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χ170ΧαιρήμωνChairemon, Chaeremon… this entry see OCD(4) p.303, s.v. Chaeremon(1) and (2). [2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.608A-F (13.87-88 Kaibel). For another title see omega 237. [3] Cross-referenced at iota 175.Matched in noteshighshort
β307Βιστάκιαpistachioscf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.649E (14.61 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort
η53ἩγήμωνHegemon… infelicitous extra paragraph: see n.2 below [1] Demosthenes 18.285. [2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.699A [15.56 Kaibel], cf. 1.5B [1.8]. But the Hegemon in Demosthenes, an Athenian of the C4 BCE, is quite different from this …Matched in noteshighshort
β513Βράβηλαsloes… a.k.a. damsons; see further below. [2] Theocritus, Idylls 7.146. [3] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.49D-50B (2.33 Kaibel) -- citing the grammarian and commentator Seleucus Homericus of Alexandria (sigma 200), fr.42 FHG (but not adopted in FGrH …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1703Ἀμφίαςamphias… more favourable interpretation here -- middling, tolerable -- but cf. Athenaeus (next note) on Amphias as a 'poor' wine. [1] Nicostratus fr. 18 Kock, now 17 K.-A.; Sosicrates fr. 7 Kock, now 4 K.-A. …Matched in noteshighshort
η57ἩγήσιπποςHegesippos, Hegesippus… this and on H. generally, OCD(4) p.652, s.v. "Hegesippus(1)". [3] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.279D (7.9 Kaibel). The mistake is arguably less egregious than the equivalent one with Hegemon (see eta 53); nevertheless H. the poet …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1972ΚόλυθρονkoluthronA ripe fig, according to the gloss in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.76F (3.11 Kaibel), citing Philemon's Attic Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
α3636Ἀποφθεγγόμενοςspeaking plainly, uttering an apophthegm… headword participle must be quoted from somewhere. It occurs in Athenaeus, Galen, and Christian writers.Matched in noteshighshort
ι513ἼωψiopsA small, edible fish mentioned occasionally in comedy and elsewhere (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.329A [7.137 Kaibel]). See web address 1 for the LSJ entry.Matched in noteshighshort
λ140ΛασταυροκάκκαβονlastaurokakkabonAthenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.9C [1.15 Kaibel]. For Chrysippus see generally chi 568, chi 569 This compound term for an aphrodisiac foodstuff defies translation, but for the first of its components (implying effeminacy) see lambda 141; …Matched in noteshighshort
α2019Ἀναπίπτεινto fall backSee also alpha 2018. The source for both is Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23B (1.42 Kaibel). See further below, nn.1-2. [1] Athenaeus has this adverb, kuri/ws. [2] So the Suda mss, o)ligwrei=n; but o)ligodranei=n (Athenaeus), "to …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2750Ἐπιφορήματαdesserts, additional desserts… 1.133.2 (web address 1). The passage is quoted twice in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists: 4.144A and 14.641A [4.23 and 14.47 Kaibel]. In the latter context Athenaeus also preserves several quotations from Old Attic Comedy which use …Matched in noteshighshort
ι341ἼμβρασοςImbrasos, Imbrasus… the island of Samos: see the note to iota 342. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.283D-F (7.19 Kaibel) has the story of his fathering of the nymph Okyroe, beloved of Apollo.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1362Κεραννύουσιthey mix… lexica, registering Hyperides fr.69 Jensen (from the Delian Speech); cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.424E [10.24 Kaibel].Matched in noteshighshort
δ475ΔημώναξDemonax… of uncertain date (Snell, TGF 1.320); a Mantinean military instructor (Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4. 154D-E [4.41 Kaibel]); and a long-lived Cynic philosopher of the C2 CE (OCD(4) s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1689ΚίτρονcitronA Latin loan-word. See generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.83A-85C (3.25-29 Kaibel), attributing to 'Pamphilus in the Glosses' the remark that Romans call kitron what Greeks call kitrion (Citrus medica; see LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly… fragment of the epic poet Panyassis (pi 248) preserved in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.36D (2.3 Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum Magnum 3.24 and other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort
μ72Μακρὰ χαίρειν[to say] a long goodbye, to dismiss… mu51 Theodoridis. The expression is attested in Plutarch, Galen, Lucian, Athenaeus, Cassius Dio, Aelian, and Christian writers.Matched in noteshighshort
α4002Ἁρπαστὸνhandball, snatchball… ancient ball-games in general see the compendium of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.14D-15C (1.25 Kaibel); and cf. alpha 1817, omicron 671, sigma 1719, sigma 1720.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2570Ἐπίσιτοςepisitos… e)pisi/tios [sic]; and cf. a scholion on Plato, Republic 420A; Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 6.246F [6.50 Kaibel]. cf. generally epsilon 2569.Matched in noteshighshort
α3899ἈρίσταιχμοςAristaichmos, Aristaechmus… for being the year of the lawcode of Drakon (?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 4.1, etc.).Matched in noteshighshort
η156Ἠθολόγοςcharacter-painter, mimic… Hesychius eta238; and for a specimen of the genre see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.20A [1.35 Kaibel], on the performances of the famous ethologos Noemon.Matched in noteshighshort
η56ἩγήσανδροςHegesandros, Hegesander… wrote six (or more) volumes of Memoirs cited frequently by Athenaeus. (See alpha 1298, and generally OCD(4) s.v. Hegesander, p.652.) But note also epsilon 360, tau 595.Matched in noteshighshort
β535Βρέχεινto soak, to wet[1] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23A (1.41 Kaibel). [2] Quoted from somewhere, perhaps Lucian; cf. generally sigma 974, upsilon 179.Matched in noteshighshort
η113Ἡδυπαθήςluxurious… See e.g. Antiphanes fr. 91 Kock and Kassel-Austin (preserved in Athenaeus) on the Ionian stereotype.Matched in noteshighshort
λ373Λειόφυλονsmooth-leaved… spell it with double lambda leio/fullon (attested in Theophrastus and Athenaeus); ms V has leio/futon (otherwise unattested). Aemilius Portus adopted the reading leio/floion "smooth-barked" from the Ambrosian Lexicon; this also is attested in Theophrastus.Matched in noteshighshort
α3210Ἀπινήςdirt-free, dirt-less… headword is effectively confined to lexica and grammars, but note Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.661D (14.81 Kaibel), where the ms reading poli/ths ... tis ou)k a)pinh/s is normally corrected (e.g. to Gulick's ou) tapeino/s).Matched in noteshighshort
λ369Λειόβατοςsmooth-trodden… headword as a kind of fish (a ray or skate): Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.312B (7.89 Kaibel) quoting Plato Comicus (fr. 137 Kock, now 146 K.-A.), Hesychius, ps.-Herodian.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1900Κόγχηνcockle, mussel… by Pherecrates fr. 143 Kock = 152 K.-A., (preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.481C = 11.62 Kaibel); cf. LSJ s.v. I.2, 'shell-full, a small measure of capacity'. For the proverb see Teleclides fr. 19 Kock …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2287Ἐπὶ Δελφινίῳat Delphinion, at DelphiniumAbridged from Harpokration. s.v., which cites Demosthenes 23.74 and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.3. See also delta 206.Matched in noteshighshort