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2296
Ἀνεπίπληκτος
unrebukable, beyond criticism
[Meaning someone] whom nobody rebukes as a sinner.
Eupolis
[sc. uses the word].
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3227
Ἁπλήγιος
single-garmented
With rough breathing, [meaning] simple. And
Eupolis
in Cities [writes]: "he is not a busybody but single-garmented." Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a(plhgi/s, a garment of moderate size. In Anagyros Aristophanes [writes]: …
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732
Ἀθηναίων δυσβουλία
Athenians' ill-counsel
… badly to good; and this was a local saying. Also
Eupolis
[writes]: "better to be prosperous than to think well." And Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "for they say that ill counsel comes to this …
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1052
Ἀλλὰ γάρ
but for all that
Instead of "but".
Eupolis
[sc. uses the idiom]. "But for all that, despondent men never yet set up a trophy." The proverb [is used] in reference to those who because of despondency are unable …
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2684
Ἀντιμάχου καταπυγοσύνης ἀναπλήσει
he will fill [you] with the buggery of Antimachos
… known as Psekados. And a fourth, a banker, of whom
Eupolis
makes mention in Demoi. A fifth [is] a historiographer.
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3672
Ἀπώμοτον
abjured
… also impossible. "Why is the deed abjured for the Athenians?"
Eupolis
in the Cities [sc. writes this]. Also [note that] a)pw/moton does not come from w)mo/ths ["cruelty"], and [nor does] e)co/mnusqai ["to abjure"].
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4396
Ἀτρύφερος
simple
The term [occurs] in
Eupolis'
Bathers. "Because he is a man neither simple nor ugly."
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425
Χωλός
crippled, lame
… is applied] both to a foot and to a hand.
Eupolis
[writes]: "because you [are] really crippled in the hand." And the Attic[-speakers use the word] kulloi/ ["deformed"] for the feet and hands alike. …
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37
Αἰγιάζειν
to talk of goats
… Since all ancient comment stems from a contextless line in
Eupolis
(see next note), other interpretations are possible, e.g. to goat around. [1]
Eupolis
fr. 2 Kock, now 3 Kassel-Austin, which if Photius is …
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1313
Ἀλογίου δίκη
prosecution for lack of accounting
… Hesychius s.v. suggests that the source (or prompt) might be
Eupolis
fr. 349 Kock, now 377 K.-A.: kai\ ga\r ai)sxro\n a)logi/ou 'st' o)flei=n, "for it is shameful to be convicted of lack of accounting". …
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178
Βάταλος
Batalos, Batalus
… beta 177. Harpokration, under this entry, cites the comic poet
Eupolis
for 'batalos' as 'anus'. For "Argas" see under alpha 3760, and for further reference to Demosthenes' nicknames see delta 454.
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374
Βομβοῦσιν
they bumble
… 241; and see generally Kassel-Austin, PCG V p. 395, on
Eupolis
fr. 179.
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1423
Δούλων πόλις
slaves' city
Likewise in Photius; and cf. already Hesychius delta2258, citing
Eupolis
(fr. 197 Kock, now 212 Kassel-Austin). [1] Bernhardy felt that "a proverb" (paroimi/a) was out of place here, and suggested emending to paroiki/a ("a …
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1587
Δυσάλγητος
hard-hearted
… of Alexandria). For LSJ's meaning #1, 'hard to bear', see
Eupolis
fr. 410 Kock (446 K.-A.).
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951
Ἐμβόλιμος
supposititious
… epsilon327. [2] One of a pair of verses ascribed to
Eupolis,
from his play Demes (fr. 103 Kock, 116 Edmonds, 112 Kassel-Austin), by scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 1001. Information from the same scholia can …
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