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κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… also cited (in Attic) in tau 295. [2] From the scholia vetera to the passage cited. The scholiast attempts a distinction between ke/stra [~ kestre/a] and kestreu/s. (On kestre/a see kappa 1430.) Both fish …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… Comnena, Alexiad 4, 2, 1; Arrian, Bithyniaca fr. 37, 4; scholia to Hesiod, Works and Days 661; scholia to Homer, Iliad 8 77a2. The word is very frequently used by George the Monk, Malalas, …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4177Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃa wineskin in a frost… Acharnians 1000-2 (web address 1). What follows here derives from scholiastic comment on the line. [4] The Khoes, the second day of the Anthesteria festival; see also chi 369. [5] About three quarts, or …

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Κεστρᾶν τεμάχη

mullets' slices

Aristophanes in Clouds [sc. uses the phrase]. kestreai are not the same as kestreis ["mullets"]; instead, some think that murries [myrainai] are called kestrai; others say it is not those, but a different kind of fish.…

Κεστρᾶν τεμάχη· Ἀριστοφάνης Νεφέλαις. οὐχ οἱ αὐτοὶ τοῖς κεστρεῦσιν ἰχθύσιν αἱ κεστρέαι· ἀλλ' οἱ μὲν τὰς μυραίνας κέστρας ἀξιοῦσι καλεῖν· οἱ δὲ οὐ ταύτας, ἀλλά τι διάφορον ἄλλο…

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δ1650Δυσκολοκάμπτους ᾠδάςintricate-twisted songs… is presumed (by Adler and others) to stem from the scholia to Clouds 971. [2] See phi 761 for this citharode and dithyramb poet. [3] The text here reads the third person singular of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1897Κόβαλοςrogue… "knavery" to be derived from ko/balos "knave". [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 270 (cf. next note): "ko/baloi are robbers holding pieces of wood; they are also called club-bearers." (Properly, korunofo/ros refers to …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1944Κολόκυμαroller… Hesychius kappa3368 refers instead to a "blind" wave, and the scholiast ad loc. refers to a "maimed" kolobo/n wave, "which they call 'blind' because it does not splash". The scholiast adds: "or, rolling and …Matched in noteshighshort

α2737Ἀντιφερίζειςyou are measuring yourself againstAristophanes, Knights 813-814 (web address 1), with scholia. For Themistocles see theta 124, theta 125, theta 126. The scholiasts found the adjective e)pixeilh= at the end of 814 probematic. Some took it to mean …Matched in noteshighshort

α3455Ἀπόνιπτρονdirty water, washing water… Acharnians 616 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [2] From scholiastic comment on Aristophanes, Wasps 1216, where the phrase "water for hands" occurs; and see generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.408F (9.76 …Matched in noteshighshort

α3682Ἀπραγμοσύνηindifference, idleness, quietude… and again mu 1058. What now follows comes from the scholia on this line: see next note. [3] The present headword as a botanical name is duly registered by LSJ s.v., IV, but Aristophanes …Matched in noteshighshort

α4708Ἄχοςanguish, distress, sorrow[1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.103, where the headword noun occurs. For the related participle see already alpha 4707. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1723 (web address 1 below), with scholion. The …Matched in noteshighshort

β313Βλάβηharm… other lexica. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 1151, with comment from the scholia there. (The scholiast means the neuter form in the "fault" sense.)Matched in noteshighshort

δ243ΔέονnecessaryAristophanes, Clouds 859, with comment from the scholia there. cf. Thucydides 1.114.2, 2.21.2 and 5.16.3; Plutarch, Pericles 22-23. For discussion of the incident see Donald Kagan, The Archidamian War (Cornell UP 1974) 92 n.64. …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ524Διαγόρας ὁ ΜήλιοςDiagoras the Melian… 1; reading ti/s tina in 1074), with comments from the scholia there. [1] By Athenian forces, in 416/15 BCE. For Melos see generally mu 935. [2] sc. of Eleusis. See generally mu 1485. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1441Δωδεκάκρουνον στόμαtwelve-spouted mouthFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 526, where Cratinus' flow of language is mentioned. (The Suda's introductory 'For' (ga/r) echoes the scholiast, whose main point -- omitted here -- is that in his opinion …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1061Ἐμοὶ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔργον ἔστ' εἰργασμένονsuch 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 PylosAristophanes, 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

η585Ἧσιςdelight… the Ambrosian Lexicon; glossed with eu)frosu/nh by Herodian and a scholiast on Hesiod. The headword is a rare feminine noun derived from the verb h(/domai (eta 95 etc.). Other than lexica, grammars, and scholia, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ516Καταδακτυλικόςsphincter-inclined (?)From the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 1381, where the headword adjective uniquely occurs (web address 1). Translation here follows the scholiast's interpretative lead, though it is not necessarily correct. Given an instance in Lucian, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1353Κεραμεύεινto potterTaken in its entirety from the scholia to Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 253, about Kephalos: "he potters with bowls badly -- though with the city well and nicely" (or more idiomatically, "That he, as excellent a …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1468Κεχολώσεταιwill have been angered… 24.544), and it is frequently commented on by lexica and scholiasts; the definition as o)rgisqh/setai also occurs in Hesychius kappa2430, Etymologicum Magnum 507.47, and the D scholia to Iliad 1.139 (above).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1629Κίναδοςbeast, monster… kind of beast... like a fox" is taken from the scholia vetera to Aristophanes, Clouds 448-9 (web address 2). The last phrase is cited as a saying: "particularly the fox. For [one is] "evil-doing", …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1786Κληρωτήριαallotment-machines… between Blepyros and Praxagora), with explanatory comments paralleled in the scholia there. The passage describes a system for allocating jurors to Athenian courts, operative in the early fourth century (after bribery scandals at the …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… present entry cf. Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. and the Aristophanic scholia cited in the notes below. On Diomeia see generally J.S. Traill, The Political Organization of Attica (1975) 39; D. Whitehead, The Demes of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1573Κιβδηλίαadulteration, dishonestyThe gloss is taken from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 158; see further below. cf. generally kappa 1574, kappa 1575. [1] The senses are all connected: debasing coinage can involve shaving off some of …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1937Κολετρῶσιthey trample on[1] From the scholiast to Aristophanes Clouds 552 (cf. next note): "our forebears called 'striking the colon' koletrw=sin". [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 552 (on Hyperbolos: upsilon 245). [3] From the scholiast, and Hesychius kappa3328; Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort

χ622ΧύτροιPotsFrom scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 1076 (web address 1), where the festival is mentioned; see also the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 218 (web address 2). [1] For the Pitchers festival, Choes, see chi 369 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4235Ἀστεῖοςurbane… Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Plato, Republic 349B, where the headword occurs. [2] Adler suggested Aelian as the source of this quotation, but see next note. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ234Δεξιόςclever… 232, delta 233. [1] (Again at delta 239.) From the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 1370. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 538-541, with scholion. [3] For this material see already alpha 3764. [4] See Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.4-35. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε361ἙκάτειονHekateion[1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 804 (web address 1), where the headword occurs. For Hekate cf. epsilon 363, epsilon 364, epsilon 365. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 63-4 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort

ε928Ἐμασχαλίσθηwas armpitted… Klytaimestra); the note itself does not appear in the surviving scholia to either passage, though it could well once have stood in the Choephoroi scholia (which in this part of the play are mostly …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1561Κηφήνdrone… Persians noted by Herodotus 7.61.2-3, is unconnected.) [1] cf. the scholia to Plato, Laws 901A. [2] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa685 Theodoridis. [3] Procopius, History of …Matched in noteshighmedium

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