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2426
Λύσις ὀνείρου
interpretation of a dream
From the
dream-interpretations,
in verse,
attributed
to
Astrampsychus
(alpha
4251).
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39
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
For the headword phrase, used in
Aeschines
3.14, see
also
eta 40. (Both entries present
a
static picture
of
the
administration
of
justice
and
the specific duties
of
the various magistrates
at
Athens;
in …
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334
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If you don't have the skin of a lion fasten on that of a fox
cf. Zenobius 1.93; Tosi (cited under
alpha
378) no.2223. [1] One version
of
Homer, Odyssey 11.119. [2] Homer, Odyssey 14.330.
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40
Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίου
presidency of a jurycourt
From Harpokration s.v. Though prompted by
a
phrase in
Aeschines,
the implicit source
of
the entry
as
a
whole is
?Aristotle,
Athenaion
Politeia 56-59 (web
address
1).
And
see
already
eta 39. [1]
Aeschines
…
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α
4096
Ἀρχὴ ἄνδρα δείκνυσιν
office exposes a man
The proverb -- Tosi [see under
alpha
378] no.181 -- is quoted in one
of
the Exordia (Proems)
of
Demosthenes (48.2). The present entry is
a
cut-down version
of
the one in Harpokration, where …
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2060
Κόπριος ἀνήρ
man of dung, Dungsman
[1] The
Attic
deme Kopros. See under
alpha
2437, from where this material is copied. [2] From the
dream-interpretations,
in verse,
attributed
to
Astrampsychus
(alpha
4251); cf. beta 392.
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ε
2787
Ἐπλημμέλησαν
they struck a false note, they were off-key
… presumably extracted from the quotation given, is third person plural,
aorist
indicative
active,
of
the verb plhmmele/w. It is probably extracted from the quotation given here (though other extant possibilities include four in the …
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χ
613
Χύτραις ἱδρυτέον
must be established with cooking-pots
[1]
Aristophanes,
Peace 923-924 (web
address
1), with scholion; see
also
the scholia to
Aristophanes,
Plutus [Wealth] 1197. [2]
Aristophanes
fr. 245 Kock, now 256 K.-A. [3]
Aristophanes,
Peace 1090-1091 (web
address
2).
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ε
1061
Ἐμοὶ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔργον ἔστ' εἰργασμένον
such a deed have I accomplished as to stop the mouths of each and every one of my enemies as long as there is anything left of the shields from Pylos
Aristophanes,
Knights 844-46 (web
address
1), with comment from the scholia there. For Kleon see generally kappa 1731. For his military success
at
Pylos
and
Sphacteria, in the SW Peloponnese, see generally Thucydides 4.1-41 …
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α
518
Ἄδων τὴν σπιθαμὴν τοῦ βίου πρὸς ἄνηθον
singing of the span of life to a dill-plant
The phrase 'span
of
life'
appears
as,
seemingly, proverbial in its own right in some
of
the paroemiographers (with
a
gloss like the one
at
sigma 942), but
as
a
whole this proverb-like headword …
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ε
3228
Ἔστι τις δίκης ὀφθαλμός
there is an eye of justice which mere mortals should never despise
The headword quotes Polybius 23.10.3, where this phrase is called
a
proverb; cf. delta 1096. For other
appearances
of
it -- most directly Diphilus fr. 136 K.-A. (formerly Philemon fr. 246 Kock) -- see …
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κ
2161
Κοτίνου στεφάνῳ
with a wreath of wild olive
The headword phrase occurs in
Aristophanes,
Wealth 586,
and
the main paragraph
of
the entry draws on the scholia there. [1] The wild olive, the ko/tinos, that stood southwest
of
the temple
of
Zeus …
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α
207
Ἄγευστος θοίνης
without a taste of the feast
The headword phrase, illustrative
of
an
idiom noted in LSJ s.v.
a)/geustos,
I -- is presumably quoted from somewhere. It features
also
in, besides other lexica, two
adjacent
entries in Photius
(alpha156
and
alpha157
…
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ε
2544
Ἐπιρρέξει
will offer afterwards, will offer besides
… headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is future indicative
active,
third person singular,
of
the rare verb e)pirre/zw (here in sense 2 distinguished by LSJ s.v.). Hesychius epsilon5103 glosses its
aorist
active
infinitive …
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ε
1154
Ἐν δὲ διχοστασίῃ καὶ Ἀνδροκλέης πολεμαρχεῖ
at a time of division even Androkles is polemarch
Likewise in Photius. Comica
adespota
frs. 51-2 Kock (951 K.-A.); cf. Zenobius 3.77, etc. [1] See
already
epsilon 1147. [2] See
already
epsilon 1112.
