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η459Ἡρακλεία λίθοςHerakleian stone, Heraclean stoneOn the Magnesian (magnetic) stone cf. mu 23. [1] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 3 fr. 43 Tartaglia, on Heraclius (cf. eta 465 generally). Tartaglia notes (235, note 93) that fragments 43-44 (cf. tau 768) …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… episode, interpreting it as a divine omen. Cf. also Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *kuno/sarges. [3] The text implies (by a standard use of the genitive case) that Diomos was a son of Herakles. But the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selected… 2437, and at Etymologicum Gudianum 358.2ff. De Stefani and Etymologicum Magnum 269.9ff.; cf. also Etymologicum Magnum 569.22, Anecdota Oxoniensia 1.113.22. The form e)/klektos occurs as a proper name in Cassius Dio and Herodian; as …

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Ἡρακλεία λίθος

Herakleian stone, Heraclean stone

[Meaning] Magnesian [stone], which attracts iron. The Pisidian [writes]: "attracting everyone, like the Magnesian stone, or rather what we should call the Heraclean stone: for he [Heraclius] himself has a rather…

Ἡρακλεία λίθος· ἡ Μαγνῆτις, ἑλκυστικὴ τοῦ σιδήρου. Πισίδης· πάντας ὑφέλκων, οἷα Μαγνῆτις λίθος, ἢ μᾶλλον εἰπεῖν Ἡρακλείαν τὴν λίθον· φύσιν γὰρ αὐτὸς ἑλκτικωτέραν ἔχει. Ἡρακλείαν…

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ε2257Ἐπιβύσαςhaving stopped up… also quoted in Photius s.v. kro/khn nh/qein le/gousin and Etymologicum Magnum s.vv. nh=ma, para/buston. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 379 (web address 2), with scholia; also quoted in Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e(kato/mbh; cf. Acharnians 463 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3040ἙρμίαςHermias… from Harpokration s.v.; similar entries in Photius (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum). Hermias' daughter was Pythias: see below, and alpha 3929. [6] That is, not Hermeias (as in epsilon 3036 and alpha 3929). See Choeroboscus …Matched in noteshighmedium

η30Ἤγαλλενused to honour… eta248, used also by Photius, Lexicon eta14 Theodoridis, and Etymologicum Magnum 418.5. The headword verb is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Even though we cannot consider this entry a derivation from the Lexicon …Matched in noteshighshort

α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly… Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum Magnum 3.24 and other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

α176ἌγαυροςwastrelSimilar entries in Hesychius and, especially, Etymologicum Magnum 6.30-34 -- though there the headword is oxytone a)gauro/s. LSJ too (web address 1 below) gives it thus, and understands it as gau=ros [gamma 77, gamma …Matched in noteshighshort

α187Ἀγελαῖοςordinary… previous sentence are paralleled in Etymologicum Gudianum 4.3 and Etymologicum Magnum 7.41. [3] cf. alpha 189. [4] The reference is probably to Herodotus 2.93.1, where both i)xqu/es a)gelai=oi and the adverb a)gelhdo/n (alpha 191) …Matched in noteshighshort

α202Ἀγερωχίαhaughtiness, manliness, nobility… unidentifiable. [3] Either way, an etymological gloss (paralleled in Etymologicum Magnum 7.47) on the adjective cognate with the headword; it assumes a link with the adverb a)/gan. [4] Same or similar glossing in other …Matched in noteshighshort

α223Ἀγήνωρmanly, heroic… OCD(4) s.v. (p.38), and under alpha 222). [3] = Etymologicum Magnum 9.43.Matched in noteshighshort

α549Ἀελπτέοντεςhaving no hopeDenominative verb from 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α607ἈείalwaysSee also alpha 606. [1] Etym. Magn. 31.24 says 12. [2] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.8.1 -- but referring to his teacher Apollonius of Chalcedon, not to the one from Tyana (alpha 3420). [3] Sophocles …Matched in noteshighshort

α1057Ἀλαζώνboaster, imposter… and alpha 1058. [1] cf. Hesychius s.v. and (post-Suda) Etymologicum Magnum 55.42. The second synonym is in Photius and elsewhere. [2] Outside the Suda this compound is attested only in a fragment of the …Matched in noteshighshort

