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δ132Δαιτρόςapportioner, carver, distributor… Hellenistic historian Polybius' quotation of the harshly judgmental Sicilian historian Timaeus, and follows with Polybius' own harsh judgment of Timaeus (12.24.1-4). Timaeus' extensive writings survive only in quotations such as these. See generally tau …Matched in noteshighmedium
α138Ἄγαμαι καρδίαςI admire at heart… Aristophanes, Acharnians 489 (web address 1). For the comment, cf. Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon s.v. a)/gami. [2] Aelian fr.125b Domingo-Forasté (122 Hercher). The allusion is presumably to something in Homer, Iliad 3 (where Menelaus and …Matched in noteshighshort
α1900Ἀνακηκεῖspouts forth

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Δαιτρός

apportioner, carver, distributor

[Meaning someone] distributing miniscule portions to those feasting. For thus they used to feast apportioning both the sheep and the drink. Hence [Homer] says: "of an equal banquet." [Meaning] of equally distributed…

Δαιτρός· προσδιαιρῶν ἐλάχιστα τοῖς ἑστιωμένοις. οὕτως γὰρ εἱστιῶντο μεριζόμενοι τά τε πρόβατα καὶ τὸν πότον. παρὸ καὶ λέγει· δαιτὸς ἐΐσης. ἰσομοίρου τροφῆς. ἢ Δαιτρός, ὁ διαιρῶν…

… an error for the a)nakhki/ei in Plato, Phaedrus 251C; cf. Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon s.v. [2] See preceding note. (Also in e.g. Homer, Iliad 13.705.)

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α2024Ἀναπλήσαςhaving filled up, having defiledSame entry in Photius (Lexicon alpha1605 Theodoridis), and previously in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; similar ones elsewhere. The headword is aorist active participle, nominative accusative singular, of a)napi/mplhmi; the primary gloss is the corresponding form …Matched in noteshighshort

α2055Ἀνάρσιαuntoward [things]… numerous other possibilities. [1] Same material in other lexica, inc. Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 24.365 (where a)na/rsioi occurs). [2] Quotation (and individuals) unidentifiable. Adler tentatively suggests Aelian; …Matched in noteshighshort

α2769Ἄντυγεςrails, rims… 5.728, where the headword occurs. Also in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (perhaps, though not necessarily, generated by Plato, Theaetetus 207A). [2] Sophocles, Ajax 1029-31 (web address 1); cf. pi 2299, tau 1233.Matched in noteshighshort

δ661Διαμπερέςthrough and through… delta 660. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.284, where this neuter nominative/accusative singular occurs. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 11 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1097Ἔναγχοςjust now, recently… variously, in other lexica, including (for the second gloss here) Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. The headword adverb is probably not extracted from (but merely illustrated by) the quotation given below; there are numerous other possibilities, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1292Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and newThe first part of this entry in also in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; see also Photius, Lexicon epsilon915. See also epsilon 1293, epsilon 1296. [1] cf. delta 1205, epsilon 1294, epsilon 1295, epsilon 1298, and …Matched in noteshighshort