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high43

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Jennifer Benedict12
Antonella Ippolito9
William Hutton7
Gregory Hays2
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Stefano Sanfilippo2

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Catharine Roth1
Craig Gibson1
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ε861Ἐλινύεινto rest… in mss VM; see also under kappa 2740. Compare Etymologicum Magnum 330.57, where again the transmitted strateu/ein has been emended to straggeu/ein; and see further, next note. [2] This phrase contains present participles in …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4248Ἀστράβηmule, mule's saddle… Synagoge (codex B alpha2268, and Photius (Lexicon alpha3017); cf. Etymologicum Magnum 158.50. [4] Glossed o)nhla/ths "donkey-driver" in Synagoge alpha1015 and Photius, Lexicon alpha3016. Cf. omicron 368. [5] A continuation of the material referred to, …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ961Διεσμιλευμένονpolished-off= Synagoge delta267, Photius delta552 Theodoridis, Etymologicum Magnum 273.53. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative or masculine accusative singular, of diasmileu/w; literally 'polish off with a chisel'. [1] The pertinence of this …

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Ἐλινύειν

to rest

[Meaning] to campaign. [Them] idling or spending time. And [sc. also attested is the phrase] "may [he] make fate rest." Meaning may [he] put an end to misfortune. Herodotos [writes]: "the army crossed in seven days and…

Ἐλινύειν· στρατεύειν. διατρίβοντας ἢ ἐγχρονίζοντας. καὶ πότμον ἐλινύσειεν. ἀντὶ τοῦ τὴν δυστυχίαν παύσειεν. Ἡρόδοτος· διέβη δὲ ὁ στρατὸς ἐν ζʹ ἡμέρῃσι καὶ ζʹ εὐφρόνῃσιν ἐλινύσας…

meter and music

meter and music

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Marcelo Boeri

Marcelo Boeri

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Patrick T. Rourke1

Patrick T. Rourke1

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Ross Scaife ✝1

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ε456Ἔκλαγξανthey made a sharp noise… (where it describes the sharp sound of arrows). cf. Etymologicum Magnum 516.30, and see Hesychius epsilon1469; a sound compared to the cry of an eagle, according to the additional Hesychian gloss a)etou= tro/pon e)bo/hsan. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε879Ἑλκεσίπεπλοιrobe-dragging… is found in Hesychius (epsilon2131), Lexica Segueriana 216.17 Bachmann, Etymologicum Magnum 334 and 74, and Etymologicum Genuinum alpha559, and the scholia to Homer loc.cit., though none seems to be the direct source for the …Matched in noteshighshort

α2341Ἀνετύφετοwas being fired up[Meaning he/she/it] was burning, was being aroused. "Besides, some irresistible magnitude of ambition was being stoked up in them to capture the pirate chief."Matched in translationhighshort

α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… frequently, it has the sense "brood over." [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 4.44. These are principal parts of the verb bu/w, which means "to stuff," followed by buso/s, which does not exist according to LSJ. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α172Ἀγάστορεςwomb-mates… occur in Lycophron, Alexandra 264 (genitive plural). [2] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 6.20.Matched in noteshighshort

α187Ἀγελαῖοςordinary… previous sentence are paralleled in Etymologicum Gudianum 4.3 and Etymologicum Magnum 7.41. [3] cf. alpha 189. [4] The reference is probably to Herodotus 2.93.1, where both i)xqu/es a)gelai=oi and the adverb a)gelhdo/n (alpha 191) …Matched in noteshighshort

α934Ἀκοστήσαςgrain-fed, having fed on grain… scholia there. cf. alpha 935. [1] More intelligibly in Etymologicum Magnum 51.14, where these two terms are simply equivalents. [2] i.e. through the loss of one syllable, a)kosth/sas (the headword) becoming a)kolasth/sas; but the …Matched in noteshighshort

α2409Ἀνήλατοςintractable, stubbornSame entry, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 106.45. For this adjective cf. under iota 471.Matched in noteshighshort

αι255Αἰώνaion, eon, age, marrow… five meanings are found in the Etymologicum Genuinum, also Etymologicum Magnum 41.15. They are as follows: (i) the life of a man, as at Homer, Iliad 5.685. (ii) a period of one thousand years. …Matched in noteshighshort

β27Βαθεῖαν αὔλακαdeep furrow… in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (and again, post-Suda, in the Etymologicum Magnum). The headword phrase, in the accusative case, is a version of baqei=an a)/loka in Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 593 (web address 1 below). …Matched in noteshighshort

