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δ876ΔίδυμοςDidymus, Didymos… For the genre, a very flexible one, cf. nu 374 (Nicander), pi 141 (Pamphilus), pi 253 (Paxamus).Matched in noteshighshort
αι70ΑἰγοφάγοςGoat-eaterEpithet of Zeus, Nicander fr. 99 (Etymologicum Magnum 27.51); of Hera at Sparta, Pausanias 3.15.9 (web address 1) and Hesychius alpha1737. J.G. Frazer on the Pausanias passage: 'whenever a deity is called the eater …Matched in noteshighshort
α1485ἈμμανίταιAmmanitai, Ammanitae, Ammanites, Ammonites… 19.38 LXX, etc. [2] So in e.g. a fragment of Nicander [nu 374] quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.61A (2.57 Kaibel); but single mu there, i.e. a)mani=tai.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1560Κηφηῒς γῆKephean land… as a periphrasis for 'Ethiopia' (alphaiota 126, alphaiota 127) by Nicander, Alexipharmaka 100 (accusative case); cf. the scholia there. Similarly (adjective only), according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and more fully than the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3718ΕὐρύβατοςEurybatos, Eurybatus… in hexameters by him (fr. 2 Kinkel, 394 Lloyd-Jones/Parsons). [3] Nicander fr. 112 Gow-Scholfield The epithet *ai)gi/neon (translated here as "Aiginian") is unattested elsewhere and of uncertain meaning. Perhaps = 'Aiginetan', from Aigina [Myth, …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1364Μυίαγροςfly-catcher… mu1772 and Photius mu564 Theodoridis; see also the scholia to Nicander, Theriaca 409, where mua/grous occurs (of a type of snake). The LSJ entry on this headword documents something entirely different: a hero or …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1684Δυσπαίπαλοςrugged, steep… feminine nominative singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; probably Nicander, Theriaca 145, referring to Mt Othrys in Thessaly. The headword spelled (as it should be) with alphaiota is out of alphabetical order here. …Matched in noteshighshort
λ635Λογάδεςwhites of the eye… Etymologicum Magnum 572.36 (citing a fragment of Callimachus); scholia to Nicander, Theriaca 292. [2] Greek Anthology 5.270.5-6 (Paul the Silentiary). Here 'hyacinth' is not the flower but the blue-white precious stone; see LSJ s.v., …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2659Ἐπὶ τὰ Μανδροβόλουon Mandrobolos' property… earth. [2] A ram, because, according to a scholiast on Nicander's Alexipharmaka, this was the creature that accidentally found the deposits. [3] Ephorus FGrH 70 F59b.Matched in noteshighshort
β453Βούπαιςbig boy, ox-boy, ox-child… Attica was celebrated for its honey; cf. upsilon 111. [4] Nicander, Theriaca 741; cf. iota 577, tau 158.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1358Κεράμειονjar, pot… as an illustration of adjectives (teu=xos kerameou=n gh/i+non xutrei=on xalkou=n); Nicander, Theriaca 80 (with scholia) teu=xos keramh/i+on.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1660Ἐξέστηκεhas changed… of the exiled Rhodian admiral Polyxenidas and the pirate captain Nicander.Matched in noteshighshort
ι577Ἵπποςhorse… a connecting ga/r is missing) of a hexameter in Greek: Nicander, Theriaca 741 = Greek Anthology, epigrams 9.503b. For the same notion about horses and wasps, see Aelian, On the nature of animals 1.28. …Matched in noteshighmedium

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