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γ468Γρυπάνιονwrinkling… [3] FGrH 326 F1; cf. epsilon 162. On kinds of earthquakes, see beta 520.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1396Μυκητίας σεισμόςbellowing earthquake… when the passage is quoted in Stobaeus' Anthology (1.40.1). For earthquakes see generally sigma 291.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1620Ἐξελοφίζετοused to be quarried out… from missing parts of the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus.) The "earth" in question is presumably pozzolana, a precursor of cement, mined in the vicinity of Dikaiarcheia (= Puteoli) in Campania, delta 1061. For "earth-hills" …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1259Ἐνέροιςthose below… 15.188, where the headword occur (as e)ne/roisin). [2] for e)/ra "earth" see epsilon 1643, epsilon 2887.Matched in noteshighshort
η512Ἠρίαbarrows, mounds… III.3 Conomis. cf. eta 511, eta 520. [1] On e)/ra "earth", see epsilon 1643, epsilon 2887, epsilon 2966.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2289Κῶνοιcones… allusion appears to be to the shadows cast by the earth as a planet (i.e. night or an eclipse), although the precise wording is late in coming: Sophonias [13-14 c. CE], Paraphrase on Aristotle, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε4074Ἑψῶνboiling… contracted form of the nominative plural masculine participle. On gold-bearing earth, see alpha 3792 and chi 571.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2035Κονιόπουςdust-foot, sandal… kind of shoe Aristophanes meant; the digression on cutting/slaying the earth is etymological guesswork.Matched in noteshighshort
χ63Χαμάδιςgroundwards… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
χ322Χθαμαλάhumble [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 …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1504Δραπέτης κλῆροςrunaway lot… Cresphontes wanted Messenia, so he placed a lot of moist earth in the pot, knowing it would never jump out of the hydria (either because it dissolved in water in the pot or because …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2378Ἐπικίδναταιis 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.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2917ἘρεβεινόςErebos-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 …Matched in noteshighshort
ι212Ἰζηματίαςsubsidence-causingA technical adjectival term in Posidonius and elsewhere. On earthquakes generally, see also beta 520, epsilon 656, epsilon 2391.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1093Δίκηςof 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3901Ἐφημερίαephemerality… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
κ335Καπηλίςhuckstress, 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").Matched in noteshighshort
λ658Λόγοςdiscourse; language… [5] Aristophanes, Peace 146-147, with comment from the scholia there. "Plot" is the conventional translation of logos in dramatic contexts, i.e. the main story in the narrative or drama. [6] chi 569.Matched in noteshighmedium
μ465Μελαίνῃdark, black… Homer it is used variously of emotions (fre/nes), ships, the earth, blood, water, and the sea; see Cunliffe 1963 s.v. This feminine dative singular is quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.300 (describing Achilles' ship: web …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2731Ἐπιτρῖψαιto crush, to wear out… church is carried away by the rivers as the eroded earth.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2299Ἐπιδικάζεταιclaims at law, sues for… the Reply to Diogenes on behalf of Archestratus about a plot of land. cf. generally alpha 1764, epsilon 2298.Matched in noteshighshort
β598Βυσσόνdepth; 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
χ70Χαμαίλεονchamaileon… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2391Ἐπικλίντηςsideways-moving… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. On kinds of earthquakes, see beta 520, epsilon 656, iota 212.Matched in noteshighshort
γ236Γῆ κληρουχικήallotted land, cleruchic land… phrase translated here "by lot" can equally mean "in a plot"; the kleros is both process and outcome.Matched in noteshighshort
ε2998ἘριούνιοςEriounios… 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 …Matched in noteshighshort
ν427Νισσόμενοςgoing… Anthology 9.702, attributed to Simonides: "descending (nisso/menos) from Olympus to Earth". [2] Homer, Iliad 12.119, 18.566. [3] Adler initially printed 'the reading', but see n. 5 below. [4] The etymologies derive the verb in …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2258Κώμηvillage, neighborhood… group of words including xw=ma, xo/w, xw/nnumi, involving piles of earth. [2] cf. kappa 2260, kappa 2263. [3] Third person singular, aorist, of kwma/zw "I carouse, I burst in on," extracted from the quotation …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1127Καττύεταιis stitched together… In Aristophanes it is used in a metaphor for a plot being put together. See also kappa 1128, and cf. kappa 1129.Matched in noteshighshort
δ691Διαπεσούσηςafter it had collapsed, if it had collapsed… this passage, reading e)pibolh=s ("attempt, assault") instead of e)piboulh=s ("plan, plot"). [1] Extracted from somewhere else, evidently.Matched in noteshighshort