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α2080Ἀνάστασιςdestruction… see alpha 2079. [1] So too in Photius; and cf. Pollux 3.91. [2] As de Boor pointed out, the source appears, rather, to be Appian (Punica 106). For Polybius (36.16) see mu 245, and …Matched in noteshighshort
β161Βασιλίνδαking of the castleThis headword (cf. e.g. Pollux 9.110) appears by mistake at beta 160, q.v. See rather kappa 2777 (end), where it is used of the game played by the young Cyrus -- later to be …Matched in noteshighshort
β549Βροντήthunder… Aristophanes, Clouds 294 (cf. 292), where thunder is mentioned; cf. Pollux 4.130.

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[*)ana/stasis can be used] instead of a)nasta/twsis. Polybius [writes]: "Massana was for Carthage the cause of the destruction, leaving it to the Romans utterly weak."

Ἀνάστασις· ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀναστάτωσις. Πολύβιος· Μάσσανα δὲ Καρχηδόνι αἴτιον τῆς ἀναστάσεως γενέσθαι, πάμπαν τὴν ἀσθενῆ Ῥωμαίοις ὑπολιπόντα.

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γ418Γραμματεύςclerk, secretary… already in gamma 417). See (?)Aristotle, Ath.Pol. 54.3-4; and cf. Pollux 8.98 and Harpokration s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, two-banked… meaning "double", as a substantive usually indicates a ship: cf. Pollux 1.82. *di/kroton is commonly referred to as a synonym of dih/rhs; see Arrian, Anabasis 6.5.2; Strabo 16.4.23 di/krota kai\ trih/reis kai\ fash/lous; Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1126Διμοιρίτηςdouble-pay soldier, half-file commander… 452, 4; John of Damascus De haeresibus 77.1.) [2] See Pollux 9.62. A scholiast on Gregory of Nazianzus, Funebrem orationem in patrem (PG 35.992.6) ap. Montfaucon, Diarium Italicum, p. 214, giving a short account …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1205ΔιοσημείαZeus-omen, Zeus-sign… a bad omen rested with the presiding magistrate(s). According to Pollux 8.24 the e)chghtai\ were appointed to the interpretation of signs and used to give instruction about the will of gods. [9] The information …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1560Δοῖδυξpestle… Peace 295 derive the word from a(/las tri/bein "grind salt". Pollux 1.245 mentions the a)letri/banos among implements used by peasants. For 'pestle' doi/duc see Peace 288, 295; a scholion ascribes to Crates of Mallos …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1592Δυσανασχέτωςwith displeasure… used in the second century CE by philologists (Diodorus Dyscolus, Pollux) and in scholia to various authors. [1] An approximation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 7.15.11 (through Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti 226.17-18), on the Avar khan's …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1710Δυσφημίαill-omened words, words of ill omen[1] Mentioned by Pollux in a list of negative nouns; same gloss in ps.-Zonaras. For the opposite, see epsilon 3795. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2572Ἐπισκαλμίσιto the over-thole strakes… part of the rowlock on which the oar rests'; cf. Pollux 1.88, Hesychius s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2750Ἐπιφορήματαdesserts, additional desserts… which use the word (Archippus, Philyllius); and other lexica -- Pollux 6.79; Hesychius epsilon5390; Photius, Lexicon s.v. tragh/mata (sic) -- give a generalized citation of Aristophanes on the subject. (The source behind Hesychius epsilon5390 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2768Ἐπιχειλέςrim-full… glossed accordingly (cf. already Hesychius epsilon5426, glossing to\ e)llipe/s, and Pollux 5.133) -- must be quoted from somewhere else. An extant possibility is Synesius, Dion 14.Matched in noteshighshort

ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… unattested and probably in error for eu)erme/w, for which see Pollux 5.135. [Theodoridis now prints eu)ermw=.] This abstract noun is derived from the name of Hermes (epsilon 3037, epsilon 3038, epsilon 3034) in his …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3640Εὐπάρυφαfinely-bordered… the headword certainly might refer, but not exclusively (more ambiguously Pollux 7.46.3). Unless Herodian (1.16.3) and Irenaios (1.7.2) are being pleonastic, the sense of the headword can be separate from purple-ness. See also alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3847Ἐφεδρεύειlies in wait… [2] Likewise in Photius and other lexica, and cf. also Pollux 1.209. The headword is third person singular, present indicative active, of e)fedreu/w. It must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

ει132Εἵλωςhelot… 134, epsiloniota 135. [1] This is probably incorrect. Another lexicographer, Pollux, famously defines the helots as ‘between free and slave’, and it is generally agreed nowadays that they were not chattel slaves (to be …Matched in noteshighshort

η39Ἡγεμονία δικαστηρίουpresidency of a jurycourt… especially concerned with religious ritual. [3] Garbled here, but see Pollux 8.90 (and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 57.2). [4] The Archon Polemarchos (a)/rxwn pole/marxos), once C-in-C of the armed forces; latterly, as exemplified here, a …Matched in noteshighmedium

ι113Ἰδιοξενίαprivate friendship… must be Pericles (pi 1179, pi 1180, pi 1181): see Pollux 3.59 and, imprimis, Thucydides 2.13.1.Matched in noteshighshort

ι537Ἱππεῖςcavalrymen, horsemen, knights… (1981) 282-286. [4] Labourers, in effect. See e.g. Thucydides 6.43; Pollux 3.82. [5] Hesychius s.v. [6] Aristotle, Politics 1320a26. [7] cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 51. See also pi 1181 for both jury-pay …Matched in noteshighmedium