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Jennifer Benedict15
William Hutton5
Catharine Roth4
Antonella Ippolito3
Stefano Sanfilippo2
Andrew Morrison1

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Carl Widstrand1
Konstantinos Kopanias1
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α4639Ἀφοσιούμεθαwe make atonement, we fulfill (an obligation), we do (something) for form's sake[Meaning] we perform something holy, of course. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] a)fosiou/menos ["fulfilling"], [meaning he] completing, performing the rite. "But fulfilling the oath of the eparchos he contrived as follows." Also …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1243Διώνυμονwell-knownThe headword is either masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective diw/numos, for which see also delta 1244. There, as also here, the adjective is used in the second of the …Matched in noteshighshort
α1799Ἀναβαλλόμενοςdeferring, postponing, putting off[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning one who is] delaying. But a)nabalo/menos ["having begun to play"] with one lambda means having made a prelude. "So having begun to play, as is the custom, he went …

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α3523Ἀποσκευαζόμενοςdiscarding, discounting, disowning, jettisoning[Meaning he] throwing away, hurling away, stripping away. "He writes in every manner to dispose of Alcibiades." Also [sc. attested is the plural] a)poskeuazo/menoi, [meaning they] detaching and throwing away a weight. From a …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1640Δυσθετήσαςdissatisfied"But Nabis, dissatisfied with the agreements, did not attend to the written terms". Meaning not pleased with the agreements, not abiding by [them]. Also [sc. attested is] dusqetou/menoi, meaning [they who are] ill-disposed. And …Matched in translationhighshort

δ1375Δοξούμενοι(they) credited with being, (they) having the characterIn ms M only, Adler reports. The unglossed headword is apparently the present participle, masculine nominative plural, of the verb doco/omai (found only in the passive in classical writers: see LSJ s.v. at web …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1093Δίκηςof justiceThe headword is the genitive singular of the noun di/kh (delta 1089, delta 1090, etc.), evidently quoted from somewhere, although not from either of the quotations given; perhaps from commentary to Aristophanes, Clouds 764 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α918Ἀκόλουθονconsequent, following on, in conformity[Meaning] similar. "The outcome results [sc. in a manner] following on from the first operations". Also [sc. attested is the related aorist participle] a)kolouqh/sas ["he having followed up"], [meaning] he having brought about similarly. …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1167Ἄληroaming, delusion[Meaning] wandering. "He supposed that no one would surpass him in courage, and this delusion got the better of him to such an extent that he adopted the attire of Achilles and thus went …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2642Ἀντέχειholds out, withstands[Used] with a dative. Meaning [he/she/it] suffices. But Dinarchus [uses the word] to mean is saved; Demosthenes and Hyperides [use it] to mean takes hold. "And because of the mud the horses could no …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2719Ἀντιποιηθένταhaving been contentious[Meaning him] having striven for. "For it is necessary that those who have been contentious have not already gratified him who wished it". Also [sc. attested is] a)ntipoiou/menon; [used] with a genitive. [Meaning] carefully …Matched in translationhighmedium

α2879Ἀπαλγήσανταςhaving stopped feeling painIn Thucydides, meaning [them] having ceased to grieve, just like a)polofura/menoi ["having indulged their sorrows to the full"].Matched in translationhighshort

α3103Ἀπέχθειαabhorrence[Meaning] hatred. Also [sc. attested is the related adjective] a)pexqh/s ["abhorrent"], [meaning] hostile, hateful. Also [sc. attested is the related future participle] a)pexqhso/menos ["he about to become abhorrent"], meaning he about to become hostile. …Matched in translationhighshort

α4708Ἄχοςanguish, distress, sorrow[Meaning] a grief which brings silence. From this also [sc. comes the participle] a)xnu/menos ["he sorrowing"]. That is, he grieving. "Cease you from this grief; for no-one [is] beyond reach of evils." ['Beyond reach'] …Matched in translationhighshort

αι289ΑἱρετίζωI am a heretic, I make a [heretical] choice[Meaning] I hold heretical opinions. Also [when used] with an accusative: ai(reti/zw means I choose. Out of this [comes the aorist middle] ai(retisa/menos ["having chosen"]. And h(|reti/sato ["he/she/it chose"].Matched in translationhighshort

