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α143Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδεto be too vehement against someoneFuller entry in Photius (Lexicon alpha104 Theodoridis) and elsewhere -- prompted by the use of this idiom (of the Spartans) in Aristophanes, Acharnians 309 (web address 1): oi(=s a)/gan e)gkei/meqa.Matched in noteshighshort
α2665Ἀντικάθηταιtakes a stand against[1] Same headword and gloss in other lexica. The headword (third person singular of a)ntika/qhmai) is evidently quoted from somewhere; there are several extant possibilities, all post-classical. [2] Present middle infinitive of a)ntikaqi/sthmi. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

α143

Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδε

to be too vehement against someone

For instance to make accusations and to lambaste.

Ἄγαν ἐγκεῖσθαι τῷδε· οἷον αἰτιᾶσθαι καὶ ἀποτείνεσθαι.

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gender and sexuality354

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ε2360Ἐπικεκηρυχέναιto have proclaimed a price on someone's head

Abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on the appearance of the headword -- a perfect infinitive -- in Demosthenes 19.22 (cf. 35, 74): D. claims that the Thebans had done this to Aeschines. On Xerxes, …

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ε2054Ἐπενεγκώνbringing a charge againstThe headword is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the compound verb e)pife/rw. (For this sense of it see generally LSJ s.v., I.3.) It is perhaps extracted from the quotation given here, …Matched in noteshighshort

δ804Διαύλειον προσαυλεῖ τιςsomeone pipes a pipe-intervalFrom the scholia to a line in Aristophanes' Frogs numbered 1264 in some editions but nowadays usually removed from the text. cf. generally Hesychius delta1417.Matched in noteshighshort

ε197Ἔδαισενgave a feast [for someone]Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword is aorist active, third person singular, of dai/numi. (The aorist middle of this verb follows at epsilon 198.) Latte on Hesychius s.v. regards it as …Matched in noteshighshort

α2673Ἀντικρύover against, right opposite; right on, straight onThe first part of the entry occurs similarly in Photius and other lexica. The primary headword is the adverb a)ntikru/, in the first sense of it registered by LSJ s.v.; however, the entry immediately …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… Despite this initial gloss (similarly in ps.-Zonaras), the verb dekateu/ein, as the entry goes on to show, properly means to impose a tithe (on someone else). See also delta 182 (and delta 186). [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

β429Βουλεύσεωςconspiracy… (On the genitive case of the headword see the note at beta 216.) [1] On this see D.M. MacDowell, Athenian Homicide Law (Manchester 1962) 60-2. [2] On this see S.C. Todd, The Shape of …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2709Ἐπιτολμῆσαιto make a daring attack on[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is aorist active infinitive of the compound verb e)pitolma/w. For another instance of it with the dative see under alpha 4218. [2] Aelian fr. 262 …Matched in noteshighshort

χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies[1] cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 5.27 (etc.) [2] Julian, Epistles 82.106; cf. tau 368. (Thersites features in Homer, Iliad 2, as an ugly Greek soldier who speaks out against Agamemnon and is quickly silenced with …Matched in noteshighmedium

η121Ἢ ἐν ὁδῷ καθελώνor overpowering on a roadFrom Harpokration s.v., a gloss on the appearance of the phrase in a law (on unintentional homicide) quoted in Demosthenes 23.53 (web address 1). cf. omicron 47. [1] e)nexqe/nta; Harpokration has the superior e)nedreu/onta, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2301ἘπιδοκιμάζωI make trial of [someone or something on behalf of someone else]From a syntactic source. The compound verb e)pidokima/zw [see delta 1327, delta 1328 for the simple dokima/zw] is so rare as to merit no entry in LSJ. Besides here, it is attested only once, …Matched in noteshighshort

α4509Αὐτομαχεῖνto fight one's own battle[1] Abridged from Harpokration s.v., citing Lysias fr. 102 Sauppe (now 120 Carey OCT); cf. alpha 4491. [2] Despite what this supplementary paragraph of the entry implies, it is most unlikely that the aorist …Matched in noteshighmedium

