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202 entries for Cypriot ox

κ1660ΚίρριςKirris, Cirris… there was a tribe called the Kirradaieis living along the Oxus, with a (perhaps related) people of the Himalayas whose name was variously rendered: Chirotosagi, Kirradai, Cirrabe-Indi, Kirradia, Korouda, Piladai, Sciratae, Thalutae. (See Barrington …Matched in noteshighshort
β422Βουκόρυζανox-drivelling, ox-stupidity… case; the secondary one is a present infinitive. [1] For "ox-" as an intensifier of this kind cf. (e.g.) beta 414, beta 454. [2] Menander fr. 1003 Kock, 834 K.-Th., 530 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
β416Βουζύγηςox-yoker… (London 1989) 152, digesting earlier work; R. Parker, Athenian Religion (Oxford 1996) 286-7.Matched in noteshighshort
β494Βῶνox… their Doric dialect. See generally LSJ s.v. bou=s. [2] For "ox" (in whatever dialect) as ox-hide shield see LSJ s.v., II, and see again at beta 500.Matched in noteshighshort
β389Βοπόρουςox-piercing [spits]… a description of spits long enough to pierce an entire ox. cf. Xenophon, Anabasis 7.8.14, of a spit large and sharp enough to pierce a man's thigh.Matched in noteshighshort
β418Βουθυτεῖis ox-sacrificing [to]… the scholia there. [2] Literally, the sacrifice of a hundred oxen. [3] A sacrifice of three (different) animals. See tau 1030.Matched in noteshighshort
β387Βοώτηςox-buyer… version -- contaminated, presumably, by beta 386 -- of bow/nhs, "ox-buyer", for which see already beta 384. It is not clear whether "from these" should read "to these" (cf. e)pi\ tou/tw| in Harpokration s.v.). …Matched in noteshighshort
β384Βοώνηςox-buyerThese Athenian 'ox-buyers' (again at beta 387), probably a board of ten per year, are attested in Demosthenes 21.171 (n. 1 below) and in epigraphical evidence from the same period (C4 BCE). [1] Similarly …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1340Κέντριονgoad… the diminutive of ke/ntron (kappa 1338), which means "goad" (including "ox-goad"), "spear-point", "bee sting", and "point of compass", hence "centre" (LSJ s.v.). Of the possible derived meanings, the word ke/ntrion is used in Galen …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2057Κοπίςcleaver… 416. On this epigram, wherein a farmer retires his old ox out to pasture, see Gow and Page (vol. I, 4) and (vol. II, 3-4). [3] Tentatively attributed by Adler to either Iamblichus or …Matched in noteshighshort
β414Βουγάϊοςbig-mouth, braggart… beta 422, beta 439, and see LSJ s.v. (Literal meaning: ox-sized.) [1] The bouglôssos, literally "ox-tongue", was a type of fish; cf. psi 78. See web address 1 below for the LSJ entry.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1374Κερασβόλαhorn-struck, hard-shelled… than horn; its horn has struck the horn of the ox, what time the ploughman's hand is scattering the grain over his land." [2] Odd accusative for "sowing and the plough" (presumably meaning "during …Matched in noteshighshort
ι163Ἱέρευσενconsecrated… be quoted from Homer, Iliad 2.402 (of Agamemnon and an ox), though there are other instances, in Homer and elsewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
λ191ΛαιμώρηdewlapLoose skin below the neck; of an ox, typically. The only other attestations of this headword are an identical entry in Theognostus (Canones 9.17) and, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Another synonym …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1546ΔρύοπεςDryopes… Mycenae. Because he was hungry, Heracles demanded one of the oxen belonging to the Dryopian king Theiodamas, who refused the request. Heracles killed Theiodamas and slaughtered the ox. See Pherecydes FGrH 3 F19); Apollodorus …Matched in noteshighshort
κ412Καρπαίαkarpaia, crop-dance… down his arms and starts to sow and plough with oxen, often turning round as if afraid, and a raider appears; when the first man sees him he snatches up his arms, goes to …Matched in noteshighshort
κ60Κάθετοςlowered-down… Jacoby quotes other lexica where the animal concerned is an ox (offered to Poseidon), but he counsels against any assumption that the same ritual is involved.Matched in noteshighshort
ε366ἙκατομβαιώνHekatombaion, HecatombaeumAbridged from Harpokration s.v., citing Hyperides fr.237 Jensen. The first month of the Athenian year, which began in midsummer. [1] Literally, 'hundred-ox' offerings (though LSJ s.v. notes variation, as early as Homer, in both …Matched in noteshighshort
ι336Ἱμάσθληνthong… a becalmed boat, just as a whip goads a stubborn ox. See additional extracts from this epigram at alpha 2652, gamma 456, and epsilon 265.Matched in noteshighshort
β562Βροῦχοςlocust… can also be spelled brou=kos in Ionic and brou=ka in Cypriot. (An earlier entry, besides, has registered Cretan breu=kos.) But the Suda's brou=xos is the form standard in the Septuagint. Adler classifies the entry …Matched in noteshighshort
κ595Κατακωχήpossession, inspiration… katoxh/, differing only in having a reduplication of the root -ox- (from *sogh/segh/sgh as in the verb e)/xw). [2] Marinus, Life of Proclus 33: quoted more fully at pi 2473.Matched in noteshighshort
α1447Ἀλφεσίβοιαoxen-producing… plural) in Homer, Iliad 18.593, of virgin girls; they are "oxen-producing" in the sense of being likely to attract suitors who bring oxen as presents. See generally LSJ s.v. Alphesiboia is also a proper …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1576Κίβησιςbag, pouch, wallet… on Lycophron, Alexandra 838), or just pouch (Hesychius "pouch, in Cypriot"; scholia on Theocritus, Idylls 1.53d). For the glossing term see kappa 1578.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2682Κυμβίαvessels… commentary and lexicography; e.g. 'boat' (Harpokration s.v.), 'spine of an ox' (Etymologicum Magnum 543.8; 'helmet' (scholia to Demosthenes 21.158). It is possible that the gloss is an excerpt or a corruption of commentary on …Matched in noteshighshort
β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… 'altar' and a verb for watching attested only in the Cypriot dialect by Hesychius and possibly in Cretan (Leg. Gort. 2.17). Thus perhaps altar-ambushers were also called 'altar-watchers'. [3] See beta 487. [4] This …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… was said to have been the first to kill an ox after it had eaten the grain for sacrifices. However, the tradition also bears other names related to the aetiology of the boufoni/a, such …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3333Ἐτραχηλίασεarched the neck… Etymologicum Magnum 174.25-26 (and LSJ s.v., citing horses rather than oxen).Matched in noteshighshort
β470Βούτομονsedge, butomus… Butomus umbellatus, the sharp-edged leaves of which can indeed "cut oxen" (the literal meaning of boutomos) on the mouth or tongue.Matched in noteshighshort
α3977Ἁρμονίανharmony… Aristotle's de Anima 148.4-18, 25-31. [6] opsobapha (omicron 1085), also oxubapha, were chimes constructed from saucers made of different materials which were hit with a small wooden hammer; cf. delta 1155, and see generally …Matched in noteshighmedium
α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, Obadiah… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (30). Accented as it is (oxytone), presumably nominative. The book of the prophet Obadiah in the Septuagint has the title *a*b*d*i*o*u and *(/orasis *)abdiou "Obadiah's Vision"; the Hebrew name …Matched in noteshighshort

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