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- λ861ΛυσιμάχειαLysimakheia, Lysimacheia, Lysimachea… generated the present entry -- was the one founded by Lysimachos (see OCD(4) s.v., and under alpha 1862, etc.) as capital for his Thrakian realm. This was on the site of Polis Agora (present-day …
- χ309Χίλιοι διακόσιοιTwelve Hundred… from Harpokration s.v. [1] Isaeus fr. 74 Sauppe. The name "Lysides" is otherwise unattested in Athens. Though it is admitted into vol.II of the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (s.v. no.1), there must be …
- γ412Γωνίαcorner… e)/sti gnh/sios of the Suda. In Harpokration the quotation from (?)Lysias begins with e)/sti de\ ka/myanti ("there is for one following the bends...") instead of the Suda's ka/myanti. The Suda may have transposed the …
- κ2095Κορκορυγάςrumblings… wordplay is simple enough -- Peace will acquire the name Lysimache, Battle-stopper -- but it has the extra dimension of the fact that this was the name of Athens' venerable and longstanding priestess of …
- κ2263Κωμῆτιςvillage-woman… is "village, neighborhood" and kw=mos is "revel, carousal." [3] Aristophanes Lysistrata 5 (see web address 2 below). The speaker is actually the woman Lysistrata.
- α3959Ἀρκτεῦσαιto be a bear… the middle - also used here - was intransitive. [1] Lysias fr. 249 Sauppe, now 303 Carey OCT (from the lost speech On behalf of Phrynichus' daughter). [2] Euripides fr.767 Nauck; Aristophanes, Lysistrata 645 …
- ε2452Ἐπίλυσινresponse[1] The headword is accusative case of the noun e)pi/lusis. The best-known instance -- Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 134: e)pi/lusin fo/bwn, e)pi/lusin di/dou -- means 'release' and so makes a bad fit with this …
- χ266Χειρουργίαςof handiwork… and its gloss, it also has figurative applications. [1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673 (which has liparaou=s for the Suda's lipara=s: see web address 1 below), with glosses (the etymological one fanciful and incorrect) from the …
- λ17ΛαγίσκαLagiska, LagiscaAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v., who besides citing Lysias -- see next note -- also quotes a fragment of the comic poet Strattis (fr. 3 Kock and K.-A.). [1] Lysias fr. 155 Sauppe, now 208 …
- δ1020ΔιῆρξαI completed my term of officeLysias fr. 177 Sauppe (now 223 Carey OCT), cited from Harpokration s.v.
- α560Ἀέρκτονunhedged= Harpokration s.v. [1] Lysias 7.28, of an olive-stump (web address 1).
- ε2499Ἐπιορκήσανταhaving vowedLysias 10.17 (which includes its own gloss: see web address 1), cited from Harpokration s.v.
- α2832Ἀξιοῖdeems… Harpokration s.v. cf. alpha 2829. [1] Antiphon fr. 62 Sauppe; Lysias fr. 302 Sauppe (now 472 Carey OCT).
- ε2508Ἐπίπεμπτονadditional-fifthAbridged from Harpokration, who besides Lysias (below) cites an unidentifiable passage of 'Plato' and quotes Aristophanes fr. 201 Kock (212 K-A). See already under epsilon 2286. [1] Lysias fr. 150 Sauppe (now 203 Carey …
- α3190ἈπήχειαdiscordAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.; cf. alpha 3189. [1] Lysias fr. 168 Sauppe (now 221 Carey OCT); Dinarchus fr. XLIX.2 Conomis.
- δ1085ΔικαιώσειςjustificationsAbridged from Harpokration s.v.; cf. delta 1084. Lysias 9.8 (web address 1); Thucydides 1.141.1 (web address 2), 8.66.2 (web address 3).
- λ321Λευκὴ ἀκτήWhite Headland… from Harpokration s.v., which states the matter more cautiously. [1] Lysias fr. 9 Sauppe (still 9 Carey OCT).
- ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-in… verb is suggestive of women's cosmetics: compare the plural at Lysistrata 149, and see generally LSJ s.v. (The connection with the sieve is sustained by the fact that it too will have a covering …
- δ543Διαδόσειςshare-outsLysias fr. 312 Sauppe, now 484 Carey OCT, cited from Harpokration s.v. The headword, there as again here, is accusative plural.
- α3800Ἀργυρώματαsilver plates[1] Lysias fr. 148 Sauppe, now 201 Carey OCT (from the lost speech In reply to Kleon on the gold tripod).
- α499ἈδοκίμαστοςunscrutinizedAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Lysias fr.73 Sauppe (now 81 Carey OCT).
- δ171ΔέκαtenAbridged from Harpokration s.v., who besides Isocrates and Lysias (below) cites Androtion FGrH 324 F10. [1] Isocrates 18.5. [2] Lysias fr. 79 Sauppe, now 88 Carey OCT.
- μ729Μεταπύργιονinter-towerAbridged from Harpokration s.v. [1] Thucydides 3.22.3 (and 3.23.1); Lysias fr. 97 Sauppe (now 111 Carey OCT).
- α4552Ἀφανὴς οὐσίαinvisible propertyAbridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Lysias fr. 122 Sauppe (now 172 Carey OCT).
- χ487Χρηματιστήςbusinessman… address 1 below), where the headword appears. [2] The contextless Lysias fr. 512 Carey OCT (116 Thalheim, 334 Sauppe).
- η225Ἡλικία τῆς πόλεωςmanhood of the city… entry derives -- had cited 'Lycurgus' (fr. II.3 Conomis), but 'Lysias' here (and in the epitome of Harpok.) must be accounted a deliberate variant, not a slip: see Lysias 2.49 ('manhood' only: web address …
- ε1633Ἐξεπιώκατονthey have weighed down on… dual (here distorted in transmission: should be e)cipw/katon). [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 291 (web address 1), with scholion.
- δ261Δερμιστήςskin-eaterFrom Harpokration s.v. dermhsth/s. [1] Lysias fr. 104 Sauppe, now 122 Carey OCT. But NB, according to Harpokration, Lysias merely used the word, without explanation. It was Didymus, commenting on Sophokles (fr. 449 Radt), …
- ε2724Ἐπιτρέπειν τοῖς οἰκείοιςto entrust [the arbitration of a dispute] to one's friends… Suda's headword phrase, which comes from Demosthenes). Besides Demosthenes and Lysias, below, Harpok. cites Menander's play Epitrepontes. [1] Demosthenes 27.1, with "arbitrators", diaithtai/, instead of "jurors", dikastai/. (The error postdates Harpok.) [2] Lysias fr. …
- κ60Κάθετοςlowered-downAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. [1] Lysias fr. 227 Sauppe (now 281 Carey OCT); Meliton FGrH 345 F1. In his commentary on the latter passage, Jacoby quotes other lexica where the animal concerned …