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- λ575Λιπαράoily, sleek… *)aqa=nai, daimo/nion ptoli/eqron. [3] Aristophanes, Birds 826, with scholia. "The matter of the city" is an idiomatic periphrasis for, simply, "the city": see generally LSJ s.v. xrh=ma, II.3.
- ε2398Ἐπικνίζεταιis scratched… texts, in reference to the grating or crushing of vegetable matter; see, e.g., Theophrastus On the Causes of Plants 5.2.4; Dioscorides 1.127.1. For the more common un-prefixed form of this verb, along with a …
- α708Ἀθάραgruel, porridge… address 1 below), with scholion. [2] The issue is a matter of accent: paroxytone, not oxytone [3] So too in Photius and other lexica, quoting Crates fr.9 Kock (11 K.-A.).
- δ654Διαμησάμενοςhaving cut through… Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIX. Favuzzi (below) 219-221 takes up the matter more fully, seeking to determine how far Zonaras preserves Dio's ipsissima verba. [3] Polybius 3.55.6 (abridged and paraphrased), on Hannibal's crossing of the …
- δ1355ΔομνῖνοςDomninos, Domninus… the comets. Domninus maintained that the comets consist of dry matter in a powdery aspect, and the passage of the Earth through the tail of one of these heavenly bodies had brought about the …
- ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… citations from Aristophanes are more authoritative and are accompanied by material also found in the scholia. It has additional examples. A careful examination of the citations shows that the cries mimicked do not always …
- α1303Ἅλμη οὐκ ἔνεστ' αὐτῷthere is no salt in him; there is no sauce in him… sauce to his wit is never bitter or rude, no matter how cruel it is. This judgment is shared by many modern sophisticated societies. This proverb also occurs in Eustathius's note to Odyssey 4.511 …
- α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… unaffected by wounds to body or spirit, unpolluted by extraneous matter' or 'in a state not affected by previous experiences or failures'. The adjective is not derived from the root of mixing seen in …
- ω183ὨριγένηςOrigen… This Gnosticism taught its adherents to free their souls from material constraints so as to seek a union with God through a spiritual ascent. See the Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Marcionites at web address …
- δ441Δημόθοιναpublic feastSame material, variously, in other lexica. The headword is given in two variants (the first of them unattested outside lexicography).
- κ2661Κυλίνηkyline, cyline… Ambrosian Lexicon (1853). The headword is otherwise unattested, and this material was regarded by Bernhardy as part of kappa 2660. For 'cabbage' see kappa 2318.
- ε3159Ἐσκουπονδίαιescupondiae… plural; feminine here, neuter in ps.-Zonaras; otherwise unattested in published material (though Adler cites the unedited Lexicon codicis Barocciani 50). Perhaps related to the Latin words esculentus and pondus (yielding 'measure of edibles').
- α698Ἀϊτίαaitia… glossing noun (chi 396). (The Etymologicum Gudianum entry further complicates matters by beginning the gloss with 'And'.)
- α1947Ἄναλτονunfillable, saltless… the scholia there provide the gloss here. Same or similar material in other lexica. [2] Cratinus fr. 382 Kock, now 410 K.-A. [3] Dinarchus fr. 89.7 Sauppe.
- δ1272Δὶς κράμβη θάνατοςtwice-cooked cabbage (is) death… For kra/mbh see kappa 2318, and generally the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.369E-370F (9.9-10 Kaibel).
- α868ἈκηράσιονunmixedSame or similar material in other lexica. The headword is neuter accusative singular of this adjective, quoted from Homer: see below. cf. alpha 869, alpha 833, alpha 834, alpha 836. [1] Homer, Odyssey 9.205 …
- κ2152Κοτταβίζειplays kottabos… at Photius kappa1012 Theodoridis (which combines this entry with other material). The headword is third person singular, present indicative, of the verb kottabi/zw. It must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. …
- α1067Ἀλλαντοπώληςsausage-seller… Paphlagon/Kleon in Aristophanes' Knights, and Adler suggests [addenda] that this material might come from scholia to Knights 141). [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.18.26 (web address 1), on the Byzantine general …
- αι298Αἴρεινto raiseSame or similar material in other lexica. Two different glosses are combined here, with different senses of the verb ai)/rein (contracted from a)ei/rein, cf. alpha 638, alphaiota 314, eta 529, etc.). For 'taking away' …
- δ137Δέδασταιhas been distributed, have been distributedSame or similar material, variously, in other lexica. cf. generally delta 128, delta 130, delta 131, delta 132. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.125, where this form (third person singular) occurs; cf. …
- α959Ἀκρατιεῖσθεyou will breakfastAristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 295 (web address 1 below), with material from the scholia there. See further at alpha 3113.
- ε3909ἘφιάλτηςEphialtes… Michael Psellus (post-Suda). Ps.Zonaras calls him/it Baboutzikares. [2] (This additional material is lacking in mss AF.) cf. eta 433.
- α1482ἈμάμυξιςamamyxisSimilar material in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 326 (psi 44). See again alpha 1846. [1] LSJ s.v. a(ma/macus (sic) defines it as a "vine trained on two poles". …
- κ936Κατεκλίνομενwe made lie down… of Aristophanes, Plutus [Wealth] 660-662 (web address 1 below), with material from the scholia there. The present headword should read katekli/namen, and the quotation is incomplete overall.
- α4199ἈσπαλίαanglingSimilar material, variously, in other lexica. [1] (No instances survive.) Another lexicon has 'and the comic poets'; adespota fr. 448 K.-A.
- α128Ἀγάλακτεςmilkmates… (etc.): Callimachus, Hymns 2.52. cf. generally gamma 17. [1] Same material in Eudemus, partially in other lexica.
- λ306Λεσβίσαιto lesbise… ambiguous term 'Lesbians' is best avoided. [2] Same or similar material elsewhere: see the references at Photius lambda207 Theodoridis. [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 1346, web address 1 (Philokleon referring to a girl piper), with scholion.
- α1384Ἁλώνητονsalt-bought[1] Zenobius 2.12. [2] Same material in Photius and elsewhere.
- β474ΒουφόνιαBouphonia, Ox-slaying… where the genitive case of the headword occurs; and similar material in other lexica. See also beta 475. [1] See delta 1045. [2] Androtion, FGrH 342 F13; cf. theta 67.
- κ877Καταχύσματαoutpourings, showeringsSame entry in Photius (Lexicon kappa399 Theodoridis); similar material elsewhere. See further under kappa 878.