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- μ618ΜένωνMenon, Meno… some take pride in piety and truth and uprightness, so Menon took pride in his capacity to deceive, to fabricate falsehoods, and to sneer at friends; anyone not a villain he regarded as needing …
- μ614Μενοεικήςagreeable, satisfying, suiting one's desires, to one's taste[Meaning] self-sufficient. Also [sc. attested is the accusative singular] menoeike/a.
- μ623Μενοινήdesirousness[Meaning] eagerness.
- ει278Εἰς καλόνfor goodSee e.g. Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 78; Plato, Meno 89E, Symposium 174E. cf. generically epsiloniota 279.
- 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.
- λ581Λιπαρεῖτε μένοντεςkeep holding out[Meaning] keep standing by, or keep paying attention.
- μ615Μένοςstrength, prowess[Meaning] force, effort. But me/nos differs from qa/rsos ["courage"], for me/nos refers to the body, but qa/rsos to the soul.
- 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.
- η223Ἠλίθιοςfoolish, idle… pei/qesqai "obey." [3] Xenophon, Anabasis 2.6.22 (web address 2), concerning Meno; cf. mu 618.
- κ150Κακίαvice, evil… belong to ignorance or, rather, they are ignorance) see Plato, Meno 77B-78B; Gorgias 460B-D, 488A; Protagoras 352C, 355A-358A, 360D, and the Diogenes Laertius and Stobaeus passages quoted above. [3] alpha 3830. [4] From commentary …
- 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 …
- κ2303Κωτίληbabbling, chattering, prattlingThe headword is feminine, and glossed accordingly. It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps a fragment of Anacreon, where it is applied to a swallow. (The glossing in other lexica fits better with …
- ε2469Ἐπιμελόμενος(one who is) caring for[e)pimelo/menos is the same as] e)pimelou/menos.
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- α2879Ἀπαλγήσανταςhaving stopped feeling painIn Thucydides, meaning [them] having ceased to grieve, just like a)polofura/menoi ["having indulged their sorrows to the full"].
- 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 …
- ε2602Ἐπισταθμευόμενοιproviding billets, providing quarters[1] The headword participle e)pistaqmeuo/menoi, again at epsilon 2603, does not lend itself to these glosses; it must be faulty (perhaps, slightly out of alphabetical order, e)pistaqmw/menoi, "pondering"?). [2] Phokaians, rather. [3] Polybius 21.6.1 …
- γ152Γενόμενος ἐξ ὀφθαλμῶνgone out of sight[Meaning he] having fled, having run away. "Gone out of sight, he himself was having the rewards of [his] ignorance." But gennw/menos with two nus [and omega!], [means] he who is born.
- ε1021Ἐμπλασσόμενοιstriking out atThe headwords for this entry and epsilon 1022 have been transmitted as identical, but see n.1 below (and under epsilon 1022). [1] Present participle, nominative masculine plural, presumably extracted from the quotation which follows. …
- 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"].
- ει206Εἴρωνdissembler[Meaning] one who makes fun of everything and is continually joking. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] ei)rwneuo/menos ["dissembling"] in speech; from the [verb] ei)/rw [which means] I speak. A cheat and a …
- μ853ΜειονέκτημαshortcomingAlso [sc. attested is the related verb] meionektw=; [used] with a genitive; [meaning] I have less than you. Also [sc. attested is the participle] meionektou/menoi, [meaning they] being reduced.
- 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 …
- 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.)
- ε4032Ἐχόμεναpertaining toThe headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is present middle/passive participle, neuter (nominative and) accusative plural, of e)/xw. See also epsilon 4033. [1] Quotation unidentifiable. This makes it impossible to be certain whether …
- κ1123Κατοιμώξαςhaving lamented[Meaning he] having disparaged/blamed. Polybius [writes]: "and [he] having lamented himself much, that he came so close to having Attalus in his power [...]." Or [meaning] kataitiasa/menos ["having held [himself] responsible"], saying 'alas!' [oi)/moi].
- λ539ΛιλαίομαιI desire earnestlyThough the form of the entry (paralleled in other lexica) is paradigmatic, this first-person singular does occur in Homer (Iliad 13.253, Odyssey 15.308); the present gloss, however, reflects the scholia to Iliad 3.133, where …
- 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, …