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3256
Ἐσχάτως
terminally
[Meaning] extremely.
Menander
[writes]: "I fear you terminally."
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1873
Ἀναθέσθαι
to take back
… and to repent. It is frequent in the philosopher Plato.
Menander
in Aphrodisian [writes]: "after escaping the illness which she had, she did not have to take back the words which had been spoken."
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4042
Ἀρτικροτεῖσθαι
to be synchronised
… to be harmonised. "The weddings were being synchronised"; [so] says
Menander.
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α
4378
Ἄτρακτον
arrow; spindle
… forth a well-aimed arrow, he was hurt and killed." And
Menander
[writes]: "he shot at the barbarian and then stretched out the wing [sc. of the battle line] and sent a well-aimed arrow at …
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299
Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦ
to lift one's foot out of the mud
… taking away the table which was set beside [a dinner-guest].
Menander
in Snood [says], "Then take the tables away at once like this; prepare perfume and wreaths, make libations." And in Breakfasters [he says]: …
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β
39
Βαθύς
deep
Meaning crafty. Thus
Menander
[sc. uses the word].
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β
422
Βουκόρυζαν
ox-drivelling, ox-stupidity
… to drivel"], [sc. used of] him who is exceedingly drivelling.
Menander
[sc. uses these words].
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δ
737
Διαρτῆσαι
to separate
[Meaning] to deceive.
Menander
[sc. uses the word] in this way. But diarti/sai with an iota [means] to remodel, to restore. For diarti/zw ["I mold"] [means] I fashion and I complete. But diartw=["I suspend"] …
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537
Ἐκκορηθείης
may you be swept out
[Meaning] may you be annihilated completely.
Menander
[writes]: "you, for your part, may you be swept out."
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1193
Ἔνδυο
one-two
[Meaning] quickly, as with us.
Menander
in Ephesian [writes]: "for I'll be there one-two".
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3713
Εὐρωτιῶν
mouldering
… driven into poverty by the [comic] poets and reproached; as
Menander
says: "hunger settles on the clean."
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ει
223
Εἰς ἀγορὰν ὑφαίνειν
to weave into an agora
[Meaning] to bring out woven goods into the agora.
Menander
[sc. uses the phrase].
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1243
Ἁλιρρόθιον
sea-beaten, roaring; Halirrothios
… is inscribed on a headless double herm (to Homer and
Menander)
found outside the walls of Rome, Alle Tre Fontane, in what had probably been Aelian's (Claudius Aelianus, sophist, ca. 170 – ca. 235 …
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β
532
Βρενθύεσθαι
to be haughty, to take umbrage
… context, see gamma 77, sigma 1513, and upsilon 317. [7]
Menander
Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (106-107), on the Persian envoy Mebod (cf. alpha 3098), heading to Byzantion in late 567.
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295
Δεύτερος πλοῦς
second voyage
… Photius delta224, where Theodoridis (following Nauck: see Adler's addenda) cites
Menander
fr. 205 Koerte, now 183 K.-A.
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1631
Δυσηνίους
hard to bridle, hard to rein, refractory
… many authors in figurative senses (intractable, rebellious, etc.): see e.g.
Menander
fr. 589 Koerte, now 812 K.-A., a generalization about women. The present entry's accusative plural must be quoted from somewhere. The extant possibilities …
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460
Ἐκλελάκτικεν
has kicked out
… person singular, of the verb e)klakti/zw. It is quoted from
Menander
fr. 20 K.-A (16 Koerte), from the Halieus. See in full under alpha 2606: e)klela/ktiken o( xrhsto\s h(mi=n moi=xos, a)ll' a)nta/llagos, "he has …
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1149
Ἐν γειτόνων
in the neighbours' [place]
… For the headword phrase e)n geito/nwn (sc. oi)/kois) see e.g.
Menander,
Aspis 122; Lucian, Symposium 22.9; and cf. to\ xwri/on to\ e)n g. in Demosthenes 53.10. Metaphorical use, with the meaning of "to be …
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2425
Ἐπικυδέστερος
more glorious, rather glorious
… the present glossing. [3] A close approximation of part of
Menander
Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (122-123; via Constantine Porphyrogenitus, Excerpta de legationibus 194.31-195.1), on the 569-571 embassy of Zemarchus to the Turks. The original …
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ε
2560
Ἐπισεῖσαι
to threaten
… 4.302. See on this Theodoridis' Photius edition, vol.II p.LXXXIV. [2]
Menander
Protector, part of fr. 12.2 Blockley (130-131), on the Avar khan Baian (cf. alpha 209) pressing negotiations with the Lombards (cf. lambda 21 …
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ε
3013
Ἐρρίφθω κύβος
let the die have been cast
… 2601, kappa 2602 and notes 5-7), and is used by
Menander
(fr. 65 Kock, 59 Koerte, now 64 Kassel-Austin = Arrhephoroi fr. 1) with the compound verb a)nerri/fqw; also, in the indicative, of a …
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3969
Ἐφοινίττετο
was blushing, was turning red
… 795), presumably extracted from the quotation given. [2] Part of
Menander
Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (108-109), on the Persian envoy Mebod's (cf. alpha 3098) embarrassment while addressing Roman emperor Justin II (cf. iota 449). …
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χ
473
Χρῆμα
matter; thing
… of Synagoge chi110, Hesychius chi709 (although Hesychius omits 'property'). [2]
Menander
Protector fr. 23.9 Blockley (212-213), on the dismal lodgings provided to Roman envoys to Persia, Zacharias and Theodorus, in 576-577. On Zacharias see …
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