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61 entries for about to destroy

  1. α3923ἌριστονbreakfastSee generally OCD(4) p.916, under "meals". [1] That is, about 9 a.m. [2] delta 358, where this dubious etymology (and others for other meal-names) comes from a Homeric scholiast.Matched in noteshighshort
  2. γ158Γένυσιwith jaws… 11.416, where the dative plural headword occurs (in a simile about hunting-dogs). [2] Greek Anthology 6.218.7-8 (Alcaeus), the dedication of a eunuch priest of Cybele (Kybele, cf. kappa 2586) who escaped from a lion …Matched in noteshighshort
  3. μ240Μάρψῃsnatches… 22.201. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 197 (web address 1), a mock-oracle about Kleon (kappa 1731, and cf. beta 593).Matched in noteshighshort
  4. δ162Δεδραγμένοςclutching… perfect participle with present effect, occurs in the Homeric formula about death-throes, "clutching handfuls of gory dust" (Homer, Iliad 13.393 = 16.486).Matched in noteshighshort
  5. δ440ΔημοδόκοςDemodokos, Demodocus… 4402. For Demodokos, the bard at Alcinous' court who sings about the adultery of Ares and Aphrodite (Homer, Odyssey 8.266-366) see generally OCD(4) 438 ('Demodocus').Matched in noteshighshort
  6. λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneself… de/ fhsin a)gnow=n: 'lu/gos r(a/bdos.' i)/sws ou)=n mastigw/sein "to be about to bend ... Amerias says this is from chaste-trees. 'a withy is a young sapling.' Thus perhaps [it means] to be about to …Matched in noteshighmedium
  7. ε289Ἐῆοςvaliant… See epsilon 3734. [2] Homer, Iliad 19.342 (Zeus to Athene, about Achilles).Matched in noteshighshort
  8. κ2492Κρώζειis croaking… quotation from the same passage (see previous note). Here ou(= ('about what') is read for su/ ('you'). Again at omicron 899. [6] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 506 (web address 4).Matched in noteshighmedium
  9. η307Ἡμερόκοιτοςday-sleeper… Doric forms a(mero/koitos (Euripides, Cyclops 58) and a(merokoi/ths (Hesychius alpha3603, about a kind of fish).Matched in noteshighshort
  10. ε1425Ἐν πέντε κριτῶν γόνασιin (the) laps of five judges… Kassel-Austin (which includes 'it lies', as in the Homeric line about to be quoted). On Epicharmus see generally epsilon 2766. He was presumably speaking here about his native Sicily, but for 5 judges in …Matched in noteshighshort
  11. ε406Ἑκκαιδεκάδωραsixteen-hand… [1] Also in Hesychius. From the scholia to the passage about to be quoted. [2] Homer, Iliad 4.109.Matched in noteshighshort
  12. ε1496Ἐντυπὰς ἐν χλαίνῃwrapped snugly in a cloakHomer, Iliad 24.163 (about Priam: web address 1), with scholion. The headword includes a rare epic adverb.Matched in noteshighshort
  13. δ487Δηριάασθονthey both wrangle… from Homer, Iliad 12.421, where it appears in a simile about two disputatious neighbors (web address 1). See also Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.89 (two wrangling bulls).Matched in noteshighshort
  14. α3204Ἀπίθανονunbelievable, unconvincing… quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [2] The point about the spelling differentiates it, implicitly, from the ei versions of the verb; cf. alpha 3116, alpha 3117. Besides the epigram about to be …Matched in noteshighshort
  15. α1367Ἄλοχοςspouse… (accusative case). [2] Euripides fr.132 Nauck, quoted in an anecdote (about a male homosexual relationship) in Diogenes Laertius 4.29.Matched in noteshighshort
  16. κ2146Κόσμοςorder… the headword occurs. [2] Herodotus 9.65.1 (web address 1) -- about Plataea, see pi 1700.Matched in noteshighshort
  17. ε2006Ἐπαιγίζωνrushing upon… where the headword is extracted (as part of the phrase about to be quoted here). [2] Repeated from alpha 4238; see also alphaiota 28.Matched in noteshighshort
  18. ε2353Ἐπὶ κάρhead-first, head-foremost… the quotation given, including the headword, occurs in a simile about a storm (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  19. μ183Μαργαίνειrages… perhaps unlikely to underlie Hesychius) is Gregory of Nazianzus, Poems about himself (Carmina de se ipso) PG 37.1315.12. For related words see mu 184, mu 186.Matched in noteshighshort
  20. α4559Ἀφάρτεροιswifter [horses]… Lexicon. [1] From the scholia to the line of Homer about to be quoted. [2] Presented here as nominative and genitive of an adjective meaning "swift"; in fact a)/far is mainly attested as a …Matched in noteshighshort
  21. ε836Ἐληλέδατοhad been driven… review, Chantraine mentions the gloss here as an erroneous explanation. About e)leu/qw, Hesychius glosses it e)/rxomai "I come/go"; LSJ say "bring" and identify it as a causative form from the stem of h)/luqon (cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
  22. ε1940Ἐπαλλάξαντεςpassing over… Homer, Iliad 13.359 (web address 1) where, in an image about warfare, it refers to "passing over" one end of a rope over the other to make a knot. This is glossed in Apollonios …Matched in noteshighshort
  23. δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… many allusions and double-senses. A question has just been asked about the "child’s" age: po/s’ e)/th de\ ge/gone; trei=s *xoa=s h)\ te/ttaras; ("how many Choes [has she seen]? Three, or four?"). The words refer …Matched in noteshighmedium
  24. μ556Μέμβλωκεhas come… Cf. mu 555. [2] Callimachus, Hecale fr. 304 Pfeiffer: "and about their head there was set a new round hat having come from Haemonia [alphaiota 204], a defence against the midday heat." The gloss …Matched in noteshighshort
  25. λ237Λέλακαςyou have cried out… (web address 3). [3] Homer, Odyssey 12.85 (web address 4), about Scylla (sigma 709).Matched in noteshighshort
  26. α678Ἄϊδριςignorant… i)/dris, see iota 133. [3] From Gregory of Nazianzus, Poems about himself (Carmina de se ipso, PG 37.1245a).Matched in noteshighshort
  27. ε2057Ἐπενήνοθενwas flourishing upon… the scholiasts of Iliad 2.219, however, there were different opinions about the etymology (see also schol. to Odyssey 8.365, ps.-Herodian 41, Etymologicum Gudianum 498 and Etymologicum Magnum 354.41. Although the headword is apparently perfect …Matched in noteshighshort
  28. χ491Χρήμηneed… glosses, i.e. xrei/a in LSJ's sense I. Besides the instance about to be given, see Archilochus fr. 130 West. [2] ps.-Herodotus, On Homer's Origins, Date, and Life 170-171. For the biographical traditions on Homer …Matched in noteshighshort
  29. δ11Δαΐin fray… regarding doubts expressed by Gow and Page (vol. II, 35) about the authenticity of the offering.Matched in noteshighshort
  30. β302Βιῶνταιthey would press hard… other hand, rejected it (p. 530). Büttner-Wobst himself is skeptical about whether this fragment is genuinely Polybian, drawing attention (ibid.) to the divergent account of the Roman entry into Carthage at Polybius 36.7.5 (web …Matched in noteshighshort

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