β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… cited in the scholia on Plato, Republic 606C (and Etymologicum Magnum 218.7). It would be derived from 'altar' and a verb for watching attested only in the Cypriot dialect by Hesychius and possibly in …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ208Δελφίςdolphin[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 255.25 (plurals). [2] Aristophanes, Knights 761-762 (web address 1), followed by comment from the scholia there. See further below. [3] Thucydides 7.41.2 (web address 2); see already delta 207. [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ598ΔιακωδωνίζωI ring abroad… this aorist passive participle. Quoted from Lysias, according to Etymologicum Magnum 267.27; Lysias fr. 313 Sauppe, now 485 Carey OCT.Matched in noteshighshort

δ698Διαπηνικίσαιto pull the wig over… 304 K.-A.), to whom the grammarian Pausanias and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 269.31 attribute this very rare verb. [1] Actually phnh/kh; see LSJ s.v. (web address 1) and pi 1529. [2] cf. LSJ s.v. fenaki/zw …Matched in noteshighshort

δ796Διατρέχοντεςmeteors… may suggest specifically "fireballs," very bright meteors with a visual magnitude brighter than -3, similar to that of the planet Venus (web address 2), as LSJ indicates that spinqhrobole/w is used of that planet …Matched in noteshighshort

δ911Διεκπερδικίσαιto slip through and out like a partridge… in the aorist infinitive diaperdiki/sai in Hesychius delta1213 and Etymologicum Magnum 269.37, regarded as a context-less fragment of Attic comedy) LSJ s.v. claims the Suda's diekperdiki/zw as its equivalent, though that does less than …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… the translation here. For the gloss timwri/as ('vengeance') cf. Etymologicum Magnum 276.8. [2] Quotation (via the Excerpta Constantiniana, Adler supposes) unidentifiable. Poetry? The words seem to hint at an iambic rhythm, although it is …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1116Δικτυωτήlatticed… the feminine noun qu/ra ('door') expressed or not; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 513.5. Many instances of the word are Biblical; Latte in his edition of Hesychius suggests Judges 5.28 LXX, where the headword appears, although …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1505Δραπετίνδαrunaway gameIt is further defined, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 286.48: "It is a form of the game called 'shut-eye' (mui+/nda, which might also mean the 'mouse game'). It is named from the fact that one …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1631Δυσηνίουςhard to bridle, hard to rein, refractory= Synagoge delta406; Photius, Lexicon delta820; and cf. Etymologicum Magnum 292.3. Both headword and glosses are accusative plurals: see further below. Hesychius delta2572 has a broadly comparable entry, but couched in nominative plurals and …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1645Δυσκίνητεhard to move, immovable… extensively, the scholion to Homer, Iliad 5.422, quoted in Etymologicum Magnum 546.17 and Etymologicum Gudianum 355.8. [3] Greek Anthology 7.221 5-6, by an unknown author (already at alpha 467).Matched in noteshighshort

ε437ἘκηριώθηνI was turned to wax… to wax') and khrioqh=nai ('to be turned to wax'). Etymologicum Magnum and Etymologicum Genuinum have a similar entry with the headword spelt e)khrw/qhn. None of these words occur outside lexicography, however.Matched in noteshighshort

ε745Ἐλασίβροντ' ἀναρρηγνὺς ἔπηbreaking forth thunder-driving words… from similar material are to be found in Hesychius, Etymologicum Magnum 325.45; and cf. alpha 2044. [2] Supplementation of this sentence is based on the text of the Aristophanes scholia. [3] Pindar fr. 144 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε754Ἐλάφειονhind's… see e.g. Geoponica 5.38.2, 13.8.1. [2] Zenobius 3.66 (= Etymologicum Magnum 326.10). See generally Tosi (cited under alpha 378) nos.858 and 1734.Matched in noteshighshort

ε961Ἐμβρίθειαseverity, weight… and strength of thought", or a similar one. Compare Etymologicum Magnum 334.17 (= Lexica Segueriana 249.16) s.v. e)mbriqe\s; and see generally LSJ s.v. See also epsilon 958, epsilon 959, epsilon 960, epsilon 962.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1119Ἐναπήρεισταιhas been fixed inSame entry in Etymologicum Magnum 337.30 (and again ps.-Zonaras) The headword -- which must be quoted from somewhere but is otherwise unattested -- is perfect middle/passive, third person singular, of the verb e)naperei/dw (for …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1124Ἔναραspoils, trappings… 22.245 e)/. broto/enta; 13.268); scholia to Sophocles, Ajax 26; Etymologicum Magnum 337.40-41. See also Hesychius epsilon2657, with the additional gloss la/fura [also in Eustathius, Commentary on the Iliad 1.189)] and epsilon2660. [2] Greek Anthology …Matched in noteshighshort

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