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- ε139Ἐγκυτίto the skinSimilarly in other lexica. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 281; cf. epsilon 1506. (Earlier in Archilochus.)
- γ155ΓένταintestinesNeuter plural. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 322; cf. mu 471.
- ε2389Ἐπικλινέςslanted… singular of this adjective (for which see also epsilon 2390): Callimachus, Hekale fr.333, with scholion.
- ε523Ἐκόησενheard… indicative active, of the verb koe/w; cf. kappa 1894. [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 232., with scholion
- α1592Ἀμιθρῆσαιto calculateThe headword is an aorist active infinitive. [1] Callimachus, Hymn to Demeter 86, and Hecale fr.314. LSJ s.v. cite other instances of this epic/Ionic/poetic inversion of a)riqmw=.
- α3071Ἀπεστώabsence… epsilon 3446, a)eiestw/ alpha 618 and ai)eiestw/ alphaiota 103. [2] Callimachus fr. 340 Pfeiffer.
- α3259Ἀποβράσματαchaff[1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 334 Pfeiffer, with scholion; more fully at epsiloniota 66. To be more exact, the verb used is related to the (neuter plural) headword noun here.
- α4272Ἄστυρονlittle town, town… from the quotation given) of astu. See LSJ s.v. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.260 Pfeiffer.
- α1037ἌκτιαAktia, Actia… it can presumably be inferred that Athens had one. The Callimachus reference is fr. 403 Pfeiffer.
- α3981Ἁρμοῖ πουjust now… locative of the noun a(rmo/s; literally, "at a junction". [1] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 274. See also epsilon 874.
- δ56Δανάdana, parched… Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius delta46 Theodoridis. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.243, followed by comment from the scholia there.
- α4208Ἀσπαστοίwelcome, welcomed… but is not independently attested. [3] This (Ionic) word is Callimachus fr. 427 Schneider.
- α495Ἀδμωλίαuncertainty[1] Callimachus fr. 717 Pfeiffer, q.v. See a)dmoli/h (sic) in LSJ (web address 1 below). [2] Some other lexica have the reading doulei/as: "without slavery."
- κ1917Κοκκύαιforemothers… Nominative plural; also spelled koku/ai (as the meter requires in Callimachus: next note). [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr.340.
- κ2113ΚόροιβοςKoroibos, Coroebus… Lexicon kappa980 Theodoridis. [1] cf. Apostolius 10.3 (with 'counting'). [2] Callimachus, Fragmenta incertae sedis 587. [3] From beta 468.
- ε204ἜδεθλονfloorPerhaps from a gloss on Callimachus' Hecale (so Adler); cf. in any event (as she notes) Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo 72, and Aetia fr. 162. Probably first attested (in the plural) in Aeschylus, Agamemnon …
- α3622Ἀπ' οὔατος ἄγγελος ἔλθοιmay the messenger go far from my earCallimachus, Hecale fr. 315, with the gloss of the scholia there. [1] Adler does print this double negative in the gloss, while noting Bernhardy's wish to delete the first mh/ (and ms F's omission …
- ε3707Εὐρώςdankness… to Plato, Timaeus 84B, where the genitive eu)rw=tos occurs. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 236.3 Pfeiffer.
- ε345ἙκάληHekale, Hecale… tribe IV Leontis) of which she was eponym. [2] On Callimachus' hexameter poem Hecale and in general see R.L. Hunter in OCD(4) s.v. Hecale. [3] In the myth the principal beneficiary of this hospitality …
- ει66Εἰκαίαrandom[1] Similarly glossed in other lexica. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 334 Pfeiffer, with scholion; cf. alpha 1146, alpha 3259.
- κ2260Κωμῆταιvillagers… kappa 2263; and see LSJ at web address 1. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 342 Pfeiffer. [3] Babrius 163.1 Crusius (138 Rutherford).
- ι343Ἱμαῖον ᾆσμαwater-drawing song… 357, iota 358, upsilon 38. [1] cf. mu 1411. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 260.
- κ1953Κολουραία πέτρα'stump-tailed' rockCallimachus, Hecale fr. 235 Pfeiffer. The adjective kolourai=os "stump-tailed" (glossed in LSJ as identical to ko/louros, on which see kappa 1952) is metaphorically extended to "truncated" (LSJ s.v. ko/louros I.2). LSJ renders this instance …
- α4255Ἄστρια(?)knucklebones… plural of a)/stris), to be restored in the verse of Callimachus quoted here (Hecale fr. 276 Pfeiffer). This abbreviated form of the normal word, astragalos (alpha 4250), may have been used to associate knucklebones …
- δ1566Δύηmisery… see already delta 1564. [2] Already at delta 1420. [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 325 Pfeiffer (where the metre needs a)po/qeston). [4] Fragment of elegiac fable, included in appendix to Crusius' edition of Babrius, p. …
- μ623ΜενοινήdesirousnessUsed by Callimachus and Apollonius Rhodius (and in other poetry); discussed by ps.-Herodian, and cf. Hesychius mu860.
- ε3064Ἐρωήσαςforcing back… address 1); and cf. generally epsilon 3062, epsilon 3063. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 258 Pfeiffer, referring to the Marathonian Bull; cf. Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e)rwh/. [3] Homer, Iliad 1.303(= Odyssey 16.441; web address 2 …
- μ177ΜαραθώνMarathon… Whitehead, The Demes of Attica (Princeton 1986) index s.v. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 260 Pfeiffer. [3] Apparently a proverbial or quasi-proverbial phrase: see e.g. Plutarch, Flamininus 11.6. [4] Aristophanes, Acharnians 181 (web address 1); …
- κ1587ΚιδαλίηKidalie, Kidalia… a spring (as in a fragment of poetry attributed to Callimachus: fr.751 Pfeiffer, "I strayed from the Kidalian spring").
- η399Ἤνοψgleaming[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 238.16; cf. epsilon 1180. [3] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 277.2; cf. generally pi 3234. [4] Attested in Homer and elsewhere.