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- χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never noble… no.1783. [2] A summary of Alcaeus fr. 360 Lobel-Page. The material from the beginning of the entry to this point is taken from the scholia to Pindar, Isthmians 2.17 (cf. above). [3] Aristophanes, Wasps …
- ε2832Ἐπωβελίαobol-fine… is cited. [2] Plato, Laws 921D (on a quite different matter: anyone in Magnesia who takes delivery of a piece of work from a craftsman but fails to pay him for it within a …
- κ1995Κομήσῃςyou would grow your hair long… "But it will be no less = it does not matter." [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 835-836 (web address 2).
- μ618ΜένωνMenon, Meno… illustrate the villainy (panourgi/a, willingness to undertake any act no matter how immoral) of Meno. The mss have "friendship" in the preceding subordinate clause in the dative of manner (fili/a|, 'in friendship/love'): 'When there …
- ε1158Ἐνδελεχισμόςpersistence… in other lexica. [2] (cf. e.g. Exodus 29.38 LXX.) This material comes from George the Monk, Chronicon 412.4-7. [3] An approximation and abridgement of Procopius, Secret History 6.2-3 (web address 1), Justin (cf. iota …
- α407Ἀγχιστεύςnext-of-kin… Photius alpha296 Theodoridis (which continues with the rest of this material). [2] "The statutorily defined group of kin who had both rights and duties in default of direct heirs": S.C. Todd, The Shape of …
- λ464Λῆξιν δίκηςallocation of a lawsuit… reports) in ms A, as if to suggest that this material is a continuation of lambda 463. But Photius too has this as a discrete entry: lambda278 Theodoridis. The entry as a whole begins …
- δ105ΔαψίλειαabundanceSame material, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. cf. generally delta 103, delta 104.
- δ461Δημοσίων πραγμάτων διοικητήςadministrator of public affairs… pragma/twn kai\ tw=n i)di/wn pa/ntwn; "I am curator of public matters and of all the private ones" (web address 1). The gloss develops the sycophant's thought; he is claiming to be a model volunteer …
- α2982Ἀπέδοσθεyou gave away, you soldSame material in other lexica. The primary headword is quoted from the New Testament (Acts of the Apostles 5.8), the secondary one from somewhere unidentifiable. cf. alpha 2980.
- δ80Δασμολογίαdasmos-collection, tribute-collectionSame material, variously, in other lexica. Both dasmo/s and fo/ros are Greek words for "tribute", i.e. money (or equivalent) paid to a superior power. The different overtones of each word are hard to convey …
- α82Ἁβροδιαίτῃwith luxurious living… e.g. alpha 70 and alpha 73. [2] Same or similar material in other lexica. [3] Menander Protector fr. 15.1 Blockley (148-149), from the emperor Justin II's letter to his generals, admonishing them for delaying …
- α3787Ἀργυραμοιβόςmoney-changerSame material, variously, in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. (The headword occurs in the accusative plural in Plato, Politicus 289E.) [1] The word for "cashier" here, kollektarios, is the Greek version of the …
- α4581Ἄφενοςriches… to Homer, Iliad 1.171, where the noun occurs, and similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.
- α3020ἈπεμπολήsaleSame or similar material in other lexica. [1] See LSJ entries for the noun and -- next note -- the verb (web address 1 and web address 2), where the meaning sale/sell as betrayal/betray …
- ε3766Εὐτέλεια Εὐτελίαthriftiness… the same word, eu)te/leia and eu)teli/a, but does not help matters by glossing only the second. (In the Aristophanes manuscripts both versions occur.) [1] An approximation of Aristophanes, Frogs 405 (web address 1), with …
- ε600Ἐκποίητον γενέσθαιto become alienatedSimilar material in Hesychius and other lexica; and cf. already under alpha 3350. The term ekpoietos is found especially in Isaeus and other Attic Orators.
- α323Ἀγώγιμον καὶ Ἀγώγιμοςtransporting, transportable… to the latter) of the same adjective. Same or similar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha308 and alpha309 Theodoridis. [1] This genitive plural is evidently quoted from somewhere. [2] Aelian fr. 195 …
- β297Βιοτὴlife, lifestyle, livelihood… LSJ entries at web addresses 1 & 2. [1] Same material, variously, in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.287. [2] Greek Anthology 7.6.2 (Antipater of …
- α1384Ἁλώνητονsalt-bought[1] Zenobius 2.12. [2] Same material in Photius and elsewhere.
- χ183Χέζομενwe shitAristophanes, Knights 69-70 (web address 1 below), with material from the scholia to 70. The meaning given is dependent entirely on the context. [1] i.e. Demos, the personification of the Athenian people. [2] kappa …
- α3553Ἀποστέρησιςconfiscation… quotation. In fact, as a TLG search shows, all this material -- again at epsilon 785 and epsilon 3671 -- comes from a passage in John Chrysostom's Second Homily on Lazarus (PG 48.988); here …
- ε3254Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖνto sail last of the Mysians… is ascribed by Erbse to Pausanias the Atticist (epsilon58). Similar material -- especially similar in the account of Telephos -- appears in a scholium to Euripides, Rhesos 251, where Mysians are mentioned. The same …
- α3716Ἄποιναransom, ransom-moniesSame or similar material in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.13, where the (neuter plural) headword occurs. As well as numerous other insrances in the Iliad, see also e.g. …
- δ866Δίδραχμονdouble-drachm, double-drachma… with it here is obviously faulty.) [1] Thus far, same material in other lexica.
- α4464Αὐτάρκειαself-sufficiency[1] Though attributed here to Polybius, this material on Publicola (pi 2052) -- again at pi 2057 -- actually comes from Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 5.12.3. [2] Of the commodity or property in …
- ε2465Ἐπιμελητὰς ἐμπορίουsuperintendents of the port… Dinarchus fr. VI.6 Conomis. [1] The ultimate source of this material (cited by Harpok.) is ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 51.4, and there, more intelligibly, this adjective is sitiko/n, "for grain". See web address 1.
- α4126ἈσσάριαassariaSimilar material in John of Antioch (fr. 62 Roberto (130-131)). For Numa see generally nu 515. Early Rome had no coinage, however, and the etymology suggested here is worthless. [1] The smallest Roman coin, …
- κ2780Κυρσάνιεwhippersnapper… Aristophanes, Lysistrata 983 (web address 1), and much of the material in the entry is found in the scholia thereto. Compare also Lysistrata 1247 (web address 2), with scholia; Photius, Lexicon kappa1236 and kappa1260 …
- μ602ΜενεκράτηςMenekrates, MenecratesC4 BC. A summary of part of the dossier of material on Menekrates in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.289A-290A (7.33-35 Kaibel), at 289A-C. [1] In Sicily. [2] Epilepsy.