β532Βρενθύεσθαιto be haughty, to take umbrage[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning] to get carried away by rage or to pretend to be angry. "But he, putting on airs, got far more haughty." Also [sc. attested is] brenqu/etai ["is haughty"], [meaning] …Matched in translationhighmedium

χ174ΧαίρωI delight, I rejoice[Used] with a dative. The [verb that means] I am glad. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I rejoice in your coming." Oropicans speak this way. Euripides in Sisyphus [writes]: "I rejoice that you, …Matched in translationhighshort

α150Ἀγαπᾶνto love, to receive favorably, to be content with.… expression meaning "please...". There are classical Attic instances in Plato (Meno 75C) and Isocrates (Letters 6.6); and see generally LSJ s.v. a)gapa/w, III.1.Matched in noteshighshort

α1150ἈλευάδαιAleuadai, Aleuadae, Aleuads… lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. From the scholia to Plato, Meno 70B, where the headword occurs. cf. under epsilon 3952 and sigma 438, and see generally OCD(4) p.55.Matched in noteshighshort

α1652ἈμπέχῃwearingThe SOL text wrongly shows the supplementary headword a)pe/xh|, not the primary one a)mpexo/menos. For the verb a)mpe/xw cf. eta 362. [1] The headword, which has the same glossing in other lexica and is …Matched in noteshighshort

α2667Ἀντικαταλλαττόμενοςchanging, coming to an agreementThe unglossed headword is the present participle, masculine nominative singular, of the doubly compound verb a)ntikatalla/ttomai. It is quoted from Demosthenes 19.114 -- but oddly this Suda entry, including that very quotation, twice has …Matched in noteshighshort

α4218ἈστάθμητονuncertainThe unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι329Αἰσθόμενοιhaving perceived[1] Cassius Dio 38.34.1. ('They' are the Gauls.) While forms of ai)sqa/nomai can govern the genitive (cf. alphaiota 323, alphaiota 324), here ai)sqo/menoi takes as its object a participial phrase in the accusative.Matched in noteshighshort

δ240ΔέομοςconstraintSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The form de/omos is otherwise unattested, but Hesychius has entries for de/hmos (delta422) and, apparently, deo/menos (delta651) with the same glossing. (LSJ prints the latter.)Matched in noteshighshort

δ444Δημοκοπεῖνto court the mob[1] Polybius 25.3.1, omitting the adverb "immediately." See again kappa 566 and pi 1370, which include it; also epsilon 840. (For this verb in Polybius in another sense -- to play the noble Greek …Matched in noteshighshort

δ468Δημοῦσθαιto talk popularlySame entry in other lexica, including Photius, who cites Plato for this sense of the verb (= Theaetetus 161E, which has the participle dhmou/menon; cf. the scholia there). [1] See delta 444. [2] This …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1230Διῳκίσατοdispersed, scatteredFor this verb see also delta 1231; LSJ entry at web address 1. [1] See e.g. Isocrates 5.45 d. ta\s po/leis, "breaking cities up into villages"; Demosthenes 19.81 diwkisme/noi kata\ kw/mas, "dispersed into villages"; …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1402Δορυφορεῖattends (as a bodyguard)The headword is present indicative active, third person singular, of the verb dorufore/w, literally 'carry a spear' or 'be a spear-carrier'. (For the noun cognate with this verb see delta 1403.) It must be …Matched in noteshighshort

ε70<20Ἐγκαλινδεῖσθαι σωματικοῖς παθήμασιto wallow in bodily affectionsA marginal gloss mising from mss TFV and misplaced in ms G. Adler tentatively ascribes it to Symeon Metaphrastes. (But see below.) The verb e)gkalindei=sqai, literally meaning to roll around in, occurs occasionally in …Matched in noteshighshort

ε121Ἐγκραγώνhaving shouted atThe headword is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)gkra/zw. It must be quoted from somewhere. Adler implicitly suggests Synesius, Letter 79 (225b), where the headword and loidorhsa/menos (not the …Matched in noteshighshort

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