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β480ΒῶλιςBolisA proper name. Polybius [writes]: "Achaios, having received Bolis enthusiastically and cordially, questioned him at length about every aspect of the plan".Matched in translationhighshort
β64Βαλανειομφάλουςacorn-bossed… 1308. [3] Outside lexicography this noun is attested only in Polybius 30.29.4. [4] Artemidorus 1.64; cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 838. [5] From alpha 4123.Matched in noteshighshort
β92Βάναυσοςartisan, mechanic, banausos… etymology is found in Photius (Lexicon beta56) and elsewhere. [2] Polybius 1.40.9, on the battle of Panormus (250 BCE).

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A proper name. Polybius [writes]: "Achaios, having received Bolis enthusiastically and cordially, questioned him at length about every aspect of the plan".

Βῶλις· ὄνομα κύριον. Πολύβιος· ὁ δὲ Ἀχαιὸς προσδεξάμενος ἐκτενῶς καὶ φιλανθρώπως τὸν Βῶλιν ἀνέκρινε διὰ πλειόνων ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου τῶν κατὰ μέρος.

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β93Βάναυσοςvulgar, mechanical, banausic, plebeian… current entry illustrates the pejorative use of the word. [1] Polybius 12.13.9-10, on the critique of Timaeus (tau 602) of the complaints made by Demochares (delta 472) against Demetrius of Phaleron (delta 429), benign …Matched in noteshighshort

β128Βαρυδαίμωνill-fated… see e.g. Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1102; and cf. epsilon 3718. [1] Polybius 8.16.4, on Bolis (beta 480). As Suda editors have noted, this quotation has nothing to do with the headword, and seems to have …Matched in noteshighshort

β411Βοτρυοσταγῆ ἔρνηshoots dripping with grapes… remainder of the entry has no connection with it. [1] Polybius 12.13.1. (This refers to Timaeus' account of Demochares: see generally delta 472.) Here Botruos is the genitive of a writer's name, "Botrys".Matched in noteshighshort