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1664
Δυσξύμβολα
(things) hard to deal with
… word in this form prior to the Suda are in
Pollux
5.150 and Artemidorus 4.56 (although LSJ reports a variant reading for this word, duscu/mblhta). In all the attestations of the word, the only …
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342
Ἄγραφα ἀδικήματα
unwritten crimes
… crimes", a)/grafa dhmo/sia a)dikh/mata. Besides the present entry see, chiefly,
Pollux
8.51 and Lex. Rhet. Cant., s.v. eisangelia; and cf. Aristotle, Rhetoric 1375a15. Amongst modern scholars, Rhodes (below) accepts this while Hansen (below) 16-17 …
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1077
Δικαιούμενος
being judged, being sentenced
… lemma and the first gloss; and cf. Hesychius delta1800 (=
Pollux
8.25). The lemma converts to the masculine nominative singular a present passive participle which appears in Plato, Laws 934B, in the accusative (those …
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1086
Δικαιωτήρια
houses of punishment, places of judgment
… in the underworld. Similarly in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, Hesychius delta1804,
Pollux
8.25.
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… a bad omen rested with the presiding magistrate(s). According to
Pollux
8.24 the e)chghtai\ were appointed to the interpretation of signs and used to give instruction about the will of gods. [9] The information …
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1592
Δυσανασχέτως
with displeasure
… used in the second century CE by philologists (Diodorus Dyscolus,
Pollux)
and in scholia to various authors. [1] An approximation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 7.15.11 (through Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti 226.17-18), on the Avar khan's …
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1656
Δυσμεναίνω
I bear ill-will
… other examples in LSJ s.v. cf. generally delta 1657 (and
Pollux
5.115).
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1657
Δυσμένεια
hostility, ill-will
[1] cf.
Pollux
(5.116), Hesychius, Photius, and other lexica. [2] cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 3.51 (where dusmene/sin occurs). [3] cf. delta 1656.
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1658
Δύσμηνις
wrathful
… 1659) is very rare outside grammars and lexica, but see
Pollux
1.39 (a 'wrathful god') and Greek Anthology 9.69.1.
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312
Ἐθελουργός
willing to work, industrious
Same entry in Photius and other lexica, and cf.
Pollux
3.120.
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1156
Ἕνδεκα
(the) Eleven
… also in Photius and elsewhere. cf. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 52;
Pollux
8.102; and eta 39.
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1411
Ἐνωμότως
in a sworn manner
… 2.14; it then becomes common in Byzantine Greek. Noted by
Pollux
1.39, and cf. ps.-Zonaras epsilon754.22.
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1978
Ἐπάρατοι
lovable (people)
… the reading is eparastoi, which Theodoridis on Photius s.v. (citing
Pollux
2.63 and 3.71) very plausibly claims as a corruption of eperastoi. If that is correct, as is assumed here, the two parts of …
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2516
Ἐπίπληξις
castigation
… epsilon 1349) and the gloss are mentioned as synonyms at
Pollux
9.140.
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2578
Ἐπίσκηψις
denunciation
… 1). Likewise Lexica Segueriana 255.27 and Photius, Lexicon epsilon1698; cf.
Pollux
8.31, and epsilon 2083. Though used in the context of Plato's imaginary polis Magnesia, it is an item of vocabulary well-attested in classical …
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3620
Εὐόφθαλμον
fine-eyed
[1] Neuter singular, glossed as in Photius; and cf.
Pollux
2.51. For the glossing term cf. already epsilon 3619. [2] Or "speciously". Antiphon fr. 60 Sauppe, from Harpokration s.v. eu)ofqa/lmws.
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3640
Εὐπάρυφα
finely-bordered
… the headword certainly might refer, but not exclusively (more ambiguously
Pollux
7.46.3). Unless Herodian (1.16.3) and Irenaios (1.7.2) are being pleonastic, the sense of the headword can be separate from purple-ness. See also alpha …
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3847
Ἐφεδρεύει
lies in wait
… [2] Likewise in Photius and other lexica, and cf. also
Pollux
1.209. The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of e)fedreu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [3] …
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3856
Ἐφενάκιζον
they were playing the cheat
Similar entry already in Hesychius epsilon7379 (and cf.
Pollux
4.25). The headword is imperfect, third person plural (or, less probably, first person singular), of fenaki/zw (LSJ entry at web address 1). In general this …
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132
Εἵλως
helot
… 134, epsiloniota 135. [1] This is probably incorrect. Another lexicographer,
Pollux,
famously defines the helots as ‘between free and slave’, and it is generally agreed nowadays that they were not chattel slaves (to be …
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39
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
… especially concerned with religious ritual. [3] Garbled here, but see
Pollux
8.90 (and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.2). [4] The Archon Polemarchos (a)/rxwn pole/marxos), once C-in-C of the armed forces; latterly, as exemplified here, a …
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96
Ἡδόμενος
being pleased
… Bachmann), occurring also in Photius, Lexicon eta50 Theodoridis; and cf.
Pollux
3.98. For the verb h(/domai differently glossed see eta 95 and eta 89.
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113
Ἰδιοξενία
private friendship
… must be Pericles (pi 1179, pi 1180, pi 1181): see
Pollux
3.59 and, imprimis, Thucydides 2.13.1.
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620
Χύτρον
pot
… the other by the ears as by handles' (LSJ); cf.
Pollux
10.100. [3] Greek Anthology 6.306.1 (Ariston), a list of kitchen equipment dedicated to Hermes by Spinther the cook upon his manumission; cf. Gow …
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