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imagery54
daily life50

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α4718Ἄχριup to… Gudianum. [2] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.522 (and 17.599); cf. next note. [3] Homer, Iliad 4.521-522 (web address 1 below), …Matched in noteshighshort
α543ἈεκήλιαunseemlyThe headword, a neuter plural, is extracted from the Homeric passage quoted at the end of the entry. [1] This initial glossing is absent, Adler reports, from mss AS. [2] That is, a running …Matched in noteshighshort
ε54Ἐγγείνωνταιthey would engenderHomer, Iliad 19.26 (Achilles on the dead Patroclus), with the gloss from the scholia there; similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.

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Ἄχρι

up to

[Used] with a genitive. [sc. Also attested is] a)/xris, meaning me/xris ["as far as"], [meaning] until. There is also a)/xris meaning on the whole, altogether. And Homer [writes]: "the ruthless stone utterly destroyed…

Ἄχρι· γενικῇ. Ἄχρις, ἀντὶ τοῦ μέχρις, ἕως. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἄχρις, ἀντὶ τοῦ καθόλου, διόλου. καὶ Ὅμηρος· ἀμφοτέρω δὲ τένοντε καὶ ὀστέα λᾶας ἀναιδὴς ἄχρις ἀπηλλοίησε. καὶ Ἄχρι κόρου.…

rhetoric

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meter and music9

meter and music9

trade and manufacture8

trade and manufacture8

science and technology6

science and technology6

Carl Widstrand

Carl Widstrand

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Nathan Greenberg ✝3

Nathan Greenberg ✝3

Oliver Phillips ✝3

Oliver Phillips ✝3

Amelia Mathias1

Amelia Mathias1

Claudia Mársico1

Claudia Mársico1

Ekaterini Tsalampouni1

Ekaterini Tsalampouni1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Elizabeth Vandiver1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Giorgos Akrivas1

Kostas Zafeiris1

Kostas Zafeiris1

Massimo Forconi1

Massimo Forconi1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Sean M. Redmond1

Sean M. Redmond1

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ε3475Εὐήνοραwell-manningSame or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword adjective is in the accusative case, as in the two passages from Homer cited below. [1] Homer, Odyssey 4.622 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

α4188Ἄσμενοςglad… entry at web address 1. This word occurs in a Homeric formula fu/gen a)/smenos e)k qana/toio (see Homer, Iliad 20.350 with scholion; Homeric text at web address 2). The traditional view, reflected in the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1243Διώνυμονwell-known… used by Herodian, De figuris 103.11, in reference to the Homeric instances of Scamander and Batieia; cf. scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.403, 15.336 (Eriopis-Alkimache), 20.40b2, 20.73-74; Odyssey 5.334 (Ino/Leukothea); scholion on Pindar, Olympian 9, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1586Ἔξαιτονchoice[1] Up to this point the entry = scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.320 and to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1004. See also the first part of Hesychius epsilon3522, and cf. (with different genders/cases) Apollonius Sophista, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1994Ἐπαύρασθαιto profit from… Adler also cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (1703), Laurentianus 59.16, Apion's Homeric Glossary, and a scholium to Homer, Iliad 6.353. The last two are not particularly similar and deal with different forms of the infinitive. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3734Ἐΰςnoble, brave[1] Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon; and cf. eta 650. [2] Homer, Iliad 1.393, with scholion. See also epsilon 289. [3] Homer, Odyssey 8.325, with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

χ131Χάρμηeagerness for battle, joy in battle= Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 167.10; Synagoge chi35; cf. Apion in Ludwich 102.27; Hesychius chi203 (where the second translation offered here for the headword receives explicit sanction), Etymologicum Magnum 807.23, and the scholia to …Matched in noteshighshort

ε549Ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷwilling but with an unwilling heart… of 590; cf. de Boor (182) and Whitby (126). The Homeric phrase itself (from Iliad 4.43) has appeared already at epsilon 531.Matched in noteshighshort

α7ἈασάμηνI was addled… address 1). It is found frequently in epic poetry, e.g. Homer Iliad 9.116 (web address 2). [1] Up to this point the entry = Synagoge (Codex B) alpha3 (Lexica Segueriana 3.8 Bachmann). [2] From …Matched in noteshighshort

α151Ἀγαπήνοροςloving the manly, manly, courageousSame or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The headword is the genitive case -- because it appears in that case in Homer, Iliad 15.392 (web address 1); cf. the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

α181Ἀγέλασταnot to be laughed at, unamusingNeuter plural of this adjective, quoted from Homer, Odyssey 8.307 (e)/rg' a)ge/lasta); cf. Apollonius, Homeric Lexicon 4.21-23.Matched in noteshighshort

α221Ἀγηνορίηarrogance, prideSame glossing in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (7.20). As LSJ s.v. indicates (web address 1), the headword noun (ending -rie in epic/Ionic dialect, -ria in others) has overtones which depend on context. What may be …Matched in noteshighshort

α859Ἀκήδεστοιuntended.… or similar material in Photius and other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.60, from where the headword (nominative plural) is undoubtedly quoted. [2] Unattested outside lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort

α872Ἀκηχέδαταιthey are in mourningFrom the scholia to Homer, Iliad 17.637, where a)khxe/dat' occurs. Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (18.29).Matched in noteshighshort

α1141Ἀλεωρήescape, haven[1] Similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 12.57, where the headword noun occurs in the accusative case. [2] Arrian, Parthica p.17 Roos (but not an actual …Matched in noteshighshort

α1759Ἀμφιρύτηsea-girt… [1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The dative singular in Homer, Odyssey 1.50 (and three other instances), may have generated this nominative; cf. the scholia there [2] Greek …Matched in noteshighshort

α2737Ἀντιφερίζειςyou are measuring yourself against… in from lexicographical comment on a quite different passage -- Homer, Iliad 21.357 -- where the infinitive a)ntiferi/zein occurs. (The headword a)ntiferi/zeis is also Homeric: Iliad 21.488.)Matched in noteshighshort

α2949ἈπαφίσκωI beguileSame or similar glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 11.217, where the headword occurs in the third person singular: web address 1). LSJ entry at web …Matched in noteshighshort

α3017Ἀπελυμαίνοντοthey were cleansing themselvesSame entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.314, where the headword occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

α3327Ἀποθύμιαdispiriting (things)Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. The neuter plural headword is quoted from Homer, Iliad 14.261.Matched in noteshighshort

α3532ἈποσκυδμαίνωI am enragedSimilarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 24.65, where the imperative a)posku/dmaine occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

α3836Ἀρειήmenacing, threatening[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 17.431, where this feminine noun occurs (dative case). [2] See already alpha 3814.Matched in noteshighshort

α4305Ἄτταfather[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. From a scholion on Homer, Iliad 9.603; cf. pi 255. See LSJ at web address 1 for a)/tta (B). [2] Greek Anthology 7.89.3-6, …Matched in noteshighshort

α4312Ἀταλὰ φρονέωνthinking childish (things)cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.567, where a form of the headword phrase appears (web address 1 below); also other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort

α4314Ἀταλῇσιν[in] delicate [fillies], [in] tender [fillies][1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 20.222, where the headword -- feminine dative plural of this adjective -- occurs: the …Matched in noteshighshort

αι89Αἰδοῖοςvenerable[1] Similar glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.172, where the headword occurs. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 248 Zintzen (and Asmus). For Isidore, …Matched in noteshighshort

αι318Αἴσιμαappropriatenesses, suitabilitiesLikewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.62, where the (neuter plural) headword occurs. For a cognate see alphaiota 321, alphaiota 322.Matched in noteshighshort

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