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520
Βρασμὸς γῆς
roiling of the earth
… cf. also the gloss-less alpha 2104. For other kinds of
earthquake,
see epsilon 2391 and iota 212 (also gamma 468); for a related verb, beta 518.
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468
Γρυπάνιον
wrinkling
… [3] FGrH 326 F1; cf. epsilon 162. On kinds of
earthquakes,
see beta 520.
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ε
656
Ἐκτιναγμὸς
disturbance
Kinds of
earthquake,
from beta 520.
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ε
2391
Ἐπικλίντης
sideways-moving
… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. On kinds of
earthquakes,
see beta 520, epsilon 656, iota 212.
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ι
212
Ἰζηματίας
subsidence-causing
A technical adjectival term in Posidonius and elsewhere. On
earthquakes
generally, see also beta 520, epsilon 656, epsilon 2391.
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κ
1358
Κεράμειον
jar, pot
The Etymologicum Gudianum glosses kera/meion simply as
"earthen
vessel, or jar". [1] The spelling distinction the Suda attempts is ignored by modern editors; LSJ in fact lists "jar" under kera/mion, and the Suda's is …
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δ
1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… that [phenomenon] is called dioshmi/a". Some natural phenomena, such as
earthquakes,
thunders and storms, were held by the Athenians to be bad omens, so that they would interrupt an assembly and suspend a deliberation …
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δ
1093
Δίκης
of justice
… the idea that justice is rewarded by the fertility of
earth
see Homer, Odyssey 19.109ff.; further parallels are Aeschylus, Supplices 627-29, Eumenides 937-87; Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 269-71. The notion is also to be seen …
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δ
1132
Δῖνος
rotation
… from the scholia there. [2] A dinos was a deep
earthenware
drinking-vessel wide at the top and running down to a point, thus resembling a vortex. Compare generally delta 1133. [3] See Clouds 265, …
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ε
1259
Ἐνέροις
those below
… 15.188, where the headword occur (as e)ne/roisin). [2] for e)/ra
"earth"
see epsilon 1643, epsilon 2887.
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η
512
Ἠρία
barrows, mounds
… III.3 Conomis. cf. eta 511, eta 520. [1] On e)/ra
"earth",
see epsilon 1643, epsilon 2887, epsilon 2966.
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χ
63
Χαμάδις
groundwards
… supplementary lemma xama=ze are formed from the obsolescent xa/ma ('ground',
'earth'),
which survives primarily in compounds from the classical period and later and in the allative/illative/locative forms in epic mentioned in this entry. Both …
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χ
322
Χθαμαλά
humble [things]; flat [things]
The headword adjective is related to obsolete *xama/
("earth")
and so its meaning can be literal or metaphorical; cf. Latin humilis from humus
("earth").
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. the …
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α
1387
Ἀλωπεκιανός
Foxy, Mangy
The unglossed headword, perhaps a name or nickname, is otherwise unattested. As it is not necessarily connected with what follows, its meaning is unclear. (For Foxy cf. alpha 1388; for Mangy see LSJ s.v. …
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β
598
Βυσσόν
depth; ocean's depth
… 239, kro/kou bafa\s d' e)s pe/don xe/ousa , "Shedding to
earth
her saffron-dyed robe." (The usual meaning of bu/ssos is flax, and the linen made from it: cf. beta 596, and see generally LSJ …
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ε
484
Ἐκλόνησεν
drove into confusion
… from Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 9.225, where it refers to an
earthquake,
though there are other possibilities. [2] Aorist of klwni/zw, third person singular; again at kappa 1833.
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ε
953
Ἔμβολον
wedge, wedge-formation
… (98a Jacoby=68a-b Theiler), in reference to the shape of the
earth.
[3] i.e. the iron (or bronze) tip of a ram (epsilon 952, and cf. epsilon 949). [4] Diodorus Siculus 31.5.3 (via the Excerpta …
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ε
1182
Ἔνδοξα
plausible things; reputable opinions
… elements of the traditional Greek physics: fire, air, water and
earth).
See de Caelo 1.3, 270b23-25, where Aristotle gives the following etymology of the word: the name aether is given to the upermost place …
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ε
2378
Ἐπικίδναται
is spread over
… applied to the water of a river flowing over the
earth
(web address 1), but see also 7.451 & 458. See also kappa 1589.
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ε
2731
Ἐπιτρῖψαι
to crush, to wear out
… church is carried away by the rivers as the eroded
earth.
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ε
2917
Ἐρεβεινός
Erebos-like, Erebus-like
… was 'a place of nether darkness, forming a passage from
Earth
to Hades' (LSJ s.v.). The cognate adjective Erebos-like appears in the form e)rebenno/s, with Aeolic treatment of *-sn-, in Homer and Hesiod; the …
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ε
2998
Ἐριούνιος
Eriounios
… on Homer, Odyssey 24.1ff.) is from a rare word for
"earth,"
e)/ra (perhaps from an unattested adjective in -ios). It would thus refer to the role of Hermes Chthonios as underworld guide. Its frequent …
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ε
3901
Ἐφημερία
ephemerality
… Odyssey 18.136-7, which might be translated as "The mind of
earth-bound
mortals is such as the day the father of gods and men brings to them." [2] This part of the entry = Hesychius …
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κ
335
Καπηλίς
huckstress, landlady
… vine here hinges upon the fact that phlo/s means both
"earth,
mud" and "wine dregs, lees". [2] For the otherwise unattested e)/mpelos read e)/mphlos ("muddy").
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κ
745
Καταρράκται
Cataracts [of the Danube], Kataraktenstreke, Iron Gate
… the island town of Ada Kaleh, a Turkish enclave." NASA
Earth
Observatory; see images at web address 1, Wikipedia entry at web address 2. See also epsilon 3019 with notes. [1] For the Straits …
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κ
1286
Κελαινός
black, murky, dark
… fobero/n or frikto/n) to dark, murky or ominous things: the
earth,
Hades, the depths of the sea, storm clouds (cf. kappa 1284), the river Danube (Lycophron, Alexandra 1336), waves, and blood (cf. kappa 1285), …
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χ
70
Χαμαίλεον
chamaileon
… jaundice; see Pliny, Natural History 22.53. The name xamai/mhlon from
"earth"
(xamai/) and "apple" (mh=lon) -- compare the French pomme de terre, potato -- was probably applied because the plant gives off a faintly …
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χ
376
Χοϊκός
mud, made of mud
… equivalent of the Hebrew "Adam" (alpha 425) -- from adama,
"earth"
-- in a typological passage on Christ as Second Adam. Same entry, according to Adler, in Lexicum Ambrosianum 284; and cf. already Hesychius …
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ε
1932
Ἐπακτόν
acquired
… Latte on Hesychius epsilon4119 says Euripides, Phoenician Women 343). [2]
Plotinus,
Enneads 1.2.1 (abridged); read nominative mimhsame/nh for the Suda's accusative mimhsame/nhn.
Plotinus
offers this as an argument that one might make, not as …
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η
97
Ἡδοναί
pleasures
In Adler's typography the phrase 'From the writings of
Plotinus'
appears before the actual headword; SOL follows this. [1]
Plotinus,
the founder of Neoplatonism (pi 1811). The passage is taken from Enneads 1.1. [2] …
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