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- ε1300Ἐνηβρύνετοused to pride (himself/herself/itself) on[Meaning he/she/it] used to make false pretensions [of].
- α3235Ἁπλότηςsimplicity[Simplicity is] of two kinds. The one [is] intelligent and just, the other foolish and unjust. After all, the contemporary multiplicity also develops in some with justice and good sense, but in others with …
- ε2853Ἐπράξατοexacted [for him/her/itself][Meaning he/she/it] demanded. "They made exactions on the Byzantines and some others." Meaning they demanded money. And elsewhere: "but since, when he sought justice from the Athenians for the boy, he did not obtain …
- κ2696Κυναῖοςdog-likePerhaps a variant of ku/neos, itself a variant of ku/neios. cf. in any event kappa 2693.
- κ41Καθ' αὑτοῦ ΒελλεροφόντηςBellerophon against himself… to those who bring evils on themselves. kaq' au(to/ ["for itself"] ....... di' au(to/ ["because of itself"] e(te/rou e(/neken ["for the sake of another"] ..... di' a)/llo ["because of something else"]. The first antithesis …
- δ1462ΔώριοςDorios, Dorius… attested is the phrase] Dorian economy: "Polemon had assumed the simplicity and squalor of Xenocrates and his gravity, as if a kind of Dorian economy." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] Dorian song.
- αι288Αἱρεσιῶτις πολιτείαheretical polity, heretical way of life… No equivalent entry in other lexica; and the headword phrase itself is unparalleled. [2] alpha 3834, alpha 3835.
- ε782Ἐλεεινῶςpitiably… scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.314 (where e)leeina/ occurs). The adverb itself is not extant before Polybius (14.5.10).
- ε2547Ἐπίρρησιςrebuke, reproach… first of these glosses; and Latte there regards the headword itself as extracted from Archilochus (fr. 14: accusative case there). cf. epsilon 2548.
- ε1997Ἐπ' αὐτοφώρῳin the very act (of theft), red-handed[Meaning] caught before one's eyes, in the theft itself. "[Belisarius], although he had caught the affair in the very act at Carthage, was willingly deceived by his wife [Antonina]."
- ε3358Εὐαγέςguiltless, pollution-free… was from a conspicuous family, one which did not boast itself in luxurious power, nor in sycophantic excess of wealth."
- η223Ἠλίθιοςfoolish, idle… pulls on the bridle, continually shaking his ears." "He considered simplicity and truth to be foolishness."
- μ1450Μύρον ἐπὶ κεφαλῆςsweet oil on the head… that [oil] did not emit any such good aroma of itself. The mixture and compound of all made the greatest possible good aroma. To this he has compared the harmony of brothers; for the …
- μ759Μετεμελήθη Μεταμέλειαchanged purpose, repented… (PG 80, 17331b) on Psalm 105.45 LXX. The unglossed headword itself, which occurs there, is aorist passive of metame/lei. cf. mu 708 and especially (for the substance) mu 709.
- ε3268Ἑταιρείαassociation… each other, not living in the same manner; one fed itself in a deserted field, the other in the houses of rich men." A hetaireia [is] also a military unit [tagma]. And [sc. also …
- ε700<20Ἐκυλινδεῖτο πρὸ τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ[he] was rolling before his feet… e.g. Socrates, Historia ecclesiastica 2.28 (Vetranio and Constantius). The idiom itself is at least as old as Plato, Republic 432D. For the verb cf. kappa 2663.
- μ23ΜαγνῆτιςMagnesian, magnetic… so-called, which has a natural power to draw iron to itself. In Egyptian Alexandria in the Serapeion there was a mechanism of deceit and wickedness of this kind: having made a statue of bronze …
- μ424Μεθήσεινto be about to release… Homer, Iliad 6.330 (where the participle meqie/nta occurs). The headword itself must be quoted from somewhere else; perhaps Euripides (Medea 751) or Plato (Laws 951D), though there are numerous later possibilities. See also mu …
- κ1918ΚοκκύζωI crow, I cry like a cuckoocf. kappa 1920 for the cuckoo itself. [1] Less neutrally already in Hesychius kappa3296: kokku/zei -- very probably quoted from Hesiod, Works and Days 486 -- glossed with tara/ssei "harasses" and fwnei= o)ce/ws "makes …
- ε2372Ἐπικήδειονfuneral [song]… other lexica. Latte on Hesychius s.v. regards the headword adjective itself as quoted from Euripides, Trojan Women 514; if so, it is masculine/feminine accusative singular (rather than neuter nominative/accusative). [2] This phrase is also …
- ε3405Εὐδαίμωνfortunate, happyThe headword itself is unglossed. As to the quotation, Adler tentatively attributed it to Aelian, but it is in fact abridged from Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 18.353 (web address 1). See on this …
- ε549Ἑκὼν ἀέκοντί γε θυμῷwilling but with an unwilling heart… cf. de Boor (182) and Whitby (126). The Homeric phrase itself (from Iliad 4.43) has appeared already at epsilon 531.
- μ312Μαψίδιονvain, false… Homer, Iliad 5.374, where the adverb mayidi/ws occurs. The headword itself -- neuter singular of the related adjective -- must be quoted from somewhere. [2] Paralleled (according to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon (and …
- κ728Καταπροήσεταιwill abandon… the glossing cf. generally Etymologicum Magnum 495.37. The present headword itself must be quoted from somewhere (other than the quotation given here) -- very probably Damascius: see under omega 159. [2] Procopius, Secret History …
- η662Ἠφειδήκεισανthey had been lavish… as with the second gloss, but in fact the participle itself should be kataptu/santes "behaving with contempt" (as in Hesychius eta989).
- δ552Διαείδεταιis discerned… (web address 1), and on Iliad 13.277, where the headword itself occurs (web address 2). This verb is diaei/dw (A) in LSJ, from dia/ and the root veid-. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. …
- δ1458Δωριάζεινto dress like a Dorian girl… from Pausanias the Atticist (fr. 140). For the headword verb itself see e.g. Anacreon fr. 54 Page (PMG). On the chiton, see generally chi 320.
- ε2025Ἐπιγράφομαί σεI acknowledge you, I register you… [1] As illustrated by the pronoun in the headword phrase itself. For the verb e)pigra/fw, see also epsilon 2024, epsilon 2026, epsilon 2271, epsilon 2272, epsilon 2273, epsilon 2274. [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) …
- η689Ἢ χρὴ τραγῳδεῖν ἢ μελαγχολᾶνone must either make tragedy or be melancholic… The glossing would be a poor fit with the maxim itself if xai/rein here meant 'to rejoice'; for the 'letting go' sense see LSJ s.v. II.2.c.
- μ384ΜεγαρίζοντεςMegarizing; acting like Megarians; talking like Megarians… Comica adespota fr. 1076 Kock (387 K.-A.). For the verb itself, cf. Aristophanes, Acharnians 822 (web address 1); there the blockaded Megarians (cf. mu 382, mu 383, mu 385, mu 386, mu 387, mu …