apollonius Dyscolus 1.64, Pollux 6.54. If the text is genuine, it can witness the use of the word as a synonym of u(perhme/rous in Byzantine Greek. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… 798), usually a wine-flask (Hesychius pi4486, beta1352, Photius Lexicon s.v., Pollux 7.175), but here probably a chamber pot or a)mi/s (Hesychius pi4486), appropriate to the references to pissing on his bed-mat. [8] The clause …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1036ΜίδαςMidas… lucky gambler and a lucky throw of the die. Julius Pollux, however, classifies the throw of this name as either unlucky or average (Onomasticon 7.204-5). The contradiction probably arises from different values for the …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… a bad omen rested with the presiding magistrate(s). 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium