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- ε1885Ἑωλοκρασίαleftover-mixture… entry in its entirety are: Photius, Lexicon pi2524 Theodoridis; Etymologicum Magnum 352.23-29; and Etymologicum Gudianum 577.3-8, with important differences to be noted below. [1] Up to this point the entry = Lexica Segueriana 246.2; …
- α828Ἀκεανόςakeanos… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and see also e.g. Etym. Magn. 46.14. The headword is mentioned, in the accusative plural, in a fragment of Pherecrates (188 Kock, now 201 K.-A.), but it seems to …
- κ2738ΚύπριςKypris, Kupris, Cypris… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.422 (giving rise to Etymologicum Magnum 546.17). [2] cf. Etym.Magn. 543.40. [3] cf. beta 462. [4] beta 461.
- ε2428Ἐπικύλλωμαaftertwist… similar to later ones, in Etymologicum Gudianum 505.9 and Etymologicum Magnum 361.8. The headword appears in quite a different sense in Eustathius' commentary on Homer, Odyssey 8.311, where it stands as a synonym for …
- κ414Κάρπιμος τόποςfruitful placeThe headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 12.36-7.
- μ514Μελισσοκόμοςbee-keeperRare poetic word (Apollonius Rhodius, Oppian). cf. Etymologicum Magnum 577.41-43.
- λ459Ληνίςlenis[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 564.4 (also lambda 565 and sigma 273).
- λ122Λαρινόςfat, fatted… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (65). (Contrast Etymologicum Magnum 557.10, deriving the word from rhinos, skin, with the intensifier la.) cf. lambda 121 (and lambda 120).
- χ433Χὠξυμπότηςchôxumpotês, and the fellow-drinkerSee already chi 432, and Etymologicum Magnum 816.32-38: crasis for kai\ oi( sumpo/tai ("and the fellow-drinkers") -- here, for no obvious reason, changed from plural to singular.
- α1394Ἁλωρῆταιsalt-watchers… in entries in the Etymologicum Genuinum (alpha566) and the Etymologicum Magnum (74.28-30), where it is said to be Lycian.
- α1156ἈλείπηςAleipes, Non-LackingMore fully in Etymologicum Magnum 60.48-50: "a spring in Ephesos, so called from its never providing too little or too much, whether in winter or summer. Methodios [sc. says this]". For Ephesos cf. epsilon …
- α1481Ἀμαλλοδετήρsheaf-binder… 18.553, where the headword occurs (see web address 1); Etymologicum Magnum 76.44. For sheaves see already alpha 1463. For dra/gmata see delta 1490.
- κ2753Κυρήβιαhusks… s.v. ko/mmata kai\ kurh/bia, citing Dinarchus (19 fr. 5); Etymologicum Magnum 547.48. In place of a)pobre/gmata ('infusions') here and in Hesychius and Photius we should perhaps read a)pobra/smata, 'things winnowed out', on the basis …
- α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly… Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum Magnum 3.24 and other lexica.
- κ1223Κεγχρίνηςkenchrines, kenkhrines, kestrel… kappa1970 (s.v. kegxri/s), and under gamma 53. [2] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 498.36.
- χ303Χιλήfodder… Hesychius, Lexicum Ambrosianum 247 (according to Adler), Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 811.47. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (web address 1 below). [2] Herodotus 4.140.3 (web address 2). The text of Herodotus reads sfete/rhs for the …
- κ1394Κέραιρεmix!Likewise in Etymologicum Magnum 504.36 and elsewhere, and a similar entry (the gloss is ke/rason) already in Hesychius kappa2256. The headword is an imperative related to kera/nnumi; see also a scholion on Homer, Iliad …
- ε3289Ἑτερόγναθοςother-jawed… in Photius; 'disobedient' in Hesychius; 'insatiable etc.' in the Etymologicum Magnum and elsewhere. In its technical sense ('having one side of the mouth harder than the other': LSJ s.v.) the headword is applied to …
- κ2276Κωνῆσαι πίθονto pitch (?) a wine-jar… quoted from somewhere; if so, perhaps from comedy. (The Etymologicum Magnum cites Aristophanes for this aorist infinitive.) For wine-jars (pithoi) see alpha 3230, zeta 127, pi 1585, and frequently elsewhere.
- μ136Μανδραγόραςmandrake, belladonna… mu89 Theodoridis. See also mu 137. [2] Similarly in Etymologicum Magnum 574.60. [3] Julian, Epistle 81.11-12.
- η204Ἠλεόςidle, vain… almost certainly an Homeric gloss (see also Hesychius eta343, Etymologicum Magnum 59,45); vocative in Odyssey 2.243, Iliad 15.228; with transitive meaning "making people crazy", referring to wine, in Homer, Odyssey 14.464 (cf. scholia thereto, …
- κ1954Κολλούριαloaves, pessariesSame entry in Etymologicum Magnum 526.27-29. On the ambiguity between "loaf" and "pessary" see already epsilon 2428 and kappa 1940. The similarity to "stump-tailed" (kappa 1952) mentioned in the gloss is presumably coincidental; stump-tailed …
- χ152Χαυῶναςchauones… meaning "roasted vegetables". Same entry in Lexica Segueriana 413.28, Etymologicum Magnum 807.43-4, and cf. already Hesychius chi243.
- κ1630Κιννάμωμονcinnamon, cassiaSimilar entry in the Etymologicum Magnum 514.3-5: Herodotus (below) is quoted, with a different interpretation of the Ionic relative pronoun ta\ (see Smyth §338D3) and variation between single and double nu in "cinnamon" (but …
- κ2318Κράμβηcabbage… below, at n.5); also in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum; kora/mbh and kora/mblh are made up from ko/rh "pupil" and a)mblu/nw "make (something) dull". See the LSJ entry for kra/mbh at web address …
- μ14Μαγίςlump, cake, trough… the grammarian, quoted by Orion [Author, Myth] 100.4, whence Etymologicum Magnum 573.4.
- χ396Χορδήgut… the headword, appears: web address 1 below). See also Etymologicum Magnum 813.41; and chi 372, chi 383, chi 395.
- κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylos… [2] Very similar entries in Etymologicum Gudianum 297.22 and Etymologicum Magnum 488.54 (s.v. kandu/lh). The second part is unintelligible in all three versions, but in different ways: Etymologicum Gudianum has "and sour-sauce qroiko\n food", …
- λ162Λαχανίζεσθαιto vegetable-gatherSame entry in Photius, Lexicon lambda124 Theodoridis; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 558.14. This middle voice of the verb laxani/zein is otherwise unattested. Greek la/xanon, vegetable (lambda 164), yields a number of compounds (cf. lambda 160, …
- χ181Χέδροπαςlegumes… Thus far the entry = Etymologicum Genuinum; cf. Hesychius, Etymologium Magnum 808.14, Lexicum Ambrosianum 137 and 164 (according to Adler), Erotian 93.5 (= Aristophanes of Byzantium fr. 90 Nauck), Orion [Author, Myth] 163.33. [3] …