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poetry79
religion54
ethics44
military affairs44
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biography32
historiography31
comedy28

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zoology27
history25
women25
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tragedy22
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philosophy14
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medicine11
trade and manufacture11

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Ε epsilon151
Η eta60
Α alpha45
Κ kappa34
Ι iota30
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ΕΙ epsiloniota16
Β beta7

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high371

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Medium10
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Catharine Roth205
Jennifer Benedict45
William Hutton24
David Whitehead18
Nick Nicholas8
Antonella Ippolito7

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Craig Gibson7
Ioannis Doukas7
Anne Mahoney6
Stefano Sanfilippo5
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α2818ἈξιόςAxios, AxiusThough the name is attested amongst historical persons (e.g. five in Athens: see vol.2 of the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, s.v.), its inclusion here probably stems from the personified River Axios in Homer, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… mouth of Pisetaerus (for a character drawn from Alcibiades 'the persuader of his companions' is a better name than Pisthetaerus; see Dunbar and others), the suffix is intended to represent -isti 'in the fashion/language …Matched in noteshighlong
α4127Ἄσατοwas sated… King Artaxerxes Ochus (ruled 359/8-338), who reconquered Egypt for the Persian Empire, see generally omega 284.

α2818

Ἀξιός

Axios, Axius

A proper name.

Ἀξιός· ὄνομα κύριον.

meter and music

meter and music

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10

science and technology7

science and technology7

Γ gamma

Γ gamma

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Robert Dyer

Robert Dyer

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James Vradelis3

James Vradelis3

Matthew Farmer3

Matthew Farmer3

Alan Sommerstein1

Alan Sommerstein1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

Braden Studhalter1

Braden Studhalter1

Chad Schroeder1

Chad Schroeder1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Kenneth Bumbaco1

Kenneth Bumbaco1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Konstantinos Kopanias1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Nathan Greenberg ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

Oliver Phillips ✝1

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ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chancedThis second aorist -- here in the first person singular or third person plural; either way, evidently quoted from somewhere -- is assigned in modern grammars and dictionaries to tugxa/nw (tau 1147, web address …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1506Κήλησιςenchantment, ravishment… here anyway, has been suggested: katakhlou=sa in the editio princeps, persuasively citing Diogenes Laertius 7.114 (kh/lhsis ... e)stin h(donh\ di' w)/twn katakhlou=sa); kataxalw=sa Bernhardy, with (looser) reference to this verb in a scholion on …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3585ΕὔμολποςEumolpus, Eumolpos… and Hesychius s.v. *eu)molpi/dai, which mention that there were several persons by the name of Eumolpus (cf. scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1053). Other works attributed to Eumolpus are *bakxika\ e)/ph, bacchic stories …Matched in noteshighmedium

ει13Εἵατοthey sat[1] Adler does print third person singular e)ka/qhto (and repeats it in her apparatus), without comment; but surely the gloss should be e)ka/qhnto, as in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 7.61, where the headword …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1951ΚόλουθοςColluthus, Kolouthos… Aitolia (NW Greece). [4] (That is, an account of the Persian War of Anastasius, AD 506.) This list excludes the only surviving work, the Abduction of Helen.Matched in noteshighshort

κ2162Κότοςwrath… where the editor follows Dindorf in rejecting 'or a greedy [person]' as an intrusion from another gloss. [2] Aelian fr. 50d Domingo-Forasté (47 Hercher).Matched in noteshighshort

ε14Ἕαταιthey sit… with 789 D (web address 2). [1] Hypothetical thematic first person singular. [2] Hypothetical athematic forms, cited by [ps.-]Herodian and George Choeroboscus as first person singular. [3] The regular first person singular. [4] The …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3995Ἔχετονyou two have; they two have; let the two have (?)… Here, and again in ps.-Zonaras, it is interpreted as third person dual imperative (cf. epsilon 4036). The appended quotation -- see next note -- is apparently unconnected. [2] Quotation (from the historiography generated by …Matched in noteshighshort

α2858Ἄωρτοhad been hung… the perfect active w)=rka, the perfect middle w)=rmai, the second person singular aorist middle w)=rso, and the third person singular aorist middle w)=rto. However, a)/wrto is better understood as an archaic form of another …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2788ἜπληνI was nearing, they were nearing… stands, both headword and gloss are ambiguous as between first person singular and third person plural; however, Hesychius epsilon5462 gives the same gloss for third person e)/plhnto, which Latte there claims to be quoted …Matched in noteshighshort

