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β422Βουκόρυζανox-drivelling, ox-stupidity… case; the secondary one is a present infinitive. [1] For "ox-" as an intensifier of this kind cf. (e.g.) beta 414, beta 454. [2] Menander fr. 1003 Kock, 834 K.-Th., 530 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
β446Βοῦν ἐν γνάθοις φέρειhe is carrying an ox in his jawsMantissa Proverbiorum 1.36; cf. beta 460 (an ox on one's tongue).Matched in noteshighshort
α3977Ἁρμονίανharmony… Aristotle's de Anima 148.4-18, 25-31. [6] opsobapha (omicron 1085), also oxubapha, were chimes constructed from saucers made of different materials which were hit with a small wooden hammer; cf. delta 1155, and see generally …

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Βουκόρυζαν

ox-drivelling, ox-stupidity

[Meaning] great stupidity. Also [sc. attested is] koruza=n ["to have a runny nose; to drivel"], [sc. used of] him who is exceedingly drivelling. Menander [sc. uses these words].

Βουκόρυζαν· τὴν μεγάλην κόρυζαν. καὶ Κορυζᾶν, τὸν ἰσχυρῶς κορύζοντα. Μένανδρος.

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ε3333Ἐτραχηλίασεarched the neck… Etymologicum Magnum 174.25-26 (and LSJ s.v., citing horses rather than oxen).Matched in noteshighshort

α125ἈγαθώνιοςAgathonios, Agathonius… and on his aulos music, M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 354-5.Matched in noteshighshort

α576Ἀετὸς τῶν οἰκοδομημάτωνgable of the buildings… wings" (Nan Dunbar, Aristophanes: Birds, edited with introduction and commentary (Oxford 1995) 592).Matched in noteshighshort

α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart… wording. See F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, iii (Oxford 1979) 662-3. [3] Cato the Elder (kappa 1113). [4] Aemilianus. [5] A reference to Homer, Odyssey 10.494f.: "to him [Teiresias] alone Persephone granted …Matched in noteshighshort

α764Ἄθρυπτοςunbroken… as dignified and manly" see M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 179-80.Matched in noteshighshort

α2536Ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου δαιμόνιονman (is) man's divinity… and Boiotia/Attica, see generally D. Whitehead, Hypereides: the forensic speeches (Oxford 2000) 421-3.Matched in noteshighshort

α3298Ἀπὸ δὶς ἑπτὰ κυμάτωνfrom twice seven waves… 5, 7) in the same context see Robert Parker, Miasma (Oxford 1983) 226; cf. E. Rohde, Psyche (English tr. London 1925) 589.Matched in noteshighshort

α4307Ἀτταγᾶςpartridge… or Black Partridge, see Nan Dunbar's edition of Aristophanes' Birds (Oxford 1995) 220-1.) [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 249 and 245 (web address 1 below). [3] Aristophanes, Wasps 257 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort

α4447Αὐλόςaulos, pipe… like an oboe. See generally M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 81-109. [3] Adler notes (but does not follow) Kuster's deletion of the words "and again". [4] Greek Anthology 6.92.1 (Philip), the goldsmith …Matched in noteshighshort

β101Βάραθρονcleft… 100 (and generally S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 141). [1] The Greek text here includes the words "the deme of (the tribe) Hippothontis", but (as was first noticed in the …Matched in noteshighshort

β196Βάψας τὴν κώπηνhaving dipped the oar… see generally A.R.W. Harrison, The Law of Athens, ii: procedure (Oxford 1971) 23-4. [1] Sc. yet masquerading as an Athenian citizen. [2] Comica adespota fr. 743 Kock (but not separately registered by Kassel-Austin).Matched in noteshighshort

β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… 'altar' and a verb for watching attested only in the Cypriot dialect by Hesychius and possibly in Cretan (Leg. Gort. 2.17). Thus perhaps altar-ambushers were also called 'altar-watchers'. [3] See beta 487. [4] This …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ201Δέλταdelta… at web address 2). See the commentary by J. Henderson (Oxford 1987), p.85, slightly modifying his earlier remarks in The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 146.Matched in noteshighshort

δ207Δελφίςdolphin… Thucydides v.4, by A.W. Gomme, A. Andrewes and K.J. Dover. Oxford: O.U.P., 1970, 418), and see also e.g. Aristophanes, Knights 762.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1650Δυσκολοκάμπτους ᾠδάςintricate-twisted songs… what are later called metabolai, i.e. modulations" (Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 356 and n.3); but see the discussion on this word and the related keklasme/nos 'bent' (web address 1) at beta 488. The …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3279Ἐτέκταινονthey were constructing, I was constructing… form of the gloss (epsilon6530). Adler cites as comparanda Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.439.3 and the Ambrosian Lexicon (2239).Matched in noteshighshort

ει92Εἰκῶimage… Graeci 4.1.1.239.32. [2] Similarly again in Choeroboscus again, and Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.205.21; see also epsiloniota 93. [3] Adler cites for comparison Theodorus Anagnostes (Theodore the Reader), Historia ecclesiastica PG 86.1.173a. See also e.g. George …Matched in noteshighshort

η212ἨλίαςElias, Elijah[1] Greek *)oxozi/as. See 3 Kingdoms 22.40, 52-54 (= English 1 Kings 22.40, 51-53). [2] See 4 Kingdoms 1.2-4 (= English 2 Kings 1.2-4). The "Fly" idol is in the Septuagint called "Baal Fly …Matched in noteshighmedium

ι336Ἱμάσθληνthong… a becalmed boat, just as a whip goads a stubborn ox. See additional extracts from this epigram at alpha 2652, gamma 456, and epsilon 265.Matched in noteshighshort

χ238Χεῖραhand, handwriting… Defence of Lykophron. See D. Whitehead, Hypereides: the forensic speeches (Oxford 2000) 106. [2] Theodoret (PG 80, 1080a) on Psalm 30:6 LXX. [3] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251).Matched in noteshighshort