Search | ReadSuda

19 entries for Hesychius

λ205Λαῖτμαgulf [of the sea]… ps.-Herodian and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon; similar in Hesychius lambda166 and ps.-Zonaras. [2] Likewise in a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 4.504, where the headword occurs (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
λ369Λειόβατοςsmooth-trodden… Kaibel) quoting Plato Comicus (fr. 137 Kock, now 146 K.-A.), Hesychius, ps.-Herodian.Matched in noteshighshort
λ168Λάχνηdown, fuzzy hair, nap, pile… being extracted from Homer, Iliad: 10.134 according to Latte (on Hesychius lambda455); 2.219 according to Theodoridis. See also lambda 169.Matched in noteshighshort
λ668Λοκρῷ ξυνθήματαagreements with a Lokrian; agreements with a Locrian… the headword phrase is given as *Lokrw=n cunqh/mata "Lokrians' agreements"). Hesychius lambda1254 and Zenobius 4.97 give the supposed aetiology: the Lokrians (cf. lambda 667) renege on an agreement with the Heraclidae.Matched in noteshighshort
λ555ΛιμοδωριεῖςFamine-DoriansSame entry in Photius (lambda314 Theodoridis), and cf. more fully Hesychius lambda1041. The episode is undated, but presumably early. Outside lexicography, the term is attested in e.g. a proverb-collection attributed to Plutarch (where only …Matched in noteshighshort
λ450Λημνίᾳ χειρίwith a Lemnian handcf. Hesychius lambda872 and Zenobius 4.91 (and more summarily in other paroemiographers). For Lemnos cf. lambda 448 and the other cross-references there.Matched in noteshighshort
λ784ΛυδιάζωνLydianizing, playing the Lydian… lambda438 Theodoridis, but in Aristophanes -- see below -- and Hesychius lambda1352 it is ludi/zwn; cf. lambda 785. [1] For Magnes see generally mu 20, where his play Lydians is mentioned. The present allusion …Matched in noteshighshort
λ273Λεωπετρίαlevelrock, smoothrock… references at Photius lambda236 Theodoridis. Probably generated, as Latte on Hesychius suggests, by one of the four instances (all accusative case) in Ezechiel 24-26 LXX. [2] Quotation unidentifiable. For the Chersonnese see generally chi …Matched in noteshighshort
λ494Λιβυκὸν θηρίονLibyan beastThe headword phrase was (or became) proverbial: cf. Apostolius 10.75. Hesychius lambda947 has a briefer entry: "since [there are] deadly reptiles there, and as Libya has such beasts. Also [means he who is] of …Matched in noteshighshort
λ157Λαφύξαςhaving gulped down[1] Likewise in other lexica, beginning with Hesychius lambda439; see the references at Photius lambda122 Theodoridis. The headword -- aorist participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb lafu/ssw (cf. generally lambda 156, lambda 159) …Matched in noteshighshort
λ63ΛακωνικαίLakonians, Laconians[1] Similarly in Hesychius, Photius and other lexica. [2] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 142, with the gloss from the scholia there; see also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1158; and cf. pi 987. [3] Greek Anthology …Matched in noteshighshort
λ182Λαίλαςlailas, usurper, absolute rulerThe Lydian origin of this headword -- alleged by Hesychius lambda134, who adds (sc. a term used) 'by Lydians' -- is not attested elsewhere. The grammarian Theognostus instead adds 'but placed there' (Canones 27.6). …Matched in noteshighshort
λ662Λογγῶνοςmooring-stone, pierced-stone… them, through which mooring cables were passed". For this see Hesychius lambda1193 Photius lambda370 Theodoridis, and Glossarium Italioticum 32 Kassel-Austin. The Suda's headword loggw=nos appears to be the genitive singular of a synonymous noun …Matched in noteshighshort
λ11Λαβύρινθοςlabyrinth… the references at Photius lambda10 Theodoridis. [2] Also, already, in Hesychius lambda33. [3] Greek Anthology 6.224.1-2 (Theodoridas); on a shell found at the seashore, dedicated to Nymphs; cf. Gow and Page, vol. I (192) …Matched in noteshighshort
λ763Λοῖσθοςlast, final, remaining[1] = a combination of Hesychius lambda1245 (nominative) and lambda1247 (dative); cf. Etymologicum Magnum 58.45 (and lambda 762). Probably (as Latte claims) from commentary to Homer, Iliad 23.536 where the headword occurs; cf. Apollonius, …Matched in noteshighshort
λ66Λακωνικὸν τρόπονin the Lakonian manner, in the Laconian manner, Spartan-styleLikewise in Hesychius lambda226 and Photius, Lexicon lambda47 Theodoridis, and cf. Apostolius (the paroemiographer) 10.42. This entry brings up the chronological rear of a considerable body of lexicographical and scholiastic mention of the phrase …Matched in noteshighshort
λ780Λύγοςwithy… material comes from commentary to Homer (see next note); cf. Hesychius lambda1345, lambda1344; Synagoge lambda158; Photius, Lexicon lambda434 and lambda430 Theodoridis. [2] Homer, Iliad 11.105 (of Achilles once capturing two of Priam's sons: web …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ674Λοπάςgriddle, hotplate… a shell-fish (IV). The Suda's selection is closely paralleled in Hesychius lambda1262 (where "Greece" is the crux alladh). [4] Aristophanes, Wasps 508-511; cf. omicron 818.Matched in noteshighshort
λ302Λέρνη θεατῶνLerna of spectators, Lerne of spectatorsSame entry in Photius, Lexicon lambda204 Theodoridis; similar one in Hesychius lambda689 and lambda 690, Pausanias the Atticist lambda11, a scholion to Lucian, Marine Dialogues 8.2, Zenobius 4.86 and other paroemiographers (Apostolius 10.57, [Diogenianus] …Matched in noteshighshort

Keyword

Letter

Vetting status

Length

Translator

Keyboard shortcuts