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- ε759Ἐλάχειαinsignificant, mean… 'small' by Hesychius s.v. and also in the scholia to Nicander, Theriaca 324, from where it is presumably quoted.Matched in noteshighshort
- ε3718ΕὐρύβατοςEurybatos, Eurybatus… in hexameters by him (fr. 2 Kinkel, 394 Lloyd-Jones/Parsons). [3] Nicander fr. 112 Gow-Scholfield The epithet *ai)gi/neon (translated here as "Aiginian") is unattested elsewhere and of uncertain meaning. Perhaps = 'Aiginetan', from Aigina [Myth, …Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε2860Ἐπρήσθηwas burned… has the corresponding form of the compound e)mpi/mprhmi; rather, apparently, Nicander, Theriaca 403 (cf. the scholia there). [2] Aelian fr. 162 Domingo-Forasté (159 Hercher), quoted more fully at mu 349 (with yet another compound: …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ175Λαιδρόςbrash, impudentThe headword adjective occurs in hellenistic poetry, e.g. Callimachus and Nicander, and it is similarly glossed in the scholia to the latter (Theriaca 689); see also Hesychius lambda123 and lambda124. (Both of these Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ1499Κηκάςmischievous, abusive… fr. 656 khka/di su\n glw/ssh| "with an abusive tongue", and Nicander, Alexipharmaca 185 piote/rhn o(/te bo/trun e)si/nato khka\s a)lw/phc "when the mischievous fox plundered the fat grapes". The noun khkasmo/s comes from Lycophron Alexandra …Matched in noteshighshort
- β57ΒάκχοςBakkhos, Bacchus… followed by Adler; but others have the superior "they". [2] Nicander [nu 374] fr. 130 Schneider -- from the scholia on Aristophanes, Knights 408; cf. beta 52. [3] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 3 fr. …Matched in noteshighshort
- λ634Λοβόςlobe… other lexica (including Hesychius loc.cit.) and in a scholion on Nicander, Theriaca 536. [5] cf. Orion [Author, Myth] ap. Etymologicum Magnum 570.37.Matched in noteshighmedium
- ε4009Ἐχῖνος τὸν τόκον ἀναβάλλῃa hedgehog would postpone childbirth… Diogenianus 4.91 and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Nicander, Theriaca 579. [3] Greek Anthology 6.45.1 (perhaps Leonidas of Tarentum), a grape-stealing hedgehog is caught and dedicated to Dionysus; cf. Gow and Page, …Matched in noteshighmedium
- β287Βινεῖνto fuck… as both "chirp" and "suck, lick" in the scholia to Nicander, Theriaca 313.12, this passage, and omicroniota 128. Kriaras notes it in Orneosophion Agroikoteron p.572 Hercher: the falconer dealing with a falcon's head cold …Matched in noteshighshort
- κ2133Κόρχοροςblue pimpernel… on Aristophanes, Wasps 239a, 239b (web address 1); scholia on Nicander, Theriaca 626a; often in the variant ko/rkoros. Mangled in kappa 1404 as a reference to galleys (ke/rkouros). LSJ s.v. ko/rxoros suggests the equivalent …Matched in noteshighshort
- ι577Ἵπποςhorse… a connecting ga/r is missing) of a hexameter in Greek: Nicander, Theriaca 741 = Greek Anthology, epigrams 9.503b. For the same notion about horses and wasps, see Aelian, On the nature of animals 1.28. …Matched in noteshighmedium