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6 entries for the statement from Scythians

α2087Ἀνάστρῳstarless… quotation given. [1] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 12 Habrich. (This poetic statement is a faint echo of Homer, Iliad 18.61.)Matched in noteshighshort
α4581ἌφενοςrichesThe appended statement is unexceptionable (see LSJ s.v.). but as to the primary headword and gloss, it is really a gloss on the adjective a)fneio/s or a)fneo/s, "rich"; see alpha 4633. Compare the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort
μ448ΜελάμπουςMelampous, Melampus… cf. PG 36.1009b. (Note however that at sigma 1376 this statement is differently worded and appears to be connected -- by ga/r, not de/ -- with the remark about Melampus and Polles.)Matched in noteshighshort
ει152ΕἰμίI am… 158, eta 568, and cf. omicron 407. [2] This puzzling statement perhaps distinguishes ei)mi/ "be", where the present tense has only the usual variety of present reference, from ei)=mi "go", where the present tense …Matched in noteshighshort
ω247Ὠστίαςostias… is, out of the closed position; this is not a statement about the direction in which Roman doors opened. The etymology is absurd; ostium is derived from os "mouth". [3] Wealth 329-30; cf. tau …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… way surprising, since it seems rather linked to the following statement of the meaning: "it means very pleasant, worthy of the Dionysia". Perhaps the words prosdokw=n ― e)/sesqai were copied in a wrong place, …Matched in noteshighmedium