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- α2786Ἀνύπαρκτονnon-existentThe headword is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective. [1] Pindar, Pythian 8.95, but here misquoted by the lexicographer with anthropoi, "men", for the singular anthropos, "man". See web address 1. [2] In Sophocles, …
- β340Βληχρόνfaint… with a)sqene/s. [2] Alcaeus fr. 319 Lobel-Page (16 Bergk). [3] Pindar fr. 245 Snell-Maehler.
- αι122Αἰθὴρether, sky… and see generally LSJ s.v. [1] Homer, Iliad 16.365. [2] Pindar, Olympian 1.6 (10), with comment from the scholia there. (NB: "desolate", e)rh/mas, is the reading in manuscripts of Pindar, and appears correctly at …
- α1941Ἄναλκιςpowerless, impotent… Isidore fr. 65 Zintzen (29 Asmus); cf. phi 677. [3] Pindar, Olympians 1.81 (web address 1 below). [4] Sophocles, Electra 301-2 (web address 2 below), with scholion; cf. upsilon 88.
- κ217Καλλιγύναικαbeautiful-womened… as again here, in the accusative case. Compare also e.g. Pindar, Pythian 9.74.
- ι40ἸαολκόςIaolkos, Iolkos, Iolcus… D2. The present entry's Iaolkos form occurs in Homer and Pindar.
- α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues… the story of Europa in the Catalogue of Women. [3] Pindar, Nemean Odes 10.125 (67 Bowra): web address 2. [4] Euripides, Alcestis 613: web address 3. [5] Already at alpha 131. [6] Used as …
- η481Ἥρας δὲ δεσμοὺς ὑπὸ υἱέοςHera's bindings by (her) son… be excluded from the curriculum in the ideal state). [2] Pindar fr. 283 Maehler. For the legend, see Pausanias 1.20.3 (cf. 3.17.3). See also note 3 below. [3] According to Libanius, Narration 7 (Foerster …
- δ292Δεύτατοςmost inferior, very inferior… Iliad 19.51, where the headword appears; cf. the scholia to Pindar, Olympian 1.80b.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 …
- 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 …
- α4383Ἀτρεκέςgenuine… Homer, Iliad 5.208. [1] Again, evidently extracted from somewhere; perhaps Pindar, who has two instances.
- ει45Εἴδωλονlikeness, image, phantom… Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 55 Zintzen (242 Asmus), citing Pindar, Pythian 8.95; cf. sigma 599. [9] Quotation unidentifiable. For Ephraim see epsilon 3965.
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- α4039Ἀρτιεπήςglib-tongued, ready of speech… word occurs. (The comment is true of that passage, but Pindar has instances of the opposite: see LSJ.)
- 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 …
- α4225Ἄστεαtowns… otherwise unattested in this precise form, but for parallels (in Pindar and Anacreon) see LSJ s.v. ste/fanos.
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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. …
- 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”, …
- ε381Ἐκγεγάμενto have been born from… Philoxenos of Alexandria at phi 394. [3] For gega/men see Pindar, Olympian 9.110 (web address 2).
- 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 …
- κ1505Κηληθμόςrapture… Women 893; also in Himerius, Proclus, Pachymeres, and scholia on Pindar and Plato.
- 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.
- 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 …