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- μ625ΜενοίτιοςMenoitios, Menoetius… Argonauts; father of Patroclus (pi 796). See generally OCD(4) s.v. Menoetius.Matched in noteshighshort
- δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματαDaidalos' creations, Daedalus' creationsThe phrase "Daidalou poiemata" occurs in Plato, Meno 97D-E, and this material derives from ancient comment on that passage. For Daidalos/Daedalus cf. already delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109; and see generally …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ76Δάσασθαιto divide out, distribute[1] The headword is aorist infinitive of date/omai. Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 3.66 (where dassa/menoi occurs). [2] Herodotus 7.121.2, with the aorist participle …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1644Κινόμενοςbeing moved, being set in motionThe headword is non-contract present middle/passive participle (in the masculine nominative singular) cited as a variant of the usual contract form from the verb kine/w. Compare a scholion on Homer, Iliad 10.280 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
- χ471Χρήit is necessary[1] See the A scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.216 (web address 1), where the form xrh/ appears; see also Etymologicum Magnum 814.50. [2] Eupolis fr. 4 Kock, now 11 K.-A. [3] See chi 493 …Matched in noteshighmedium
- δ1243Διώνυμονwell-knownThe headword is either masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective diw/numos, for which see also delta 1244. There, as also here, the adjective is used in the second of the …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3142ἘσθόμενοςeatingSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] The primary headword e)sqo/menos is a middle-voice participle in the masculine nominative singular. Like the secondary one (on which see next note) it stems from a byform of e)sqi/w, …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ471Μέλδοντεςmelting downThe headword me/ldontes -- presumably extracted from the first quotation given (which is its only attestation outside the Suda) -- is the present active participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb me/ldw, I soften …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ14Δαϊκταμένοιςto the war-dead, for the war-deadLikewise in ps.-Zonaras. LSJ registers the word dai+kta/menos, -h, -on -- originally two words: dai+/ + kta/menos -- in Homer, Iliad 21.146 & 301. In both contexts it is genitive plural (part of the …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ470Μελδόμενοςbeing boiled-down, being melted-downThe headword meldo/menos is the present middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb me/ldw I soften by boiling. It is quoted here (and in other lexica) from Homer, Iliad 21.363 (web address 1 …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2187Κουρίξby the hairEpic/poetic adverb, cited here from Homer, Odyssey 22.188: "they dragged him in by the hair" (web address 1). The scholia thereto define it more clearly (after Aristarchus) as th=s ko/mhs e)pilabo/menoi "they grabbing the …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ539ΛιλαίομαιI desire earnestlyThough the form of the entry (paralleled in other lexica) is paradigmatic, this first-person singular does occur in Homer (Iliad 13.253, Odyssey 15.308); the present gloss, however, reflects the scholia to Iliad 3.133, where …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ1426ΜυώνωνmusclesThe headword is genitive plural of the noun muw/n. Though it occurs in the Procopius quotation given, it is more probably extracted here from Homer, Iliad 16.324; cf. the scholia there. [1] Adapted from …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3194Ἑσπόμενοςhaving followedThe headword is aorist participle, masculine nominative singular of e(/pomai (a verb cognate with Latin sequor). It is probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 13.570; cf. the scholia there. Compare also the scholia on Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ734Μετασπώμενοςfollowing close uponThe headword is aorist middle participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb meqe/pw. Entry from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 13.567, where the headword occurs -- but in the form metaspo/menos (cf. LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort
- α2200Ἀναίμονεςbloodless [ones]… 116:996b. [5] The reference is to the author of the Menologion of Basil II, Symeon Metaphrastes, often identified as Symeon Logothete. The entry for Daniel's festival on Dec. 11 [PG 117:201] refers, however, to …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1340Δολιχόσκιονlong-shadowingThe headword, neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective, occurs 26 times in Homer, as a formulaic epithet for a spear: 'casting a long shadow'. (For the 'long' part of the compound cf. delta 1336, …Matched in noteshighshort
- χ450Χώσασθαιto be grievedSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (437); see also Hesychius, ps.-Zonaras 1866, Etymologicum Magnum 816.40, and the scholia to the participle xow/menos in Homer, Iliad 1.244 (see chi 434). The headword …Matched in noteshighshort
- μ562Μεμηλώςattending toLikewise or similarly in other lexica and several Homeric scholia: see the references at Photius mu258 Theodoridis. The headword is perfect active participle of me/lw, masculine nominative singular (cf. mu 561). At Hesychius mu804 …Matched in noteshighshort
- ι585ἼπτωI hurtEntry out of alphabetical order. [1] cf. iota 590. Outside lexicography, the middle i)/ptomai is used. [2] Homer, Iliad 1.454 (web address 1), quoted again at iota 796. [3] Aristophanes, Knights 924 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
- δ1093Δίκηςof justiceThe headword is the genitive singular of the noun di/kh (delta 1089, delta 1090, etc.), evidently quoted from somewhere, although not from either of the quotations given; perhaps from commentary to Aristophanes, Clouds 764 …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε1946ἘπάλξειςbattlementsThe headword is the nominative/ accusative plural -- glossed here as nominative -- of the noun e)/palcis. This form of the noun occurs numerous times in Homer's Iliad, e.g. 12.258 (web address 1), and …Matched in noteshighshort
- η69Ἠγορόωντοthey were meeting in assembly, they were speaking in assemblyThis entry is from the Lexicon Ambrosianum (Ambrosianus B 12 sup. 45 and Laurentianus 59.16 fol. 187r) and its origin is in a scholion to Homer, Iliad 4.1 (describing a meeting of the gods). …Matched in noteshighshort
- ε2619Ἐπιστεφέας κρατῆραςcrowned craters, crowned mixing-vesselsThe headword phrase, in the accusative plural, occurs twice in Homer (Iliad 8.232; Odyssey 2.431), but with the order of the words reversed. The comments here are an opaque paraphrase of Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.13D-E …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1349Κέρα ἀγλαέsplendid horn, splendid hair-styleThe headword phrase is one of the sequence of taunts addressed to Paris by Diomedes [Author, Myth] in the Iliad: 'with your petty lovelocks' (E.V. Rieu). See further below. [1] Küster emended the participle …Matched in noteshighshort
- ν427Νισσόμενοςgoing[1] The headword participle must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Greek Anthology 9.702, attributed to Simonides: "descending (nisso/menos) from Olympus to Earth". [2] Homer, Iliad 12.119, 18.566. [3] Adler initially printed 'the reading', but …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2628ΚυθέρειαKythereia, Cytheria[1] Hesiod, Theogony 198 (web address 1). For Kythera see kappa 2629. [2] An attempt to explain the meaning of this epithet etymologically, by its similarity to keuqo/menon; see again under kappa 2738. Compare …Matched in noteshighshort
- α4218ἈστάθμητονuncertainThe unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History …Matched in noteshighmedium
- δ1228Διώκεινto prosecuteFor this sense of the verb diw/kw see also delta 1229 (LSJ entry at web address 1). The present entry is prompted by Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 452 (web address 2). Chremes is reporting to Blepyrus …Matched in noteshighshort