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Jennifer Benedict2
William Hutton2
Robert Dyer1

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β337Βληχώδηςbleating, sheepish… entry in ps.-Zonaras. LSJ entry at web address 1. [1] Babrius 93.5-6; the wolves are attempting to persuade the sheep to hand over their dogs. [*blhxw/dhs is accepted by the editors of Babrius in …Matched in noteshighshort
ε671Ἐκτόπωςextraordinarily… other lexica. For the second pair cf. epsilon 670. [2] Babrius 14.1; cf. alpha 3955. (On Babrius see generally beta 7.) [3] Procopius, Secret History 1.17 (web address 2), on Antonina and Theodosius; cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1483Ἐν τῷ μέρειin one's turn… phrase occurs in the sense specified. [2] The ms of Babrius that preserves this line (see next note) reads i)dw\n d' e)kei=nos ("and that man having seen...") instead of i)dw\n ke)kei=nos [3] Babrius 32.5-6 …

β337

Βληχώδης

bleating, sheepish

[Meaning] similar in mind to sheep. "The shepherd being foolish and altogether sheepish was about to send [the dogs]."

Βληχώδης· πρόβασι τὸν νοῦν ὅμοιος. μωρὸς δὲ ποιμὴν καὶ τὰ πάντα βληχώδης πέμπειν ἔμελλεν.

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α433Ἄδενpleased… Crusius includes it in an appendix to his edition of Babrius, p. 217. See also pi 1920.Matched in noteshighshort

α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaring… (Crusius includes it in an appendix to his edition of Babrius, p.216). It appears to belong to the theory of transmigration of souls, and may belong to the body of Orphic or even Pythagorean …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1478Ἀμαλθείας κέραςAmaltheia's horn, Amalthea's horn… dactylic fable, included in an appendix to Crusius' edition of Babrius, p.217.Matched in noteshighshort

α2585Ἄνωθενfrom above[1] Perhaps a citation from Babrius has been lost from the Suda (so Gaisford), although this adverb does not occur in his text as we know it. Three of the manuscripts, in any case, …Matched in noteshighshort

α4372Ἄτολμοιundaring… quotation given, though there are alternatives, e.g. Thucydides 8.96.5. [2] Babrius 25.3-4. [3] Richard Porson (1759-1808) would emend presbu/thn "old man" to presbu/teron "older." [4] Aelian fr. 99 Domingo-Forasté (96 Hercher). See LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort

αι339Αἴσυλαunseemly [things]… alphaiota 269; included in an appendix to Crusius' edition of Babrius, p.215.Matched in noteshighshort

β420Βουκολήσαςcattle-tending… from somewhere. [2] For this gloss, see theta 108. [3] Babrius 136.9-10.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1566Δύηmisery… of elegiac fable, included in appendix to Crusius' edition of Babrius, p. 220.Matched in noteshighshort