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ε977ἜμειαEmeiaMycenae (mu 1393) is in the NE Peloponnese, Greece; Emeia itself cannot be more precisely located than the indication given here.Matched in noteshighshort
α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up… no/mon: "having overturned the law, [the Council] elected this man itself".Matched in noteshighmedium
α3746ἈραφήνιοςAraphenian… headword is the demotic adjective; the name of the deme itself is Araphen.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2606ΚυδαντίδηςKydantides, Cydantides, Kydantidian… on Hyperides fr. 158 Jensen; in both lexica the headword itself is the demotikon ['demesman of Kydantidai'].Matched in noteshighshort
ι633Ἰσσικὸς κόλποςIssic gulf, gulf of Issos… extremity of the Mediterranean, where Cilicia met Syria. For Issos itself, site of a famous victory by Alexander the Great in 333 BCE, see iota 662.Matched in noteshighshort
μ435Μεθόριονborder-country, frontier-land… The glossing phrase spells out the etymology of the headword itself. For an instance see kappa 1283.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1441ΜύριςMyris… The adjective in the phrase is presumably geographical, but is itself an oddity (cf. mu 1431?).Matched in noteshighshort
δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines[1] Zenobius 3.37. The headword phrase itself is Aeschylus fr. 373 Nauck (726 Mette). [2] Homer, Iliad 2.742, 15.626. The added comment comes from the scholia to the first of these passages. (The fame …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1291ΚελεζηνήKelezene… of Melitene: Barrington Atlas Map 89 grid A1. For Melitene itself see the adjoining Map 64 (and mu 522).Matched in noteshighshort
α781Ἀκάκητοςguileless; of AkakesionThough the manuscript tradition is unproblematic in itself, the headword here should clearly be not a)ka/khtos but *)akakh/sios. See alpha 780 and the Pausanias passage cited there, in which Hermes Akakesios is mentioned; and …Matched in noteshighshort
γ213ΓεφυρίςGephyraean (woman)[1] Herodotus 5.57 (web address 1 below). The present headword itself, however, is unattested outside lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort
χ91Χαραδροῦταιis being gullied… quoted from somewhere but is not independently attested. The verb itself occurs first in Herodotus: see LSJ s.v. cf. generally chi 86, chi 87.Matched in noteshighshort
λ334ΛευκονοιεύςLeukonoian, Leuconoean… The demotikon is correctly given here, but the deme name itself is more authentically -- as in Harpok. -- Leukonoion; cf. lambda 333.Matched in noteshighshort
β118ΒάρνηBarne… Ambrosian Lexicon. Its gloss, nevertheless, is not only obscure in itself (though cf. beta 111) but, surely, misplaced here. Cadesh Barnea (present-day Ein el Qudeirat, in NE Egypt) is mentioned in several books of …Matched in noteshighshort
α1776Ἀμφίτρητονpierced-through… case). [2] Either the wife of Poseidon or the sea itself: see LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
γ408ΓούνδαςgoundasBoth the headword itself and the gloss's alternative are otherwise unattested. Nevertheless, both are evidently variants on what scholia to Lucian twice (on Gallus 22 and Dialogues of the Courtesans 14.2) call gonde, and …Matched in noteshighshort
ι738ἸτέαItea, Eitea… the next derive from Harpokration s.v. Iteaios, which explicitly concerns itself with the deme Eitea in the tribe Akamantis; note, however, that there was also an Eitea in the tribe Antiochis. For bibliography see …Matched in noteshighshort
α4014ἉρποκρατίωνHarpocration, Harpokration… 4012, alpha 4013) and an important source for the Suda itself. [1] RE Harpocration(5), with Suppl. 6.1026; OCD4 Harpocration, Valerius.Matched in noteshighshort
λ348Λεχεποίηνgrassy, meadowy… 2. The gloss brings out the etymology of the word itself. For 'sleeping-mats' see psi 93.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1060ΜιλήσιονMilesian… in the Suda. cf. mu 490. [1] The unglossed headword itself (which must be quoted from somewhere) is either masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular.Matched in noteshighshort
α875ἈκιδαλίαAkidalia, Acidalia… nymph of the spring? In any event, the Akidalia spring itself is mentioned at the end of the long fragment of the Plokamides (Braids), by the hellenistic poet Menophilus of Damascus, preserved in Stobaeus …Matched in noteshighshort
δ505ΔιαβηνόςDiabenos… in Mesopotamia; see under alpha 470 (and note that Adiabene itself is occasionally found in the acephalous form Diabene). Note, nevertheless, the Orthodox Calendar observance, on 9th September, of 'the Venerable Theophanes the Confessor …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1189ΜοθώνηMothone… of Messenia in the Peloponnese (Greece). The o-version doubtless recommended itself as a way of avoiding confusion with the better-known city of Methone -- present-day Nevestiki -- in the NW Aegean (mu 433, mu …Matched in noteshighshort
χ59ΧάλοςChalos, Chalus… regarded as divine and were accordingly protected. The river 'Chalos' itself (again under phi 113) has been tentatively identified with the Belus; it flows near Beroia in Syria (Barrington Atlas map 67 grid E4).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3768Εὐτειχεῖ πάγῳon a well-walled hill; with a well-walled hill… address 2). But the source of the present headword phrase itself, in the dative case, is unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
μ462ΜελάνωποςMelanopos, MelanopusAn abridgement of Harpokration s.v., itself generated by explanatory comment on Demosthenes 24.13 and 126. Melanopos of Aixone, politically prominent in Athens in the 360s and 350s BCE, is PA 9788 = LGPN ii …Matched in noteshighshort
ι538Ἱππεῖς λευκοθώρακεςwhite-corsleted horsemen… here, from Xenophon, Anabasis 1.8.9 (web address 1), is not itself glossed. [1] Julian, oration 7, 205D.Matched in noteshighshort
δ953Διεσαρδάνισεlaughed bitterly… variously as diesarda/nise, diesarda/nwse and diesardw/nise. LSJ registers the verb itself as diasardano/w. For Sardanian/Sardonian (i.e. sardonic) laughter see sigma 120, sigma 123, sigma 124.Matched in noteshighshort
λ806Λύκιον τέραςLykian portent, Lycian portent… present entry invites the assumption that the (unglossed) headword phrase itself also pertains to Lycia, and if it does, kappa 325 (end) would provide an analogy; but note (LSJ s.v.) the alternative meaning of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ525Κατὰ δήμους δικασταίdeme justices, justices by demes… Demosthenes 24.112. [1] And operated from the city of Athens itself. See generally the authority whom Harpok. cites: ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 53.Matched in noteshighshort

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