ει342Εἶχονthey hadThird person plural (or possibly first person singular) and third person dual imperfect of e)/xw; cf. epsilon 3995. Both forms must be quoted from somewhere, and the second one is rare enough to permit …Matched in noteshighshort

χ471Χρήit is necessary… nonsensical h( kardi/w te ti/s. [6] xrh=|s is the second person singular, present active subjunctive, of xra/w; de/h| here is the second person singular, present middle subjunctive, of de/w ("I lack; I need"). See …Matched in noteshighmedium

α90ἈβροτάζωI miss (someone on the way)… here (and in some other lexica) in the paradigmatic first person singular, present indicative, its only appearance outside lexica etc. is in Homer, Iliad 10.65 (web address 1), where it is in the first …Matched in noteshighshort

α290Ἄγνυταιis shatteredThe headword is third person singular, present indicative middle/passive, of the epic/poetic verb a)/gnumi. Evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Euripides, Helen 410 (web address 1). [1] Same glossing in Hesychius (alpha669) and other …Matched in noteshighshort

α2400Ἀνήειμενwe were going up… Lexicon. The headword, presumably quoted from somewhere, is a first person plural imperfect of a)/neimi (from ei)=mi "go"). This form is not classical, according to Smyth (p. 212, §775: web address 1); as the …Matched in noteshighshort

α2581Ἄνωγεcommands, has commanded… below. The present headword chould in theory be either second person singular imperative or third person singular indicative. The glossing (for which cf. Hesychius' entry on a)nw/gei, glossed with parakeleu/etai) indicates the latter ; …Matched in noteshighshort

α3147Ἀπῄεσανthey went away… forms. [5] h)/|ein is a classical form: earlier for third person singular, later for first person.Matched in noteshighshort

α4646Ἀφραίνειacts foolishly… Iliad 7.109, where the headword verb occurs in the second person singular. (This third person must be quoted from somewhere else -- probably Odyssey 20.360.) cf. generally alpha 4545.Matched in noteshighshort

δ137Δέδασταιhas been distributed, have been distributed… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.125, where this form (third person singular) occurs; cf. tau 1039. [2] cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 1.23, where this form (an archaic third person plural) occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

δ165ΔέδυκαI have gotten into… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is perfect, first person singular, of du/w; very rare. Perhaps quoted from Menander (fr. 702 Koerte, now 476 Kassel-Austin), but only if Cobet's emendation (from the transmitted …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1579ΔύνωμαιI were able, I would be able… in the subjunctive mood, as here, but in the third person plural: "du/nwntai: from du/nhmi: from which [come] the passive du/namai; the subjunctive, e)a\n du/nwmai. And it should be e)a\n dunw=mai, like tiqw=mai, but …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε429Ἔκηανthey burned… The headword is an epic aorist active of kai/w, third person plural, glossed by the equivalent Attic form; cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 1.40, where the first person singular occurs. The root is …Matched in noteshighshort

ε484Ἐκλόνησενdrove into confusion… The headword is aorist of the epic/poetic verb klone/w, third person singular; cf. generally kappa 1825. Perhaps quoted from Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 9.225, where it refers to an earthquake, though there are other possibilities. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε488Ἔκλυενharkened to, heard… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.43. The headword is third person singular, imperfect active ('with aorist sense': LSJ), of klu/w (kappa 1844). It occurs frequently in Homer and other poetry (with or without final …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1486Ἐντρέπῃyou are turned… Both the headword and this gloss are translated as second person middle/passive indicatives, which is appropriate to every surviving instance of the headword. Morphologically speaking, both could also be third person active subjunctives. Every …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2640Ἐπιστρέφεταιattends toThe headword is present indicative middle, third person singular, of e)pistre/fw. It must be quoted from somewhere but it far too common for the source to be identifiable. For related words see epsilon 2639, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2861Ἔπρηξαςyou did, you made[1] The primary headword is Ionic second person singular, aorist indicative active, of prh/ssw (koine pra/ssw, Attic pra/ttw); probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 18.357. [2] Second person singular, aorist indicative active, of pi/mprhmi. (Again …Matched in noteshighshort

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