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Catharine Roth2
David Whitehead2
Antonella Ippolito1
Jennifer Benedict1
Robert Dyer1

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αι312Αἰρόπινονairopinon… or (neuter) noun, occurs in Aristophanes (fr. 480 Kock, in Pollux 10.114). [1] ai)=ra: see alphaiota 278.Matched in noteshighshort
γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… Soli (also known as Soleus), On Riddles (FHG II 31). Pollux 6.19, from the same source, classifies it among "questions over the wine-cups" (zhth/mata kuli/keia) or "to test memory" (mnhmo/neia), and distinguishes it from …Matched in noteshighshort
δ200Δελέαστραbait-traps… quoted here, very probably from Nicophon fr. 4 Kock/K.-A. (cf. Pollux 10.156). cf. generally delta 197, delta 197, delta 198, delta 199.

αι312

Αἰρόπινον

airopinon

[Meaning something] dark; also the sieve, in which grains of wheat are sifted, [so called] because of the darnel going through [the holes].

Αἰρόπινον· σκοτεινόν· καὶ τὸ κόσκινον, ἐν ᾧ πυροὶ σήθονται, ὑπὲρ τοῦ τὰς αἴρας διελθεῖν.

military affairs1

military affairs1

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δ1560Δοῖδυξpestle… Peace 295 derive the word from a(/las tri/bein "grind salt". Pollux 1.245 mentions the a)letri/banos among implements used by peasants. For 'pestle' doi/duc see Peace 288, 295; a scholion ascribes to Crates of Mallos …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-timbering… commentary on the Aristophanes passage (Herodian, On Orthography 3.2 507.28, Pollux 2.212, Hesychius epsilon3349; cf. epsilon 1460, tau 282), perhaps as a result of someone's speculation about whether this word should be read in …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1491ἘντροπίαςturnableA similar entry occurs in Hesychius epsilon3409 (cf. Pollux 6.180 -- and 1.248 on e)ktropi/as, also applied to vinegary wine). The headword adjective is unattested outside lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2507Ἐπίπασταsprinklings… this entry up to this point, prefer 'porridge'; and cf. Pollux 6.61. (Thus there is really no need for K. Zacher's emendation to zwmw=|, noted by Adler.) [2] Aristophanes, Knights 103 (web address 1), …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2750Ἐπιφορήματαdesserts, additional desserts… which use the word (Archippus, Philyllius); and other lexica -- Pollux 6.79; Hesychius epsilon5390; Photius, Lexicon s.v. tragh/mata (sic) -- give a generalized citation of Aristophanes on the subject. (The source behind Hesychius epsilon5390 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2768Ἐπιχειλέςrim-full… glossed accordingly (cf. already Hesychius epsilon5426, glossing to\ e)llipe/s, and Pollux 5.133) -- must be quoted from somewhere else. An extant possibility is Synesius, Dion 14.Matched in noteshighshort

η330Ἡμικάδιονhalf-kados… Ambrosian Lexicon. For the headword, a neuter noun, see also Pollux 10.71 (citing the Atthidographer Philochorus). Both it and the kados itself (kappa 24) are measures of wine.Matched in noteshighshort

χ620Χύτρονpot… the other by the ears as by handles' (LSJ); cf. Pollux 10.100. [3] Greek Anthology 6.306.1 (Ariston), a list of kitchen equipment dedicated to Hermes by Spinther the cook upon his manumission; cf. Gow …Matched in noteshighshort