α1315Ἄλογοι ἐρανισταίunaccounted-for club-members… headword phrase in Dinarchus fr. LXIX.2 Conomis. See also Etymologicum Magnum 70.31-33. On eranoi see generally epsilon 2892. [2] A phrase which includes another sense of the adjective (alogos) used in the headword phrase. …Matched in noteshighshort

α2409Ἀνήλατοςintractable, stubbornSame entry, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 106.45. For this adjective cf. under iota 471.Matched in noteshighshort

α2424Ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὸς διαφέρειone man differs from another.… (See again, from "For..." onwards, at omicron 485.) Cn. Pompeius Magnus took over the command of the Mithridatic War from L. Licinius Lucullus in 67 BCE on the basis of the legislation proposed by …Matched in noteshighshort

αι239Αἰξωνεύεσθαιto be an Aixonian, to play the Aixonian… the phrase "to be an Aixonian" occurs; Hesychius s.v.; Etymologicum Magnum 36.57. [1] cf. alphaiota 240, alphaiota 241. [2] See alphaiota 242.Matched in noteshighshort

β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… cited in the scholia on Plato, Republic 606C (and Etymologicum Magnum 218.7). It would be derived from 'altar' and a verb for watching attested only in the Cypriot dialect by Hesychius and possibly in …Matched in noteshighmedium

β490Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… eunuch, was reconquering Italy. The passage describes the generosity and magnanimity of Narses. He here denies that he speaks and acts to importune the Lucanians, whom he addresses, with unrealistic promises merely for self-serving …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ698Διαπηνικίσαιto pull the wig over… 304 K.-A.), to whom the grammarian Pausanias and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 269.31 attribute this very rare verb. [1] Actually phnh/kh; see LSJ s.v. (web address 1) and pi 1529. [2] cf. LSJ s.v. fenaki/zw …Matched in noteshighshort

δ887Διαιτηταίarbitrators… and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Laws 920D, where (Magnesian) arbitration is mentioned. See also delta 888.Matched in noteshighshort

δ911Διεκπερδικίσαιto slip through and out like a partridge… in the aorist infinitive diaperdiki/sai in Hesychius delta1213 and Etymologicum Magnum 269.37, regarded as a context-less fragment of Attic comedy) LSJ s.v. claims the Suda's diekperdiki/zw as its equivalent, though that does less than …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… the translation here. For the gloss timwri/as ('vengeance') cf. Etymologicum Magnum 276.8. [2] Quotation (via the Excerpta Constantiniana, Adler supposes) unidentifiable. Poetry? The words seem to hint at an iambic rhythm, although it is …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1202ΔῖοςDios… calendar, corresponding to Attic Pyanepsion (October-November). [2] cf. e.g. Etymologicum Magnum 278.15-18 for the gloss e)/ndocos [NB: some Suda mss do not begin the present gloss until o( e)/ndocos]; and see already delta 1167. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1620Δύσερινquarrelsome… Philopoemen 17.7. [2] As in Hesychius delta2563. See also Etymologicum Magnum: *du/serin: filo/neikon. para\ to\ *d*u*s mo/rion, kai\ th\n e)/rin; "quarrelsome: contentious; from the dus particle and e)/rin."Matched in noteshighshort

δ1631Δυσηνίουςhard to bridle, hard to rein, refractory= Synagoge delta406; Photius, Lexicon delta820; and cf. Etymologicum Magnum 292.3. Both headword and glosses are accusative plurals: see further below. Hesychius delta2572 has a broadly comparable entry, but couched in nominative plurals and …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1645Δυσκίνητεhard to move, immovable… extensively, the scholion to Homer, Iliad 5.422, quoted in Etymologicum Magnum 546.17 and Etymologicum Gudianum 355.8. [3] Greek Anthology 7.221 5-6, by an unknown author (already at alpha 467).Matched in noteshighshort

ε26Ἑβδομευόμεναseven-days-old… epsilon73 -- convert the participle to neuter plural. cf. Etymologicum Magnum 308.40 and Etymologicum Genuinum.Matched in noteshighshort

ε337ἙκάβηHekabe, Hecuba… attributed to the grammarian Seleucus of Alexandria (sigma 200). Etymologicum Magnum 319.35-37 stops at 'the Phrygians'. For Dymas, see delta 1569; for Priam, pi 2274. This etymology of Hekabe's name from heka- ('far distant': …Matched in noteshighshort

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