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90 entries for Chares

χ144ΧάρυβδιςCharybdis… NB, as the rest of the entry shows, this locates Charybdis far too far to the west.) [2] From the scholia to Plato, Letter 7, 5345D. Likewise or similarly in other lexica. [3] Priscus …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1485ΚηδεμονίαcareFrom kh/domai "I take care": kappa 1488, kappa 1494. cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 23.674. [1] cf. kappa 1488, kappa 1489.Matched in noteshighshort
λ43Λαθικηδήςcare-banishing… him how she used to nurse him, offering him her "care-banishing breast." cf. lambda 42.Matched in noteshighshort
δ132Δαιτρόςapportioner, carver, distributor… see alpha 3930. [4] Ruled Syracuse 405-367 BCE, keeping the Carthaginians at bay and becoming the stuff of story. See OCD(4) 459-60, and delta 1178. [5] cf. kappa 1810.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1855Κναφεύςcarder, fuller… the scholia to Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 166. gna/yis is indeed "carding", as used in Plato, Politicus 282E. The derivation from "polish" and "bright" (already at gamma 329) is fantastical. [3] Also in gamma 328. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… also found in the scholia. It has additional examples. A careful examination of the citations shows that the cries mimicked do not always obey the rules of the Canon. With the exception of oi)/moi …Matched in noteshighlong
η49ἨγηλάζωI guide, I lead… eta65 and eta66 the meanings of this verb are to carry and to set in motion, but also to take care and to do service. [2] (This addendum to the entry is also paralleled …Matched in noteshighshort
β302Βιῶνταιthey would press hard… bia/zontai). [1] [Polybius] fr. 121 Büttner-Wobst. For this verb, otherwise characteristic of epic poetry, see LSJ s.v. Büttner-Wobst notes that Schweighäuser attributed the fragment to Polybius, while Dindorf, on the other hand, rejected it …Matched in noteshighshort
ε320Ἐθείρειtends… exception of Hesychius epsilon634, who glosses "thinks worthy of being cared for"). For care exercised "habitually" see already epsilon 319; and for "habitually" cf. epsilon 329, epsilon 2592, pi 551.Matched in noteshighshort
α3420ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… Vergil (Georgics 4.387), who places Proteus on the island of Carpathus, between Crete and Rhodes. [2] The sense of meth/llaxen ranges from "he vanished" (in the sense of "transmuted") to "he died." Philostratos does …Matched in noteshighlong
α425ἈδάμAdam… unidentifiable scholar quite outside the type of neutral reticence which characterises most of the contributors to the Suda (although Küster suggests a comparison with the entry on Job at iota 471). His self-styled "essay" …Matched in noteshighlong
ε2500Ἐπίορκον ἀνώμοσενswore a false oath… was not a reference to Hektor's oath, but to Homer's characterization of that oath as a false one. For the use of e)/cwqen ('outside') in the sense of 'incongruous' or 'out of character', see …Matched in noteshighshort
μ280Ματήσετονthe two would hesitate… Aeneas (OCD(4) s.v. and alphaiota 214) to drive his own chariot into battle, lest the two horses take fright at some critical moment, and thus, without their master's presence, would hesitate to carry the …Matched in noteshighshort
μ562Μεμηλώςattending to… Hesychius mu804 (where the gloss is e)pimelw=s fronti/zwn "concerning oneself carefully") Latte claims the headword as quoted from Homer, Iliad 5.708; a scholion there has dia\ gewrgi/as e)pimelo/menos, o(/pws plouth=| "taking care by farming, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ555Μεμβλώκατονthey two have come… Hecale fr. 354 Pfeiffer. The verb is glossed as "he cared for" (e)/mellen) in the D Scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.516, and "[he] was taking care" (e)fro/ntizen) in Hesychius. Despite appearances, the two verbs …Matched in noteshighshort
α664Ἀήτηςgale… where the participle is ste/yantos, not the stre/yantos given here. "Carpathian" relates to the Aegean island of Carpathos, between Rhodes and Crete (Karpathos, Barrington Atlas map 60 grid E4). The epigram, the sailor Diogenes's …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2776ΚῦροςKuros, Kyros, Cyrus… In addition to this entry, the main sources for his career are his poetry (see Cameron, pp. 225-235, 250-253); imperial law codes; the nearly contemporaneous Life of Daniel the Stylite 31-32, 36 (web address …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3022Ἕρμαballast, prop… Adler's tentative attribution to Nicolaus of Damascus [nu 393] is carried further by Favuzzi; see under delta 404.Matched in noteshighmedium
αι251Αἰολόπωλοςwith piebald ponies; with swift-circling ponies… frühgriechischen Epos 1.1398-1400) was inordinately proud of his horses and chariot (12.96-173, 13.384-401), as was the Trojan Pandarus (5.192-204). We cannot tell which of their possible characteristics is described by this compound adjective: they …Matched in noteshighshort
λ171Λαχώνhaving obtained… is being attacked verbally and physically by the chorus, who charge him with embezzlement. [2] The scholiast carelessly equates here two different procedures in C5-BCE democratic Athens: (random) sortition and (deliberate) voting. The first …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2166Κοτύληkotyle… so defined is the kaloume/nhn tu/lhn, "the so-called shoulder-pad". Protagoras' career is also mentioned in phi 610.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2003Κόμιζεattend [to]… is taken to be quoted: Hector tells Andromache to take care of womanly concerns. cf. generally kappa 2001, kappa 2004.Matched in noteshighshort
λ585Λιπαροκρήδεμνοςbright-veiled[1] Epithet used in Homer, Iliad 18.382 (referring to Charis: web address 1), and in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Similar entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler. [2] Greek Anthology 6.61.5-6 (Palladas).Matched in noteshighshort
μ556Μέμβλωκεhas come… a defence against the midday heat." The gloss "constructed with care" arises from confusion with me/mbleto "he has taken care", already seen in mu 555. It is of course impossible here, as it would …Matched in noteshighshort
ε319Ἔθειραιlocks… (plaited, braided), but they follow the Suda in reading e)/pece (carded), a verb typically used for the shearing of animals (vol. II, 285). [3] Greek Anthology 5.230.1 (Paul the Silentiary), Doris binds her lover's …Matched in noteshighshort
κ209ΚαλλήσιοςKallesios, Kalesios… to be correct: see Homer, Iliad 6.18 (Diomedes [Author, Myth]' charioteer).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1669ΚισσηΐςKisseisThis is Theano, wife of the Trojan charioteer Antenor [Author, Myth] in Homer, Iliad 6.297ff. (web address 1).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, shimmering… sun, wave-like in its shape'. When Pandarus falls from his chariot dead (Iliad 5.294-96) and his gleaming armour clangs on top of him, is it also multicoloured, discoloured by blood, rolling, well-crafted or (unlike …Matched in noteshighshort
α2244Ἀνεκυμβαλίαζονthey fell rattling over… to Homer, Iliad 16.379, where the headword uniquely occurs (of chariots): web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
α254Ἀγκύλονcrooked… Homer, Iliad 6.39, where the neuter headword occurs (of a chariot), though there are other possibilities.Matched in noteshighshort