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γ
420
Γραμματείου
of a grammar-school
… presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Damascius, Life
of
Isidore fr. 179 Zintzen (109
Asmus);
cf. pi 1828. [2] grammatei=a here used in
a
different sense from the first quotation. [3] Quotation …
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χ
191
Χελώνη μυιῶν
a tortoise [uncaring] of flies
[1] cf.
Appendix
Proverbiorum 5.27 (etc.) [2] Julian, Epistles 82.106; cf. tau 368. (Thersites features in Homer, Iliad 2,
as
an
ugly Greek soldier who speaks out
against
Agamemnon
and
is quickly silenced with …
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ε
3641
Εὐπατέρεια
daughter of a noble father
[1] Same entry in some other lexica,
and
cf.
also
a
scholion on Homer, Odyssey 11.235 (web
address
1); there the headword occurs, in the
accusative
case,
of
Tyro, daughter
of
Salmoneus the king …
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λ
302
Λέρνη θεατῶν
Lerna of spectators, Lerne of spectators
… in Photius, Lexicon lambda204 Theodoridis; similar one in Hesychius lambda689
and
lambda 690, Pausanias the
Atticist
lambda11,
a
scholion to Lucian, Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86
and
other paroemiographers
(Apostolius
10.57, [Diogenianus] 6.7, Gregorius …
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χ
394
Χοός
of a chous
[1]
According
to LSJ (s.v. xo/es; web
address
1)
a
xou=s
and
a
xoeu/s
are
the same thing;
approximately
5.7 pints. See
also
chi 362. [2]
Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazusae 347-348 (web
address
2). What precedes …
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η
358
Ἢ Μορσίμου τὶς ῥῆσιν ἐξεγράψατο
or (if) someone has copied out a passage of Morsimos
Aristophanes,
Frogs 151 (web
address
1), with scholion. The phrase is
a
deliberately
anti-climactic
end to
a
list
of
criminals one would encounter in the underworld. For its
afterlife
as
a
proverb see
Apostolius
…
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ε
1598
Ἐξεθεάτρισαν
they made a spectacle of
… [1] Polybius fr. 141 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Casaubon
attributed
this fragment to Polybius. Schweighäuser suspected (ibid.) that the context
of
the fragment is the 180 BCE embassy
of
Kallikrates
of
Leontion to …
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α
2937
Ἀπατεῶνος
of a cheat
Same entry,
according
to
Adler,
in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon. The headword is genitive singular
of
a)patew/n,
so evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps the fragment
of
Democritus in Stobaeus 3.14.8. which includes the phrase …
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α
3575
Ἀποσχεδιάζειν
to speak off the cuff, to speak impromptu
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; this
aorist
participle must be quoted from somewhere. [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 1.13.11-12; the Roman
army
advances
toward Theodosiopolis (cf. epsilon 1676
and
pi 1267 notes) …
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ε
3980
Ἐχέγγυον
secure, receiving a pledge of safety
Sophocles, Oedipus
at
Colonus 284-5 (web
address
1), with scholion. The headword (extracted from the quotation) is the masculine/feminine
accusative
singular form
of
the two-termination compound
adjective
e)xe/gguos, which literally means 'having security'. The …
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κ
1148
Καφώρης
of a vixen, vixen's
… singular, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] The
adjective
kerdw=|os has the second sense given in LSJ s.v., being derived not from ke/rdos "profit", but kerdw/ "the wily one, the fox". (The …
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κ
2018
Κομπολακύθου
braggart's, of a braggart
From
a
scholion on
Aristophanes,
Acharnians
589, where the headword is
an
invented bird-name (web
address
1). [1] Repeated
at
lambda 440; see
also
lambda 436, lambda 438, lambda 439. [2] On ko/mpos, meaning …
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β
367
Βολίτου δίκην
case of a cow-pat
From the scholia to
Aristophanes,
Knights 658 (web
address
1), where the the phrase "I was overcome by the cow-pats" (cf. beta 366) occurs. See
also
Appendix
Proverbiorum 1.58. [1] This explanation is noteworthy …
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ε
1485
Ἐντραπεζίτιδος
of a table-sitter
… epsilon221. The headword (evidently quoted from somewhere), which is not
attested
outside lexicography, belongs morphologically to
a
class
of
feminine nouns. The word used to gloss it could be feminine or masculine. Both
are
…
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δ
1389
Δορός
of a spear
[1] For forms
of
do/ru, see delta 1377, delta 1379, delta 1394, delta 1430. [2] Sophocles,
Ajax
962-3 (web
address
1).
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