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33 entries for Pindar

α2786Ἀνύπαρκτονnon-existent[Meaning] that which does not exist. Compare the Pindaric [phrase]: "What is anyone? What is he not? Man is a dream of a shadow." Meaning more non-existent than the non-existent. But here this word …Matched in translationhighmedium
β340Βληχρόνfaint[Meaning something] weak in Homer and in Alcaeus; but Pindar says this to mean strong.Matched in translationhighshort
αι122Αἰθὴρether, sky… [treats] ai)qh/r as feminine: "out of [the] bright sky." And Pindar also: "through [the] desolate sky." [sc. He calls it 'desolate'] because being fiery it gives no nourishment. And elsewhere: "driving a chariot over …Matched in translationhighshort
α1941Ἄναλκιςpowerless, impotent… that] "great danger does not take a powerless mortal," as Pindar says; but also the great man offers no small contest. But whenever other exiles run away because of lack of manliness, then one …Matched in translationhighshort
κ217Καλλιγύναικαbeautiful-womened… as again here, in the accusative case. Compare also e.g. Pindar, Pythian 9.74.Matched in noteshighshort
ι40ἸαολκόςIaolkos, Iolkos, Iolcus… D2. The present entry's Iaolkos form occurs in Homer and Pindar.Matched in noteshighshort
α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues… the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; but Pindar uses this term for the decoration on a tomb, and Euripides uses it for the adornments for corpses. Also something in which someone …Matched in translationhighmedium
η481Ἥρας δὲ δεσμοὺς ὑπὸ υἱέοςHera's bindings by (her) son… [uses the phrase]. It should be written thus; for in Pindar [it is written] "she is bound by Hephaestus in the chair built by him"; which some ignorantly write as "[she is bound] by …Matched in translationhighshort
δ292Δεύτατοςmost inferior, very inferior… Iliad 19.51, where the headword appears; cf. the scholia to Pindar, Olympian 1.80b.Matched in noteshighshort
χ415Χοροιτύποςchoral-beating, choral-dancing… headword is an epic/poetic adjective, occurring in a fragment of Pindar quoted by Pausanias (3.25.2), as well as several times in Nonnus' Dionysiaca.Matched in noteshighshort
λ331ΛευκοθέηLeukothea, Leucothea, White Goddess… in Homer (Odyssey 5.333-4, web address 1); 'Ino Leukothea' in Pindar (Pythian 11.2, web address 2). cf. iota 382, and see generally OCD(4) s.v. Ino-Leucothea.Matched in noteshighshort
η384ᾘνήσαμενwe praised… person plural). In Homer the aorist is h)/|nhsa ; in Pindar's Doric it is ai)/nhsa; in Attic it is always h)/|nesa, and in Ionic (Herodotus) it is ai)/nesa (see LSJ s.v.). See also eta …Matched in noteshighshort
κ743Κατὰ ῥάβδον ἔφρασεhe spoke in accordance with a staffThe headword phrase is quoted from Pindar, Isthmian Odes 4.38 [63d] (web address 1); it refers to Homer and his "staff/wand of celestial words". Glossing from the scholia there; also in Photius. [1] For …Matched in noteshighshort
α4383Ἀτρεκέςgenuine… Homer, Iliad 5.208. [1] Again, evidently extracted from somewhere; perhaps Pindar, who has two instances.Matched in noteshighshort
ει45Εἴδωλονlikeness, image, phantom… kind of idols, [they are] a shadow of dreams in Pindar's phrase. "And [the] sons of Ephraim happened to be worshippers of idols."Matched in translationhighmedium
η109Ἡδυεπήςsweet-speaking… the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (4) and in Hesiod and Pindar. (The scholia to the Iliad passage gloss it: o( h(du\s e)n tw=| le/gein). Entry paralleled in the Synagoge (Lexica Segueriana 242.12), the source …Matched in noteshighshort
ι611Ἴσαμενwe knowThe first person plural form i)/samen occurs in Pindar, Nemean 7.14 (web address 1). It seems to have been formed by analogy with the other form cited, third person plural i)/sasi (for which see …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3731Εὐρυσθενήςof far-extended might.… headword is an epic epithet for Poseidon (though used by Pindar for other gods, cities, etc.). Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and see also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 8.201, where the …Matched in noteshighshort
α4039Ἀρτιεπήςglib-tongued, ready of speech… word occurs. (The comment is true of that passage, but Pindar has instances of the opposite: see LSJ.)Matched in noteshighshort
κ1233Κεκασμένονadorned… excel"; the sense "to adorn, to furnish" is attested from Pindar (LSJ s.v.), but can be read into Homeric instances of the participle like Odyssey 4.725: "excelling in all virtues among the Danaans"/"adorned by …Matched in noteshighshort
α4225Ἄστεαtowns… otherwise unattested in this precise form, but for parallels (in Pindar and Anacreon) see LSJ s.v. ste/fanos.Matched in noteshighshort
αι248ΑἰόλιοςAeolius, Aiolios… of Oinomaos [Author, Myth]: see Pausanias 6.21.11; scholion d to Pindar, Olympians 1.79(127); and a broken line of a papyrus fragment of the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women (Eoiai fr. 16.13 Merkelbach/West). 'Aiolios' is also …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2981Ἐρίζειstrives… present indicative is an authentic quotation, it might come from Pindar or Bacchylides. [2] This addendum is lacking in mss FV. Whoever added it seems to have been under the impression that a)pteri/zei (attested …Matched in noteshighshort
αι246Αἰόλλειturns, variegates… the scholia to Iliad 2.816, 3.83, 324); the scholia to Pindar, Pythians 4.414b (tara/ssein); Ambrosian Lexicon 309. Ancient commentators such as Porphyrius (on Odyssey 20.27ff., cf. his long and useful discussion at Zetemata cod. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… my way by luck (Iliad 11.684, cf. tau 1147). In Pindar tyche becomes a concept of succeeding under the fashioning power of the gods (or a trainer), almost visually of arriving at, or “hitting”, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε381Ἐκγεγάμενto have been born from… Philoxenos of Alexandria at phi 394. [3] For gega/men see Pindar, Olympian 9.110 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
α4566Ἀφαυροτέροιςmore feeble (ones), rather feeble (ones)… this comparative, must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Pindar and Oppian. [2] Greek Anthology 6.267.3-4 (Diotimus), a dedication to Artemis on a landowner's estate; again at iota 238, with (correctly) the adverb …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1505Κηληθμόςrapture… Women 893; also in Himerius, Proclus, Pachymeres, and scholia on Pindar and Plato.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1605Δυσδιάλλακτονhard to reconcile… a lyric composition, the qrh=nos was developed by Simonides and Pindar and, later, in tragedy, where it acquired an important function.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1569ΔύμαςDymas… Stephanus of Byzantium), Dymainai or (in Sparta) Dymanis (scholia on Pindar, Pythian 1.121) or Dymanatai (Herodotus 5.68.13), a certain Dymas (stem Dyman-; erroneously Dymant- at Pausanias 7.17.6. and Lycophron, Alexandra 1388), son of Aigimios …Matched in noteshighshort