α168Ἀγασθῶ τινι[if/when] I was amazed at someone, I was impressed by someoneSame entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha125 Theodoridis. The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is aorist subjunctive (first person singular) of a)/gamai. cf. generally alpha 138, alpha 141, alpha 166, alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1329Δοκιμασίαν ἐπαγγεῖλαιto institute a dokimasia.Same entry in Photius; similar ones elsewhere. In classical Athens those who took an active role in politics by making proposals in the ekklesia, boule or law courts, i.e. rhetores or hoi politeuomenoi, as …Matched in noteshighshort

α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύεινpainful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless… Not so. Rather, the first, hexameter half (line 625) of a gnomic couplet of Theognis; registered as proverbial by Diogenianus (2.90) and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.471, where a)rgale/on …Matched in noteshighmedium

α207Ἄγευστος θοίνηςwithout a taste of the feastThe headword phrase, illustrative of an idiom noted in LSJ s.v. a)/geustos, I -- is presumably quoted from somewhere. It features also in, besides other lexica, two adjacent entries in Photius (alpha156 and alpha157 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2733Ἀντιτυπῆσαιto resist, to strike againstThe headword, presumably extracted from somewhere, is the aorist active infinitive of a)ntitupe/w; and the first paragraph of the present entry is also in Photius and other lexica. [1] In the sense of "reflection". …Matched in noteshighmedium

η40Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίουpresidency of a jurycourtFrom Harpokration s.v. Though prompted by a phrase in Aeschines, the implicit source of the entry as a whole is ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56-59 (web address 1). And see already eta 39. [1] Aeschines …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2737Ἀντιφερίζειςyou are measuring yourself againstAristophanes, Knights 813-814 (web address 1), with scholia. For Themistocles see theta 124, theta 125, theta 126. The scholiasts found the adjective e)pixeilh= at the end of 814 probematic. Some took it to mean …Matched in noteshighshort

α4374Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμαa matter full of absurdity[1] Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr.273 (again at nu 222). The phrase "full of absurdity" (without "a matter") comes from Aristophanes, Frogs 1372, where "of a marvel" is a scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander …Matched in noteshighmedium

α905Ἀκμὴ καλεῖa moment is calling[1] The headword is a proverbial-sounding phrase which, beyond this opening gloss (also in Photius and other lexica), is lost sight of in the entry which follows. It comes from Euripides, Hecuba 1042. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2648Ἀντήρειςanswering, set-over-againstThe headword, extracted from the quotation given, is accusative plural of the poetic adjective a)nth/rhs. [1] Sophocles, Electra 89-90 (web address 1), with material from the scholia there; cf. pi 1673, phi 88. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort

α3520Ἀποσιμῶσαιto moon [someone]; to make ships swerveThe headword is aorist active infinitive of the rare verb a)posimo/w, literally 'I make [someone or something] flat-nosed' (cf. sigma 437). [1] See generally on this J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) …Matched in noteshighshort

α2101Ἀνατεινάμενοςhaving held out as a threat… the first quotation given. For the glossing cf. Hesychius s.v. a)natei/nasqai. [1] Polybius fr. 109 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 529) that Valckenaer attributed this fragment to Polybius. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι250Αἰολομίτρηςagile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diademThe headword here, a compound 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α2702Ἀντιπαρέξεινto be about to supply againstThe headword infinitive, here future a)ntipare/cein, should be the present a)ntipareca/gein it is in other lexica; "lead on against the enemy" (LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort

ε2080Ἐπέσειενwas brandishing against… e)pisei/w; presumably extracted from the quotation which follows (though it, as given, lacks the headword's nu ephelkustikon). [2] Source unknown, although Callimachus has been suggested (anonymous fr.25 Schneider; not accepted by Pfeiffer), as has …Matched in noteshighshort

αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmeringNone of the etymologies advanced is adequate on its own to explain the many diverse uses and translations of this adjective (see LSJ entry at web address 1; cf. alphaiota 244, alphaiota 245, alphaiota …Matched in noteshighshort

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