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536
Ἁδύ
sweet
[Doric form for] h(du/.
Theocritus
[writes]: "sweet is the whisper and that pinetree, goatherd."
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β
513
Βράβηλα
sloes
What are called Damaskenes.
Theocritus
[writes]: "...shoots weighed down to the ground with sloes." Athenaeus in Book 2 of the Deipnosophists says that Seleucus uses the words 'plums' and 'sloes' and ba/drua. It has …
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874
Ἑλίχρυσος
gold-twist, helichrysum
… from the similarity of use and from passages such as
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.30 where the two plants are mentioned together. Hollis (185) suggests on the basis of the
Theocritus
passage that the headword can …
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250
Αἰολομίτρης
agile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diadem
… adjective, is found twice in extant classical literature: Homer and
Theocritus.
(i) In Homer, Iliad 5.707, it refers to the waistband of the Boeotian Oresbius (mentioned only at the time of his death). Its …
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1242
Διωναία
Dionaia, Dionaea
… any rate in Homer, Iliad 5.370). For the epithet see
Theocritus,
Idylls 15.106; and on Dione see generally OCD(4) s.v. [2] e.g.
Theocritus,
Idylls 7.116.
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245
Ἄγκεσι
[in] forests
… not demonstrably so; there are other extant possibilities in e.g.
Theocritus
and Oppian. [1] For this glossing cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.321, where a)/gke' occurs. [2] Greek Anthology 6.186.4 (Diocles), dedications to …
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641
Ἀείτης
beloved youth
… LSJ under a)i/tas, the Doric form (as in Hesychius alpha2162);
Theocritus,
Idylls 12.14, etc.
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961
Ἀκράτιστα
breakfast
… former, is neuter plural of the adjective a)kra/tistos ("breakfast-less"; cf.
Theocritus
1.51); but either version is one letter away from what is probably the authentic headword, which can be found, with this same gloss, …
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1049
Ἅλα
salt
… 1). Apparently a proverbial expression for a minimal gift; compare
Theocritus,
Idylls 27.61.
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1421
Ἅλοιτο
might spring
… quotation given. but see next note. (Other possibilities in Xenophon,
Theocritus,
etc.) [1] A version (again at sigma 569) of Greek Anthology 7.36.1-2 which has the headword a(/loito rather than a)/roito. On this epigram, …
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1791
Ἀμφῶες
two-eared
… a neuter singular and a nominative plural, a)mfw=es (probably from
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.28 -- cf. Orion [Author, Myth] s.v. a)mfwreu/s) and a)mfwti/des. The genitive plural a)mfwti/dwn is presumably extracted from the proverb quoted, though …
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2375
Ἀνήλιπος
unshoed, barefoot
From the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 4.56, where nh/lipos appears. See again alpha 2412.
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3724
Ἀπφά
appha, sib
… to Eustathius, amongst lovers as well as siblings. [2] See
Theocritus,
Idylls 15.14, with scholion. Eustathius explained the word as o( a)f' ou(= e)/fu, "he from whom one was born".
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3931
Ἀριστοτόκεια
bearing the best children
… web address 1); used at, and probably quoted here from,
Theocritus
(Idylls 24.73, vocative). Compare dusaristoto/keia at Homer, Iliad 18.54, where Thetis, mother of Achilles calls herself this (the prefix not questioning his excellence …
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4712
Ἄχραντον
immaculate
… entry in other lexica; and see also the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.60, where the headword -- neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective -- occurs. The word becomes especially common in Christian writers.
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49
Αἴγιλλος
aigillos, aegillus, haver-grass
… The word (spelled with single or double lambda) occurs in
Theocritus,
Babrius, etc.
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251
Αἰολόπωλος
with piebald ponies; with swift-circling ponies
… and the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite 137. (Of Castor in
Theocritus,
Idylls 22.34; contextless in Cercidas fr. 8.1.) They were famous for their horses, as was, of course, the Trojan plain, where they were …
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β
212
Βαίτη
skin-coat, skin-tent
… glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 3.25 and 5.15 (where the Doric accusative form bai/tan is used). [2] This proverb is not in the standard collections in quite …
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363
Βοήν
battle-cry
… For the transference of the word to battle itself see
Theocritus,
Idylls 16.97, quoted in LSJ s.v.
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δ
55
Δαμοίτης
Damoites, Damoetes
Ionic version of the name Damoitas (in
Theocritus
and elsewhere).
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569
Διαθρύπτεται
is smashed apart, is broken down, is enervated, gives himself/herself airs
… equivalence in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 6.15, from where the headword is quoted (web address 1).
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δ
1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… which explains the word: ei)s tri/thn h(me/ran). Cf. Antiphon 6.21;
Theocritus,
Idylls 18.14; Hesychius epsilon1116 and epsilon2996; epsilon 1292. The old adjective e(/nos (cf. Latin senex), normally with rough aspiration in Attic, meaning “belonging …
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1490
Δράγματα
handfuls of uncut corn, trusses
… given, though there are numerous alternatives (in e.g. Homer, Callimachus,
Theocritus
and the Septuagint). Same headword but different glossing in Hesychius, Photius, and elsewhere. In any event the noun, from the same root as …
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10
Ἔαρ
spring, springtime; blood
… a TLG search reveals) by one in a scholion on
Theocritus
and a letter of John Chrysostom. [2] From the scholia on Nicander, Alexipharmaca 314, where spring is mentioned. See also Hesychius (s.v. h)=ar) …
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579
Ἐκπλήγδην
astoundingly
… headword one (very rare) must be quoted from somewhere, probably
Theocritus,
Idylls 24.56.
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1082
Ἐμφύς
sticking to
… quotation given, though there are earlier instances in Euripides and
Theocritus.
[2] Aelian fr. 349 Domingo-Forasté (353 Hercher).
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2837
Ἐπωμαδόν
shoulder-high, on the shoulders
… and 4.1770, and by later poets. [2] Adjective, used by
Theocritus,
Idylls 29.29 (web address 2: spelled e)pomma/dios in Aeolic dialect) and by later poets.
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2883
Ἐποιχόμεθα
we are approaching
… (cf. epsilon 2852). It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps
Theocritus,
Idylls 25.32 (its only occurrence outside lexica), in which case not a military sense.
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18
Χαλεπὸν χορίου κύνα γεύειν
[it is] dangerous when a dog tastes [the] afterbirth
… became proverbial (see Diogenianus 3.94 and other paroemiographers), comes from
Theocritus,
Idylls 10.11.
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312
Χίμαρος
billy-goat
… (according to Adler); see also Hesychius, and the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idyll 1.5 (web address 1), where the headword appears. [2] This portion of the entry is taken from the A scholia to Homer, …
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