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449 entries for Photius

λ256ΛεόντιοςLeontios, Leontius[1] cf. lambda 255. [2] Photius was Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and again from 877 to 886. His Lexicon is likely to have been a source for the Suda. See also …Matched in noteshighshort
α411Ἀγχιτέρμωνborder-sharerSame or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha300 Theodoridis. Tragedic vocabulary, as an adjective: see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3751Εὐστιβήςwell-troddenSame (e.g. Photius, Lexicon epsilon2341) or similar (Hesychius epsilon7213 s.v. eu)stibe/s) entry in other lexica. The headword (already under alpha 4240) is an adjective; the gloss (again under lambda 603) a perfect middle/passive participle …Matched in noteshighshort
α2480Ἀνιστάμεναιbeing depopulatedSame entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword is feminine nominative plural of this middle/passive participle (as too, necessarily, is the gloss), so the governing noun is likely to be "cities", "territories", etc. Theodoridis …Matched in noteshighshort
α1375Ἁλωαίgrounds, fields, orchardsSame or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1082 Theodoridis. cf. alpha 1378. [1] See already alpha 1373.Matched in noteshighshort
α1491ἈμάρηchannelSame or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1128 Theodoridis. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.259, where the headword occurs.Matched in noteshighshort
β491Βωμόνbomos, bomonAlso in Photius. The headword, otherwise unattested, is ignored by LSJ. The gloss stapi/da (also in Photius s.v., but obelized there by Theodoridis), here translated "raisin[s]" is evidently equivalent to a)stafi/da, accusative of a)stafi/s …Matched in noteshighshort
α1536ἈμβρακίαAmbrakia, Ambracia= Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. Barrington Atlas map 54 grid C3; present-day Arta.Matched in noteshighshort
α2066Ἀνάσιλλοςwith hair brushed up from the foreheadSame entry in Photius. See again alpha 2117. For anasillos see e.g. Plutarch, Crassus 24 (where the style is associated with Parthians and Skythians).Matched in noteshighshort
η658ἩφαιστίαHephaistia, HephaestiaAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., commenting on Hephaistia's mention in Hyperides fr. 3 Jensen.Matched in noteshighshort
λ448Λημνία δίκηLemnian justiceAlso in Photius lambda269 Theodoridis; sounds proverbial, but not in the paroemiographers. For Lemnos cf. lambda 449, lambda 450, lambda 451, lambda 452, lambda 453.Matched in noteshighshort
α1035ἈκτήheadlandSame or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha875 Theodoridis. cf. alpha 1032, alpha 1036; and see LSJ entry for a)kth/ (A) at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
κ238ΚαλλιρόηνKallirrhoe, Fine-flow… similar entry also in other lexica (see the references at Photius kappa120 Theodoridis), but without the faulty relative clause.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2192Κουροτρόφοςboy-nourishingLikewise in other lexica (see the references at Photius kappa1034 Theodoridis), and cf. a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 9.27, where this adjective is applied to Ithaca (web address 1). See also kappa 2193.Matched in noteshighshort
λ852ΛύσανδροςLysandros, Lysander… Peloponnesian War; died 395 BCE. Poralla/Bradford no.504. Entry (also in Photius) lightly abridged from Harpokration s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α2134Ἀνὰ χθόναthroughout earthSame entry in Photius and elsewhere. An epic/poetic phrase (surely quoted from Homer, Odyssey 19.408, but cf. e.g. Euripides, Andromache 1000) with a prosaic gloss.Matched in noteshighshort
κ15ΚαδμείαKadmeia, CadmeiaAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., explaining its mention in Isocrates 4.55 (and citing, generically, historical writers). For Kadmos cf. kappa 16, kappa 17, kappa 18, kappa 19.Matched in noteshighshort
μ435Μεθόριονborder-country, frontier-landLikewise or similarly in other lexica: see the references at Photius mu197 Theodoridis. The glossing phrase spells out the etymology of the headword itself. For an instance see kappa 1283.Matched in noteshighshort
α2359Ἀνεφυσῶντοthey were puffed upSame entry in Photius and elsewhere. The headword must be quoted from somewhere -- very probably, as Toup suggested, from Xenophon, Hellenica 7.1.24 (of the Arkadians in 369 BCE).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3087ἘροιάδαEroiadai, EroeadaeAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. The truncated spelling of its name in the Suda headword, Eroiada, is a textual aberration.Matched in noteshighshort
μ301ΜαχάταςMachatas= Harpokration (and Photius) s.v. The name Machatas is attested in C4 BCE Macedon, e.g. as that of the father of Harpalus, boyhood friend (and eventually renegade treasurer) of Alexander the Great; cf. alpha …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3493Εὐθημοσύνηgood management, orderliness, tidiness[1] Same glossing in Photius and the Etymologicum Magnum; see also theta 78. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 101 Zintzen (51 Asmus); cf. Photius, Bibliotheca 349b 18. [3] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.5.7 (web address …Matched in noteshighshort
ει14Εἴβεσθαι;to shed[1] Same entry in Photius (epsilon178) and other lexica. If the headword, a middle infinitive, is quoted from somewhere, it is not independently attested. [2] Same entry in Photius (epsilon177) and other lexica; generated …Matched in noteshighshort
α29Ἀβέβηλαinviolable [places]The closest parallel to the entry as a whole is Photius, Lexicon alpha34 Theodoridis. Various parts of it appear in other lexica, as noted below. [1] This part is a paraphrase of what appears …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2757Ἐπιφοιτᾷattends= Synagoge epsilon771; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1786; Hesychius epsilon5387. The headword -- third person singular, present indicative active, of e)pifoita/w -- must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities, beginning with Herodotus 2.73.1 on …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1164Καικίαςnorth-east… it is mentioned: web address 1); see the references at Photius kappa57 Theodoridis. cf. under mu 463.Matched in noteshighshort
λ305Λεσβίων ἄξια[deeds] worthy of the men of Lesbos… lexica (and some of the paroemiographers) see the references at Photius lambda205 Theodoridis. cf. generally lambda 306. [1] Men or things.Matched in noteshighshort
α1228Ἅλιμονhalimon, tree purslane… [1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha950 Theodoridis.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1254ΜορμύρωνroaringSame entry in Photius (mu535 Theodoridis) and elsewhere. The headword is present active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb mormu/rw; quoted from Homer, Iliad 18.403 (cf. 21.325). See also mu 1253.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2780Κυρσάνιεwhippersnapper… thereto. Compare also Lysistrata 1247 (web address 2), with scholia; Photius, Lexicon kappa1236 and kappa1260 Theodoridis; Hesychius kappa4706 (and kappa4705), kappa4710; Photius s.v. skurqa/nia, alongside Hesychius sigma1181, sigma1182 and sigma1183. [1] Attested as such …Matched in noteshighshort