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- δ228ΔεξικράτηςDexikrates, DexicratesC3 BCE. Kassel-Austin, PCG V p.16. [1] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.124B (3.97 Kaibel), quoting a fragment. This is the only play mentioned (or known from anywhere else), so the Suda's plural is clumsy.
- η53ἩγήμωνHegemon… infelicitous extra paragraph: see n.2 below [1] Demosthenes 18.285. [2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.699A [15.56 Kaibel], cf. 1.5B [1.8]. But the Hegemon in Demosthenes, an Athenian of the C4 BCE, is quite different from this …
- δ359ΔειπνοσοφισταίDeipnosophistai, Deipnosophistae, Deipnosophists, Dinner-Sophists, Sophists at Dinner[1] Abridged from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.1D-E (1.2 Kaibel). See also the entry "Keitoukeitos" (kappa 1482). [2] alpha 731.
- λ140ΛασταυροκάκκαβονlastaurokakkabonAthenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.9C [1.15 Kaibel]. For Chrysippus see generally chi 568, chi 569 This compound term for an aphrodisiac foodstuff defies translation, but for the first of its components (implying effeminacy) see lambda 141; …
- α2019Ἀναπίπτεινto fall backSee also alpha 2018. The source for both is Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23B (1.42 Kaibel). See further below, nn.1-2. [1] Athenaeus has this adverb, kuri/ws. [2] So the Suda mss, o)ligwrei=n; but o)ligodranei=n (Athenaeus), "to …
- ε2851Ἐπωφελέςhelpful, useful… from delta 359, where it is a description applied to Athenaeus' Deipnosophists.
- α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly… fragment of the epic poet Panyassis (pi 248) preserved in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.36D (2.3 Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum Magnum 3.24 and other lexica.
- μ72Μακρὰ χαίρειν[to say] a long goodbye, to dismiss… mu51 Theodoridis. The expression is attested in Plutarch, Galen, Lucian, Athenaeus, Cassius Dio, Aelian, and Christian writers.
- η113Ἡδυπαθήςluxurious… See e.g. Antiphanes fr. 91 Kock and Kassel-Austin (preserved in Athenaeus) on the Ionian stereotype.
- α3210Ἀπινήςdirt-free, dirt-less… headword is effectively confined to lexica and grammars, but note Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.661D (14.81 Kaibel), where the ms reading poli/ths ... tis ou)k a)pinh/s is normally corrected (e.g. to Gulick's ou) tapeino/s).
- κ1900Κόγχηνcockle, mussel… by Pherecrates fr. 143 Kock = 152 K.-A., (preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.481C = 11.62 Kaibel); cf. LSJ s.v. I.2, 'shell-full, a small measure of capacity'. For the proverb see Teleclides fr. 19 Kock …
- ε2287Ἐπὶ Δελφινίῳat Delphinion, at DelphiniumAbridged from Harpokration. s.v., which cites Demosthenes 23.74 and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.3. See also delta 206.
- ε1156Ἕνδεκα(the) Eleven… the Atticist epsilon37; also in Photius and elsewhere. cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 52; Pollux 8.102; and eta 39.
- δ1475Δωροξενίαbribery by a foreigner… abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., where oratory (Lysias, Hyperides) and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 59.3, are cited. [1] i.e., improperly enrolled as an Athenian citizen.
- ει97Εἰλαπίνηrevel… headword occurs (in the phrase 'revel or wedding?'). [2] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.362F [8.64 Kaibel].
- δ26Δακτυλήθραfinger-shield[1] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon [2] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.6D (1.10 Kaibel); cf. pi 1088 and pi 1591.
- α962Ἀκρατοπότηςunmixed-wine-drinker… picked up this habit from the Scythians: Herodotus 6.84; cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.427B-C (10.29 Kaibel), 10.436E (10.48 Kaibel); Aelian, Varia Historia 2.41. But see also under zeta 163, kappa 203.
- δ443ΔημοκλείδαςDemokles-types, sons of Demokles… now 311 Kassel-Austin). Demokles is possibly the parasite mentioned in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.584F (13.48 Kaibel), though the name is far too common to be certain of this.
- χ344Χλιδῶσαιto live luxuriantly… (b4) of the lyric poet Philoxenus [phi 393] preserved by Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.147A (4.28 Kaibel). cf. generally chi 339, chi 340.
- α2018Ἀναπίπτεινto fall back… See also alpha 2019. The source for both entries is Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.23B (1.42 Kaibel). [1] Thucydides 1.70.5, of the Athenians (web address 1).
- γ318Γλυκυσίδηpeony… certain plant, contributing toward some absurdity in women". This reflects Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.76F (3.11 Kaibel), citing the Glosses of Seleucus [sigma 200]: women avoid eating it because it causes episodes of folly.
- α3207ἈπίκιοςApicius… fourth-century. The present entry's material, after the opening ethnikon, summarizes Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.7A-C (1.12 Kaibel). See also alpha 3213, alpha 3214. [1] So again at kappa 387 and kappa 1649. But manuscript M has …
- α3928ἈριστόξενοςAristoxenus, AristoxenusAbridged from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.7C (1.12 Kaibel). Aristoxenus of Cyrene was a hedonist philosopher, not to be confused with his namesake alpha 3297.
- κ237ΚάλλιπποςKallippos, CallippusC4 BCE. [1] cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.508E-F [11.119 Kaibel]. [2] See Plutarch, Dion 17, 28, and esp. 54-58; Timoleon 11; Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius 2.
- η39Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίουpresidency of a jurycourt… time.) The ultimate source of the present entry is ?Aristotle. Athenaion Politeia 56-61, here much abridged. [1] a.k.a the Archon Eponymous (a)/rxwn e)pw/numos), because each Athenian civil year was named after him (e.g. the …
- μ286ΜατρέαςMatreasAbridged from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.19D (1.35 Kaibel), who says that Matreas was an Alexandrian.
- ε718Ἔκφρωνwitless… Quotation unidentifiable in this precise form, but very like what Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.531F-532A (12.42 Kaibel), citing Theopompus (FGrH 115 F31), says about the Thracian king Kotys' (kappa 2173) deluded idea of "marrying" the goddess …
- β411Βοτρυοσταγῆ ἔρνηshoots dripping with grapesThe headword phrase occurs in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.29C (1.52 Kaibel), quoting Archestratus (alpha 4087). The remainder of the entry has no connection with it. [1] Polybius 12.13.1. (This refers to Timaeus' account of Demochares: …
- α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… as being a solution in which the meat is plunged. Athenaeus also uses the word frequently for the spicey, salted pickle or sauce in which a cook prepares his dish, either in cooking or …
- α540Ἀδύνατοιincapables, handicappeds… Harpok., possessing less than three minas of property. [2] ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 49.4 (web address 1). [3] Lysias 24. 13, 26 (web addresses 2 and 3). [4] Philochorus FGrH 328 F197a.