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military affairs56
poetry56

30 more

comedy55
tragedy55
geography45
philosophy45
law38
rhetoric37
gender and sexuality36
Christianity34
economics33
women31
mythology26
proverbs26

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Ε epsilon153
Α alpha104
Δ delta51
Χ chi18
ΑΙ alphaiota9
Β beta8

Vetting status

high343

Length

Short314
Medium29

Translator

Jennifer Benedict98
Catharine Roth67
William Hutton54
David Whitehead25
Stefano Sanfilippo14
Antonella Ippolito12

26 more

Ryan Stone12
Anne Mahoney8
Ioannis Doukas8
Robert Dyer7
Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝5

343 entries for Hesychius

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β287Βινεῖνto fuck… a)ne/lqh|). Trapp further notes the related meanings "draw up" in Hesychius alpha5202 and "drink" in Hesychius pi2338, Malalas 159.86, Theophanes I 180.15. This sense clearly overlaps with Classical pipi/skw. Cf. pipili/zw "suckle" in Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… an orthographic variant (an accepted form in later Greek; see Hesychius delta1918 dioshmei/a: tera/stion shmei=on; Simplicius on Aristotle, Physics 221b23; John Lydus, De ostentis 1; 15b; 37; 38; [John Lydus] De mensibus 2. However, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1631Δυσηνίουςhard to bridle, hard to rein, refractory

β287

Βινεῖν

to fuck

[Meaning] to have sexual intercourse with; or to suck. In the Epigrams: "sweet it is to fuck. Who denies it? But whenever you ask for money, it becomes more bitter than hellebore" .

Βινεῖν· τὸ συνουσιάζειν· ἢ τὸ πιπίζειν. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ἁδὺ τὸ βινεῖν ἐστι· τίς οὐ λέγει; ἀλλ' ὅταν αἰτῇ χαλκὸν, πικρότερον γίνεται ἑλλεβόρου.

trade and manufacture13

trade and manufacture13

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science and technology9

meter and music6

meter and music6

Alexandra Trachsel2

Alexandra Trachsel2

Matthew Farmer2

Matthew Farmer2

Amelia Mathias1

Amelia Mathias1

Chad Schroeder1

Chad Schroeder1

Ekaterini Tsalampouni1

Ekaterini Tsalampouni1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

James Vradelis1

James Vradelis1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Nicholas Wilshere1

Richard Rodriguez1

Richard Rodriguez1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Victoria Papaprodromou1

Victoria Papaprodromou1

… Both headword and glosses are accusative plurals: see further below. Hesychius delta2572 has a broadly comparable entry, but couched in nominative plurals and with different vocabulary for the glossing. The headword adjective is normally …

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ε60Ἐγήγαρτοςjoy-inducing… headword e)gh/gartos is an adjective attested only here and in Hesychius epsilon176, where Latte flags up textual corruption. (The whole entry in Hesychius is: e)gh/gartos. e)pi/xartos: e)pixarh/s). The correct reading of the present headword …Matched in noteshighshort

α38Ἀβήςstupid… unsure of its meaning(s): besides the above, cf. a)nai/sxuntos 'shameless' (Hesychius) and a)no/sios 'unholy' (Hesychius and the Etymologicum Gudianum).Matched in noteshighshort

α549Ἀελπτέοντεςhaving no hope… a)/elptos; occurs only in the participle. [1] Same glossing in Hesychius and Etym.Magn. 20.23. Latte in his Hesychius edition regards the participle as coming from the source that the Suda goes on to quote …Matched in noteshighshort

α550Ἄελπτονbeyond expectation, unexpected, unhoped-for… pi 1281. [2] Same gloss in Apollonius the Sophist; cf. Hesychius. See also alpha 551. [3] In Hesychius, as at pi 1281, this is the gloss for periskele/s.Matched in noteshighshort

α864Ἀκήλητονinexorable[1] Similarly already in Hesychius alpha2370. The headword, masculine accusative singular of this adjective (as the Suda's second gloss, not in Hesychius, shows), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps, though not demonstrably, the epigram …Matched in noteshighshort

α3121ἈπειλήthreatSame entry in Hesychius and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Latte on Hesychius s.v. regards the headword as quoted from the Septuagint (Proverbs 19.12, etc.). cf. generally alpha 3122, alpha 3123.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… city in the direction of Diomeia; cf. Alciphron 3.51.4 and Hesychius, delta839 s. v. *dhmi/asi pu/lais (Comica adespota fr. 805 Kock, now 309 K.-A.). [1] As usual, tribe allocations of these demes in the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1224Διῴδειused to swell with angerSame entry in Hesychius delta2037. The rare headword -- imperfect tense, third person singular, of the verb dioide/w -- must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps (as Latte on Hesychius suggests) Philo Judaeus, Legatio ad …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1227Δίωκε ἀρετήνpursue excellenceSame entry (but without 'excellence') in Hesychius delta2041 and elsewhere; and cf. under delta 1229. For arete generally see alpha 3830, alpha 3831. As Latte on Hesychius suggests, the lemma might be related to …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1499Δραματουργήσαςhaving staged a drama, having fabricated… a different form), or to wicked machinations in general, hence Hesychius' glossing (delta2312) of the infinitive of the verb as panourgei=n ('to be unscrupulous') -- though contrast the more neutral treatment Hesychius gives to …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1601Δυσβουλίαill-counsel= Synagoge delta392; Photius, Lexicon delta802; cf. Hesychius delta2538. In his edition of Hesychius Latte considers it a Cyrillian addition, and indeed this term is found in Cyril of Alexandria much more frequently than …Matched in noteshighshort

