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- α794Ἀκάματον πῦρtireless fireHomer, Iliad 5.4 (web address 1 below): Athene inspires Diomedes [Author, Myth].
- μ505Μελιηδήςhoney-sweet[1] Similarly glossed already in Hesychius (mu706). [2] Homer, Iliad 10.495, and Odyssey 11.203 (web addresses 1 and 2).
- λ585Λιπαροκρήδεμνοςbright-veiled[1] Epithet used in Homer, Iliad 18.382 (referring to Charis: web address 1), and in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter. Similar entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon, according to Adler. [2] Greek Anthology 6.61.5-6 (Palladas).
- κ1147Κάφοςspirit[1] From scholia D on Homer, Iliad 5.698; similarly glossed in other lexica. [2] Homer, Iliad 5.698 (web address 1), with the accusative singular of the epic perfect participle kekafhw/s (cf. kappa 1236).
- ε753Ἐλαύνωσινthey driveSimilar entry already in Hesychius and in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. [1] Homer, Iliad 11.68 (where the phrase occurs in a simile: web address 1), with scholion. For o)/gmos, see also eta 128, omicron 26, …
- α1071ἈλαόςunseeingThe primary headword is quoted from Homer, Odyssey 8.195; see the scholia there. cf. generally alpha 1072. [1] For this verb see lambda 35. Same or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric …
- κ564Καταθύμιος θάνατοςa death suiting one's heartcf. scholia A (Aristonicus) on Homer, Iliad 10.383, where the phrase occurs (web address 1). For the adjective cf. kappa 563.
- μ337ΜαιονίδαςMaionidas, Maeonides; Maion's son, Maeon's sonHomer appears eleven times in the Greek Anthology as Maeonides (in Doric Maeonidas, as here), and these are two of the instances. The first (7.213.7-8) is by Archias, probably the poet for whose claim …
- χ564Χρυσῆν σειρήνgolden cord… accusative. [1] Plato, Theaetetus 153C (web address 1), referring to Homer, Iliad 8.19. (where the two words are reversed: web address 2).
- ε3236Ἔστυγενglowered… of the verb stuge/w. It is almost certainly extracted from Homer, Iliad 17.694 (quoted later in the entry), despite the absence of nu-moveable there. [1] The same glossing -- with the corresponding part of …
- β234Βέλοςarrow, dart, missile[1] Homer, Iliad 8.513 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there (comments foreshortened to simply 'a wound' in other lexica: Synagoge beta42, Photius beta124; combined with other glosses in Hesychius beta497).
- η627Ἦτορheart… [1] Likewise in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.490, where the headword occurs (web address 1). [2] Homer, Iliad 11.115 (web address 2), followed by comment from the scholia there.
- κ452Κασίγνητοςbrother… cf. alpha 441, alpha 442. [2] From a scholion on Homer, Iliad 15.545 (web address 1). [3] Homer, Iliad 6.430 (web address 2); here Andromache is speaking figuratively.
- κ2693Κυνάμυιαdog-flyHomer uses the word as a term of abuse at Iliad 21.394 (Web address 1) and 21.421 (Web address 2) in reference to Athena and Aphrodite respectively. Cf. Aristonicus, De signis Iliadis on 21.394; …
- ε571Ἐκπηνιεῖταιwill spool out… headword occurs (web address 1); cf. also pi 1530. [1] Homer, Iliad 23.762 (web address 2).
- α4718Ἄχριup to… Gudianum. [2] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.522 (and 17.599); cf. next note. [3] Homer, Iliad 4.521-522 (web address 1 below), …
- δ142Δέδηγμαι τὴν καρδίανI have been bitten in the heart; I have been stung in the heart… with glosses and further comment from the scholia there. [2] Homer, Iliad 5.493 (web address 2). [3] Homer, Odyssey 8.185 (web address 3). [4] Homer, Odyssey 20.17 (web address 4).
- α2411Ἂν ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐξικνῆταιIf you don't have the skin of a lion fasten on that of a fox… Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2223. [1] One version of Homer, Odyssey 11.119. [2] Homer, Odyssey 14.330.
- ε44ἘγανώθηνI brightened… of recent experiences that have pleased or pained him. [1] Homer, Iliad 13.493, from a simile describing the Trojan troops following their leaders like sheep going to drink. [2] cf. the epic verb gana/w …
- β373ΒόμβησενbuzzedVery similar entries in Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (which quotes Homer, Odyssey 8.190, bo/mbhsen de\ li/qos) and in Hesychius. This onomatopoetic verb is used of the sound of falling bodies in Homer, also of oars …
- ε2218Ἐπήτριμοςtightly-packed… Dionysiaca 3.234; Oppian, Cynegetica 3.382), but other forms appear in Homer, and commentary on Homeric passages may be the ultimate origin of the present entry; cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 18.211 (web address …
- η654Ηὐχένιζεwas cutting the throat… address 1); cf. alpha 2950. [1] Of a ship's sails: Homer, Odyssey 9.77, 12.402.
- ι186Ἱερὸν ἰχθῦνsacred fishFrom the scholia to Homer, Iliad 16.407, where the headword phrase occurs in a simile (in the accusative case, as again here: web address 1). See also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.284B-C (7.20 Kaibel). [1] On …
- αι99Αἰζηόςvigorous… lexica, including Hesychius; Latte s.v. regards it as quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.520 (where it is used in a simile). Besides Homer, the headword adjective occurs in other poetry.
- δ162Δεδραγμένοςclutching… headword, a perfect participle with present effect, occurs in the Homeric formula about death-throes, "clutching handfuls of gory dust" (Homer, Iliad 13.393 = 16.486).
- χ234Χειμὼνwinter… the Stoic Chrysippus (fr. 693). The subsequent part, with the Homeric quotation and its explanation, is quoted from Aristonicus' scholia to the verse. [1] Homer, Iliad 3.4 (web address 1); fully quoted in Apollonius' …
- ε1390Ἐνοπήbattle-noiseSee generally LSJ s.v. [1] Homer, Iliad 3.2. (See kappa 1697 and the note there.) [2] Greek Anthology 6.163.6-7 (Meleager [Author, Myth]); cf. epsilon 1124.
- χ29Χάλκεοςbrazen… cf. Hesychius (chi69) and the definition given in the Lexeis Homerikai [web address 1] published by H. van Thiel, s.v. xa/lkeon. [2] Homer, Iliad 5.387, with scholion; and cf. Hesychius chi70: "prison, jar, and …
- α4531Αὐτοῦright here[1] Homer, Iliad 6.80 (web address 1 below). [2] Greek Anthology 7.153.5-6 (a statue of a girl is speaking); cf. mu 1036, end.
- δ1212Διὸς φήμηZeus' voice… [1] Prophet, in its strict sense. [2] An approximation of Homer, Iliad 2.93-94.