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- α2409Ἀνήλατοςintractable, stubbornSame entry, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 106.45. For this adjective cf. under iota 471.
- μ531Μελίχλωροςhoney-yellow… in e.g. Plato, Republic 474E, and Theocritus, Idylls 10.27. Etymologicum Magnum 577.45 calls it 'the colour of fear'.'
- χ548Χρωσθῆναιto be tinged… headword (differently glossed -- implying defilement -- in Hesychius, Etymologicum Magnum 815.50, and, accrding to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon) is aorist passive infinitive of chi 537. It must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities …
- α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly… Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum Magnum 3.24 and other lexica.
- ε2547Ἐπίρρησιςrebuke, reproach= Orion [Author, Myth] 55.22; Etymologicum Magnum 363.44. Hesychius epsilon5122 has just the first of these glosses; and Latte there regards the headword itself as extracted from Archilochus (fr. 14: accusative case there). cf. …
- ε3445Εὐεστοῖwell-being… entry already in Hesychius -- and, post-Suda, in the Etymologicum Magnum --, though nominative singulars there (cf. epsilon 3446). The present entry's dative singular headword must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Aeschylus …
- η427Ἠπεροπευτήςhoodwinker… 11.363. [2] Accusative plural of h)peropeu/s, also in the Etymologicum Magnum, quoted from somewhere; cf. under kappa 1406.
- λ242Λελιημένοςlonging forcf. Hesychius lambda620; Etymologicum Genuinum lambda60; Etymologicum Magnum 560.3; scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.465 (web address 1), and 5.690 (web address 2), where the headword (masculine nominative singular participle of the defective epic perfect …
- 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 …
- κ2609Κύδιμοςfamous= Anecdota Graeca (Bachmann) 447.7; cf. Hesychius kappa4415; Etymologicum Magnum 543.32. The headword (here nominative singular masculine) appears frequently in hexameter poetry and epigram, the earliest attestations being in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes …
- ε1177Ἐν δίκῃwith justice… 'in' justice. For the glossing cf. Hesychius epsilon2794 and Etymologicum Magnum 339.4. But according to a different interpretation reported by a scholion on Aristophanes, Wasps 421, e)n di/kh| (= e)n th=| di/kh|) means dika/zontes, …
- ε3289Ἑτερόγναθοςother-jawed… in Photius; 'disobedient' in Hesychius; 'insatiable etc.' in the Etymologicum Magnum and elsewhere. In its technical sense ('having one side of the mouth harder than the other': LSJ s.v.) the headword is applied to …
- μ307Μαχλοσύνηlewdness, wantonness… lexica have katafe/reia "propensity" (Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, Hesychius, the Etymologicum Magnum), and spell it out: "towards sexual matters" (a)frodi/sia) in Hesychius, "towards coitus" in the Etymologicum Magnum. (Compare also a scholion on Homer, Iliad …
- κ1067Κατήφειαdejection[1] Similarly glossed in Etymologicum Magnum 496.53. Hesychius kappa1792 glosses stugno/ths, o)/neidos, ai)sxu/nh, ai)dw/s, a)ni/a ("gloominess, blame, dishonor, shame, distress"), and Latte claims the headword as quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.556 (kathfei/h there). [2] …
- κ1695Κιχλισμόςgiggling… Theodoridis). Other definitions include "whorish laughter, excessive and indecorous" (Etymologicum Magnum), "small laugh" (ps.-Zonaras), "strong laugh" (Herodian, On Spelling vol. 3,2 p. 535 Lentz, Hesychius). From the verb kixli/zw, for which see kappa 1694 …
- κ2082Κορήσατεsweep out… hall". The Suda is guessing at its meaning. The Etymologicum Magnum has "sweep, make"; the scholiast ad loc. and Eustathius have "sweep"; Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon has "make pretty".
- κ2331Κράσπεδονfringe, skirtcf. Etymologicum Magnum 534.55; perhaps (as Adler notes) from comment on Matthew 9.20, where the woman with a flow of blood touches the hem of Jesus' garment (web address 1). See also kappa 2330 …
- ε1161Ἐνδέξιαpropitious= Synagoge epsilon391, Photius epsilon843 Theodoridis; cf. Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e)ndecia=| (338.45). The headword is neuter plural nominative/accusative of the adjective e)nde/cios, -on, literally "on the right", which for divination and other purposes is …
- μ611Μενθῆρεςmentheres… menqh/rais glossed meri/mnais "cares"; Orion [Author, Myth] and the Etymologicum Magnum probably have the nominative plural menqh=rai.
- 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.
- κ1468Κεχολώσεταιwill have been angered… the definition as o)rgisqh/setai also occurs in Hesychius kappa2430, Etymologicum Magnum 507.47, and the D scholia to Iliad 1.139 (above).
- ε3763Εὐσχήμωνelegant, honorable… glossed in the Lexica Segueriana (259.27) and, post-Suda, the Etymologicum Magnum (398.21). [2] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (2360).
- 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 …
- κ567Κατακᾶσαkatakasa, whore… (but not identical) entries in other lexica: Hesychius kappa1154; Etymologicum Magnum 493.28, 494.38. [1] From Callimachus, Hecale fr. 288. The headword is etymologically related to kappa 446, kappa 447, kappa 448. [2] kappa 452.
- η204Ἠλεόςidle, vain… almost certainly an Homeric gloss (see also Hesychius eta343, Etymologicum Magnum 59,45); vocative in Odyssey 2.243, Iliad 15.228; with transitive meaning "making people crazy", referring to wine, in Homer, Odyssey 14.464 (cf. scholia thereto, …
- ε2079Ἐπεσβόλονword-hurling… cf. similar material at Hesychius epsilon445, Etymologicum Gudianum 499, Etymologicum Magnum 355. Adler also cites the unedited Ambrosian Lexicon (1353). This adjective is here in either the masculine accusative singular or the neuter nominative/accusative …
- ε2676Ἐπίτειλονannounce… (cf. epsilon5339) includes this gloss among others. See also Etymologicum Magnum 365.43 and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.64. Adler also cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (1629).
- χ252Χειροήθηςsubmissive… ("hand") and h)qa/s ("accustomed to"). [1] = Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 810.39. See also Hesychius and ps.-Herodian 150. [2] = Lexicum Ambrosianum 144 (according to Adler). These two words are the masculine/feminine nominative singular …
- ε26Ἑβδομευόμεναseven-days-old… epsilon73 -- convert the participle to neuter plural. cf. Etymologicum Magnum 308.40 and Etymologicum Genuinum.
- 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 …