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- αι357ΑἰσχύλοςAiskhylos, Aischylos, Aeschylus… age does not conform to the generally accepted dates for Aeschylus' life (see above).
- λ274Λεωργόςrebelcf. Hesychius lambda791 (s.v. lewrgo/n). [1] (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 4-5, quoted more fully at epsilon 2978. [2] The etymology of lewrgo/s is unclear, but it is more likely from le/ws 'at will' + e)/rgw …
- μ1301Μουσόμαντιςof prophetic voicecf. scholion on Aristophanes, Birds 276, where the headword occurs. Aeschylus = a garbled verion of his fr.60. (See Dunbar 232-3.)
- δ1070Δίκαιοςjust… of Isidore fr. 56 Zintzen (26 Asmus, 28A Athanassiadi), quoting Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592-3 (where the word is a)/ristos "bravest" rather than di/kaios, see web address 1) ; again at delta 1327. [2] …
- α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things]… B) alpha12; cf. Hesychius alpha94. [1] cf. tau 659. [2] Aeschylus fr. 137 Nauck.
- κ2695ΚυναίγειροςKynegeiros, Cynaegirus… the Painted Stoa (pi 1469): Pliny, Natural History 35.57. For Aeschylus see generally alphaiota 357 (where inter alia all three of his brothers are named).
- β130Βαρύμηνιςheavy in wrathSame entry in other lexica. The headword appears at (e.g.) Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1482 (web address 1).
- κ2603Κυδάζεταιis reviled… other lexica). [2] Epicharmus fr. 6 Kaibel (and Kassel-Austin). [3] Aeschylus fr. 141a Mette. [4] cf. kappa 2615. The scholion to the Ajax has e)pi/ for peri/. [5] Sophocles, Ajax 722.
- α2959Ἀπαιόλημαact of fraud… lexica. The headword, a poetic neuter noun, is quoted from Aeschylus, Choephori 1002 (web address 1); see the scholia there.
- χ191Χελώνη μυιῶνa tortoise [uncaring] of flies… theta 257.) [3] An apocryphal tale about the death of Aeschylus; from alphaiota 357.
- δ1639Δύσθεοςgodless, ungodly… gloss of the scholia there; cf. also the scholia to Aeschylus, Choephoroi 525. The headword adjective occurs in Aeschylus as well as Sophocles, but is not extant in Euripides. In later periods it was …
- κ337Κάπηλοςretailer, huckster… "wine-seller." [2] Sophron [sigma 893, sigma 894], fr.1 K.-A. [3] Aeschylus fr.322. Cf. kappa 333, with a different sense of the word.
- λ441Λῆμαwill… 4516, kappa 981. The lexicographer has inserted the names of Aeschylus and Euripides into the quotation. [9] The discussion of lh/mmata is taken from Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topics 23.21, 36.18-9, 574.12-15.
- ε596Ἐκπρεπεῖςoutstanding… The headword must be quoted from somewhere: the possibilities include Aeschylus, Persians 442 (where e)kprepei=s and eu)prepei=s are alternative readings) and the Septuagint (2 Maccabees 3.26).
- κ175ΚακόσχολοςidlerFirst attested (adjectivally and figuratively) in Aeschylus. See also under sigma 451. Hesychius kappa354 has the genitive singular (presumably quoted from somewhere), with the more specific gloss kakou= kata\ th\n sxolh/n. Appears as a …
- ε3445Εὐεστοῖwell-being… singular headword must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Aeschylus (Seven against Thebes 187, Agamemnon 929) and Herodotus (1.85).
- δ1327Δοκιμάσαςhaving put to the test, having scrutinised… from this fragment at theta 413 and pi 1114. [4] Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592 (web address 1); see already under delta 1070. This quotation illustrates a distinct, though related, verb, doke/w ('seem').
- α99Ἁβρύνεταιputs on airs… of the famous appearances of the headword in Attic tragedy: Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1205 (web address 1); Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1339 (web address 2).
- αι319Αἰσιμίαapportionment… stem from the headword's appearance (in the dative plural) in Aeschylus, Eumenides 996: e)n ai)simi/aisi plou/tou (web address 1).
- δ1707Δύσοιμοςgoing badly… headword adjective comes from a context where it is feminine: Aeschylus, Choephori 945 (genitive singular, in reference to tu/xa "chance": web address 1); cf. LSJ s.v.
- χ22Χαλίμαloose woman… xalima/des. It is cited as referring to the Bacchae in Aeschylus (fr. 448 Radt).
- μ820Μέτοικοιmetics, resident aliens… this point the Greek is very obscure; translation tentative. [6] Aeschylus, Agamemnon 57 (web address 4). [7] [Demosthenes] 25.57 and 55 (web address 5); cf. alpha 3913 and epsilon 1514, with the notes there. …
- ε3630ΕὐωρῶI am careless… not independently attested, but its variant eu)wria/zein perhaps occurs in (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 17 (Porson's conjecture for the transmitted e)cw-) and is also attributed, via Hesychius, to Sophocles (the contextless fr. 561 Radt). For …
- α405Ἀγχίσποροιnear-seeded… plural occurs in a quotation (oi( qew=n a)gxi/sporoi: part of Aeschylus fr. 162). [2] Damascius fr.87 Zintzen (40 Asmus); cf. pi 1966.
- η204Ἠλεόςidle, vain… in Hesychius eta342; Doric form a)leo/s at Hesychius alpha2737, from Aeschylus (fr.410).
- ε1073Ἐμφερεῖςresembling (ones)… glossing cf. Hesychius epsilon2554, though nominative plurals there (stemming from Aeschylus, Choephori 206?) rather than the Suda's accusative plurals. The Suda's headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] Iamblichus, …
- α1033Ἀκταίνεινto lift up, to raise… attested usage of the verb in tragedy, noted there (see Aeschylus, Eumenides 36 [web address 2], cited by Latte on Hesychius s.v., where the gloss is metewri/zein). See however Plato, Laws 672C (on the …
- μ1038Μιαίνεταιis defiled… -- is unknown, though the form does occur in e.g. Aeschylus, Suppliants 366, and Euripides, Children of Herakles 71. A different form (mia/nqhsan) occurs in Homer, Iliad 16.795, where it is glossed in the …
- ε3362Εὐάγκαλονeasily-carried… is masculine accusative singular (rather than neuter nominative/accusative, as in (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 350, a)/xqos ou)k eu)a/gkalon) of this adjective, which literally means easy to carry in one's arms. It is presumably extracted from …
- δ1087Δίκελλαfork, mattock… which etymologically denotes an implement with two prongs, see e.g. Aeschylus fr. 196; Sophocles, Antigone 250; Euripides, Phoenissae 1155. (It occurs as a gloss for makella in scholia on Lucian, Hesiodus 7; and see …