ε65Ἐγκάθηνταιput-in secretly… 368D: accusative plural there), perhaps through Cyril's Glossarium or through Hesychius epsilon179 (same entry, probably a Cyrillian interpolation). [2] Aristophanes, Acharnians 343, with comment from the scholia there; see also the scholia to Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε80Ἐγκατέσκηψανthey fell upon… has the same or similar glossing in other lexica (e.g. Hesychius epsilon202), is third person plural, aorist indicative active, of the verb e)gkataskh/ptw. It is evidently quoted from somewhere (other than the quotation given, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1023Ἐμπλατειάσασαhand-slapping(?)… a whole is an abbreviated (and slightly altered) version of Hesychius s.v. e)nplateia/sasa (sic): e)n platei/ais tu/ptousa tai=s xersi/n. h)\ trufereuome/nh. LSJ under the present headword quote this without venturing an English translation. The …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1481Ἐντὸς ἑβδόμηςbefore (the) seventhcf. Zenobius 3.79; Hesychius epsilon3383; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1039. Such a stipulation is otherwise unattested. (Photius says the reason for it had been given in Callimachus' Aitia.) For the preposition e)nto/s in this sense see …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1560Ἔξαρνοςobstinately denying, obstinate in denying… at Etymologicum Magnum 346.50; cf. ps.-Zonaras, epsilon755, with gloss a)rnou/menos (Hesychius epsilon3604, Scholia recentiora on Aristophanes, Clouds 1230a). See also ps.-Zonaras iota1124 [ = iota 728], where the same explanation occurs as a gloss …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1680Ἐξεφύρθηςyou were contaminatedSame entry in Hesychius and elsewhere. The headword is aorist passive of e)kfu/rw, second person singular; probably quoted, as Latte on Hesychius asserts, from Jeremiah 3.2 LXX.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1932Ἐπακτόνacquired[1] = Synagoge epsilon564, Photius epsilon1329; cf. Hesychius epsilon4119, epsilon4121 (for which cf. epsilon 1934, epsilon 1935), epsilon4122. See also epsilon 1933. Neuter nominative/accusative singular or masculine accusative singular of this adjective; quoted from …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1994Ἐπαύρασθαιto profit from… middle infinitive of e)paure/w or e)pauri/skw; cf. epsilon 1995. [1] Hesychius epsilon4263 offers a similar gloss. Adler also cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (1703), Laurentianus 59.16, Apion's Homeric Glossary, and a scholium to Homer, Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2154Ἐπήβολοςcapable, possessing, skilled… (where the headword occurs: web address 1), as well as Hesychius epsilon4527. Similar too, but less so, are Hesychius epsilon4526, Lexica Segueriana 252.21, and (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 357.16. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. Certain features of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2212Ἐπησθέντεςdelighted in… Lexicon epsilon1483; and, with a slightly different gloss (xare/ntes), already Hesychius epsilon4596. The headword is aorist passive participle, masculine nominative plural, of e)ph/domai, apparently a variant of e)fh/domai exhibiting psilosis characteristic of certain Greek …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2372Ἐπικήδειονfuneral [song]… 2373. [1] The second of these glosses is also in Hesychius and other lexica. Latte on Hesychius s.v. regards the headword adjective itself as quoted from Euripides, Trojan Women 514; if so, it is …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2592Ἐπισμῇbesmears… scholia to a passage of Aristophanes (see note 4 below). Hesychius epsilon5195 bears numerous points of similarity. See also rho 324, sigma 736, sigma 747. [1] The thought seems to be that smearing smh=cis, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3537Εὐκλεέςglorious… epic/Ionic dialect neuter singular nominative/accusative of this adjective -- occurs. Hesychius epsilon6920 gives the same gloss for the masculine accusative singular form of the headword, a lemma that Latte associates with Euripides, Phoenician Women …Matched in noteshighshort

α7ἈασάμηνI was addled… is very similar to Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 1.19, and Hesychius alpha25.Matched in noteshighshort

α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things]… 40), and very similar to Synagoge (Codex B) alpha12; cf. Hesychius alpha94. [1] cf. tau 659. [2] Aeschylus fr. 137 Nauck.Matched in noteshighshort

α29Ἀβέβηλαinviolable [places]… Photius and constitutes the entire entry at Synagoge alpha6; cf. Hesychius alpha101, with neuter/accusative equivalents. Cyril of Alexandria uses the headword frequently in conjunction with kaqaro/s.Matched in noteshighshort

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