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- α1025ἈκρωλένιονelbowSame entry in ps.-Zonaras; and cf. Pollux 2.140 for this sense of the neuter headword. (Xenophon, Cynegeticus 2.6 and 6.9 has another -- the outer part of a mesh net; cf. Pollux 5.29).
- ε312Ἐθελουργόςwilling to work, industriousSame entry in Photius and other lexica, and cf. Pollux 3.120.
- κ377Καρηβαρίαheadache, hangover… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (312); and cf. Pollux 2.41. See also kappa 378.
- α2633Ἀντερώμενοςloving in returnThe headword participle, as Pollux 3.72 points out, occurs in Eupolis (fr. 398 Kock, now 428 K.-A.).
- ε2516Ἐπίπληξιςcastigation… epsilon 1349) and the gloss are mentioned as synonyms at Pollux 9.140.
- ε3443Εὐερνήςflourishing, growing wellSame or similar entry in other lexica, and see also Pollux 1.230. Perhaps taken from Lucian, Verae Historiae 1.8, which attracted scholiastic comment.
- ε3799Εὐφορίαprosperity, productivity… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (2521); and cf. Pollux 1.51, Hesychius epsilon7276. For the headword see also under mu 391 (end); for the glossing word see epsilon 3494.
- α2042Ἀναρᾶσθαιto revoke a curseSame entry in Photius; cf. Pollux 5.130. [1] Callisthenes FGrH 124 F47.
- η96Ἡδόμενοςbeing pleased… Bachmann), occurring also in Photius, Lexicon eta50 Theodoridis; and cf. Pollux 3.98. For the verb h(/domai differently glossed see eta 95 and eta 89.
- γ389ΓόργιαGorgia, Gorgon-masksElsewhere (e.g. in Pollux 10.167) Gorgeia. cf. mu 1250.
- η330Ἡμικάδιονhalf-kados… Ambrosian Lexicon. For the headword, a neuter noun, see also Pollux 10.71 (citing the Atthidographer Philochorus). Both it and the kados itself (kappa 24) are measures of wine.
- λ700Λοφίαςfirst dorsal vertebra and the skin over it… lambda 696) is translated here as in LSJ s.v., citing Pollux 2.178.
- χ413Χορταῖοςchortaios, chortaeus, farmyard-coatAelius Dionysius fr. 325 (Schwabe); see also Pollux 4.118, Hesychius s.v.; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antquities 7.72.10. Worn by actors playing Silenus [Author, Myth] (sigma 273).
- χ140Χαρώνειος θύραCharon's door… the dead, see chi 135. [1] (Repeated at nu 488.) Pollux (8.102) and Hesychius call it the Charonion. On the nomophylakion as the Athenian prison see L. O'Sullivan, "Philochorus, Pollux, and the nomophylakes of …
- ε2772Ἐπιχειρημάτωνof attempts= Synagoge epsilon777; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1804; and cf. Pollux 2.154, 9.150. The headword is genitive plural of the neuter noun e)pixei/rhma (for which see already under epsilon 2770). It must be extracted from somewhere; …
- α1752Ἀμφιπάτορεςof different fathers… alpha1376 -- but the gloss misunderstands the term; see rather Pollux 3.24 (different fathers, same mother). cf. alpha 1745 and alpha 1747.
- δ1658Δύσμηνιςwrathful… 1659) is very rare outside grammars and lexica, but see Pollux 1.39 (a 'wrathful god') and Greek Anthology 9.69.1.
- ε2138Ἐπεισήρρησενblundered in… e)peise/rrw, 'rush in with ill luck to [someone]' (LSJ s.v.). Pollux 9.158 notes the perfect e)peish/rrhken.
- κ236Καλλιπάρῃοςbeautiful-cheeked… Anthology 9.96.3 (Antipater of Thessalonica). For the form kallipa/reios see Pollux 2.87.
- ε1491ἘντροπίαςturnableA similar entry occurs in Hesychius epsilon3409 (cf. Pollux 6.180 -- and 1.248 on e)ktropi/as, also applied to vinegary wine). The headword adjective is unattested outside lexicography.
- κ50Καθέντεςsending downSame entry in Photius and other lexica (and cf. Pollux 1.107). The headword is an aorist participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb kaqi/hmi. (It must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.) …
- κ1627Κιναβρώντων αἰγῶνof stinking goats… occurs (web address 1). The addition of armpits is from Pollux's gloss of kina/bra (kappa 1626).
- μ918Μηλάνθηcockchafer… is a variant of mhlolo/nqh (Aristophanes, Clouds 763) or mhlola/nqh (Pollux 9.122 and 124). See LSJ entries at web addresses 1 & 2. See also epsiloniota 109, kappa 1967, mu 933.
- α1030ἈκρωτηριάζωI amputate… [1] Likewise Hesychius on the aorist participle a)krwthria/sas. [2] cf. Pollux 1.12.
- α2089Ἀναστύψαιto draw up… Comica adespota fr. 81 Kock (now 766 Kassel-Austin), and generally Pollux 2.176.
- δ1086Δικαιωτήριαhouses of punishment, places of judgment… in the underworld. Similarly in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, Hesychius delta1804, Pollux 8.25.
- α1783Ἄμφοδονby-way… -- perhaps Aristophanes fr. 327 Kock (now 342 Kassel-Austin), in Pollux 9.36. cf. alpha 383, kappa 2263, and see generally LSJ s.v.
- ε1411Ἐνωμότωςin a sworn manner… 2.14; it then becomes common in Byzantine Greek. Noted by Pollux 1.39, and cf. ps.-Zonaras epsilon754.22.
- δ200Δελέαστραbait-traps… quoted here, very probably from Nicophon fr. 4 Kock/K.-A. (cf. Pollux 10.156). cf. generally delta 197, delta 197, delta 198, delta 199.
- ε1156Ἕνδεκα(the) Eleven… also in Photius and elsewhere. cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 52; Pollux 8.102; and eta 39.