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μ618ΜένωνMenon, Meno… superior to them and supported by an extract in Stobaeus. Meno was a mercenary general of Aristippus the Aleuad of Larisa (PW 1.1372-74; Gehrke pp. 189-90), who belonged to the pro-Persian faction in that …Matched in noteshighmedium
ει278Εἰς καλόνfor goodSee e.g. Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 78; Plato, Meno 89E, Symposium 174E. cf. generically epsiloniota 279.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
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
η223Ἠλίθιοςfoolish, idle… pei/qesqai "obey." [3] Xenophon, Anabasis 2.6.22 (web address 2), concerning Meno; cf. mu 618.Matched in noteshighshort
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 …Matched in noteshighmedium
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 …Matched in noteshighshort
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
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
α1799Ἀναβαλλόμενοςdeferring, postponing, putting offAfter the grammatical point, the first and principal part of this entry differentiates between the present middle participle and the aorist middle participle (both of them masculine nominative singulars) of a)naba/llw (here bearing different …Matched in noteshighshort
α3523Ἀποσκευαζόμενοςdiscarding, discounting, disowning, jettisoning[1] For this verb cf. generally alpha 3059. Its present participle (masculine nominative singular), here, must be quoted from somewhere; same or similar glossing in other lexica. [2] Quotation unidentifiable--but Alcibiades is evidently alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
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 …Matched in noteshighshort
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. …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1640ΔυσθετήσαςdissatisfiedThe headword (presumably extracted from the first quotation given) is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of dusqete/w. In fact this verb occurs almost exclusively in participle forms in all periods (mainly in …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
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 …Matched in noteshighshort
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 …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
ε3836Εὐψύχουςspirited, stout-heartedThe headword, accusative plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. cf. generally epsilon 3834, epsilon 3835, epsilon 3837, epsilon 3838a. [1] C. Theodoridis in his Photius edition (vol.II p.LXXXI) plausibly identifies this as …Matched in noteshighshort
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
μ562Μεμηλώςattending toLikewise or similarly in other lexica and several Homeric scholia: see the references at Photius mu258 Theodoridis. The headword is perfect active participle of me/lw, masculine nominative singular (cf. mu 561). At Hesychius mu804 …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
ε718Ἔκφρωνwitlesscf. epsilon 716, epsilon 717. [1] Similar glossing already in Hesychius (epsilon1807). [2] Quotation unidentifiable in this precise form, but very like what Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.531F-532A (12.42 Kaibel), citing Theopompus (FGrH 115 F31), says …Matched in noteshighshort
η533Ἡρμόσθησανthey were fitted together[1] The headword (presumably extracted from the quotation given) is aorist passive, third person plural, of a(rmo/zw/a(mo/ttw; cf. eta 532, eta 534 (and alpha 3976 for the gloss). [2] Adler reports that ms A …Matched in noteshighshort
ι577Ἵπποςhorse[1] This first quotation is from P. Herennius Dexippus (delta 237): FGrHist 100 F26. Dexippus, a 3rd-cent. AD historian, wrote an account of Alexander’s successors, a history from legendary times to his own, and …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι585ἼπτωI hurtEntry out of alphabetical order. [1] cf. iota 590. Outside lexicography, the middle i)/ptomai is used. [2] Homer, Iliad 1.454 (web address 1), quoted again at iota 796. [3] Aristophanes, Knights 924 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1439Κευθωνύμου κλέος ἢ αἶσχοςKeuthonymos' fame -- or shame… apparently lower-case there -- is the father of the herdsman Menoites in the myth of Heracles' Labours, but nothing is known of E. himself; hence the struggle, here, to interpret the proverb. [1] This …Matched in noteshighshort
ε575Ἔκπλεαcomplete (ones)[1] = Anecdota Graeca I 214.9 (Bachmann); also in ps.-Zonaras, who goes on to give the quotation which immediately follows. The headword, neuter plural of the adjective e)/kpleos, is presumably extracted from it. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ54Καθεσταμένοςhaving been appointedThe headword is perfect middle/passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb kaqi/sthmi (for which see also kappa 53, kappa 113, kappa 114, kappa 115). [1] Perhaps [KK] an approximation of Josephus, Jewish Antiquities …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