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55 entries for having made a libation

κ1236Κεκαφηόταhaving breathed out… singular), used by Homer only in the phrase kekafho/ta qumo/n, "having breathed out his spirit." (Later poetry uses the form in more varied contexts.) Compare a scholion on Iliad 5.698, where it occurs, and …Matched in noteshighshort
αι250Αἰολομίτρηςagile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diadem… bibliography). Like a shield or greaves the latter might be made of leather coated with bronze. It sharply constricted the waist of a warrior, and thereby probably protected him at the narrow part of …Matched in noteshighshort
η19Ἡβήσαντεςhaving come of age… 14 for other forms of this verb. [1] More literally "having come to their peak." For this gloss cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.550, where h(bh/sante occurs. [2] Referring to emotional and physical …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ125Λάρναξcinerary urn… in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 18.413. [2] The lexicographer, having found a passage to illustrate his headword, dealt with the rest negligently. The passage is -- or turns into, after the slapdash introductory …Matched in noteshighshort
α2737Ἀντιφερίζειςyou are measuring yourself against… most modern editors have done) and accept "rim-full". The point (made at e.g. LSJ s.v.) is that the rim of a Greek cup was deep, so making "rim-full" a lesser quantity than "full". See …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2251Κῶμαdeep sleep, coma… source of the quotation is unknown; Adler indicates the excerpts made for Constantine Porphyrogenitus as the proximate source. (For Alexander sc. the Great see generally alpha 1121; for Antipater/Antipatros see generally alpha 2703, alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1447ΔωδώνηDodone, Dodona… = ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5.17 (adding 'because of their not having organs of speech').Matched in noteshighmedium
ι776ἼφιτοςIphitos, Iphitus… king of Oichalia. When Heracles was accused by Eurytus of having stolen his mares, Iphitus was put in charge of searching for them; but later Heracles, in a fit of rage, killed him by …Matched in noteshighshort
η481Ἥρας δὲ δεσμοὺς ὑπὸ υἱέοςHera's bindings by (her) son… chair to bind his mother Hera in return for her having hurled him from heaven (cf. Homer, Iliad 18.394-405). Ares tried to release her and failed. Then Dionysus made Hephaestus drunk, compelled him to …Matched in noteshighshort
α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… hymn, but his suggestion has not found wide acceptance. [13] "Libation Bearers"? "Treaty Bearers"? SH 114; perhaps this title represents a subdivision of Hymns, parallel to "To Pan." [14] ("Light Verse") SH 111; known …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1228Διώκεινto prosecute… address 2). Chremes is reporting to Blepyrus the public speech made by a "good-looking young man" (427) who, as the audience knows, is Blepyrus' wife Praxagora. After the negative remarks she has expressed on …Matched in noteshighshort
μ556Μέμβλωκεhas come… about their head there was set a new round hat having come from Haemonia [alphaiota 204], a defence against the midday heat." The gloss "constructed with care" arises from confusion with me/mbleto "he has …Matched in noteshighshort
β598Βυσσόνdepth; ocean's depth… (The usual meaning of bu/ssos is flax, and the linen made from it: cf. beta 596, and see generally LSJ s.v.) [3] From a gloss on Herodotus 2.28.4 (see also 2.96.5, 3.23.3); similarly in …Matched in noteshighshort
λ195Λαισήϊονbuckler, targetMade of animal hide. cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.453, where the word occurs: web address 1. See also Herodotus 7.91 (on the Cilicians in Xerxes' army).Matched in noteshighshort
ι540Ἱππημολγόςmare-milker… on Homer, Iliad 13.5 (web address 1), where mention is made (in the genitive plural) of a people called the Hippemolgoi.Matched in noteshighshort
γ97Γεγωνόνloud, sonorous… unrelated verb, gi/gnomai; glossed in Hesychius gamma258 as gegonw/s, u(pa/rxwn "having become, being." Latte regards it as extracted from Euripides, Phoenician Women 123, where the ti/s is interrogative (web address 1): ti/s, po/qen gegw/s …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1472Δῶρονhand, hand's-breadthHomer, Iliad 4.109 (on the ibex horns which had been made into Pandarus' bow), with exegesis from the scholia there. Already at delta 1439, and again at epsilon 406. The Greek 'palm' equates to …Matched in noteshighshort
α2311Ἀνέρριψανthey threw off… [1] Homer, Odyssey 10.130 (imperfectly quoted here, with a)ne/rriyan, dei/santes having become a)narri/yantes). See web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1359Δόνακεςreeds… similarly in other lexica. These glosses are examples of items made from reeds. For the first of them cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.576, where the accusative singular donakh=a occurs. [2] Likewise, according …Matched in noteshighshort
λ233Λέκτραιςon couches… address 1). (The Suda's feminine le/ktrais is an error, not made in other lexica.) [2] From ancient comment on Homer, Odyssey 8.292, where le/ktronde occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2419Κρίκεcreaked… but it looks like a guess that someone might have made on the basis of that verse. *kri/ke is an isolated second aorist (third person singular, unaugmented) of the onomatopoetic verb kri/zw.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1571Ἐξαυδᾷspeaks out… web address 1). However, other lexica present the entry as made up of imperatives, and e)cau/da is reckoned to come from either Homer, Iliad 1.363, or Euripides, Hecuba 183.Matched in noteshighshort
α3728ἌραβεςArabs… Homer, Iliad 4.504, where the word occurs (of the noise made by the armour of a dying warrior as he falls).Matched in noteshighshort
ι702Ἴστωlet (him) know… imperative of i(/sthmi (It differs from the preceding only in having rough breathing instead of smooth.) [3] Aristophanes Ecclesiazusae 737 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1420Κέρσειwill crop… future of kei/rw -- ke/rsw -- is unattested, but was made up by grammarians, as an "Aeolic" form, to explain the aorist e)/kersa; see e.g. Choeroboscus, Prolegomena et scholia in Theodosii Alexandrini canones isagogicos …Matched in noteshighshort
λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotos… musical instrument in question was so called because it was made from a stalk of one of the plants called lotus, although in the second quotation below an instrument made of horn seems to …Matched in noteshighmedium
ν283Νεικέσαιto revile… it is perhaps quoted from somewhere, though the semantic distinction made in the gloss comes from Homeric scholia on another part of this verb; see the scholia to Iliad 7.161 (nei/kess') and to Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1578Ἐξαίρετονtaken out, picked out… mean "removable," while the form with recessive accent should mean "having been removed." Both are neuter nominative/accusative singular or possibly masculine accusative singular. See LSJ s.v. at web address 2. Latte on Hesychius epsilon3515 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2502Ἐπιωγήshelter… found in commentary on that passage, where it is often made clear that the reference is to coastal landforms that provide safe harbor for ships, rather than to any covering overhead; cf. Apollonius Sophistes, …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1022Μῆχοςdevice… 84 and n.2 thereto). The context is a drunkard who, having prayed to Demeter that she would go 'one hundred suns' without alcoholic drink if saved from illness, discharges the vow early by arranging …Matched in noteshighshort

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