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- α356Ἀγριόθυμοςsavage-minded, wild-minded… at Photius alpha258 Theodoridis. The headword adjective is poetic (e.g. Oppian, Cynegetica 2.103 & 446), by and large.
- ε834Ἐλήλαταιhas been driven… particular form is difficult to document in that sense; cf. Oppian, Halieutica 4.82.
- κ2168Κοτυληδόνεςcups, suckers… noun kotulhdw/n. It is presumably quoted from somewhere -- probably Oppian, Halieutica 2.282; cf. the scholia there. Same or similar entry in other lexica (see the references at Photius kappa1021 Theodoridis) and a scholion …
- α2254Ἀνέμβατοςinaccessible… also occur -- and in a literal sense -- in Oppian, Halieutica 2.526, and generated scholiastic comment there. [1] Greek Anthology 5.234.3 (Paulus Silentiarius), now much older, the poet has succumbed to love.
- ε2218Ἐπήτριμοςtightly-packed… only in grammars, lexica, and late hexameters (Nonnus, 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. …
- ε1100Ἐνναέταιinhabitants… apparently (to judge from scholia) Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1048, or Oppian, Halieutica 3.628. [2] Greek Anthology 6.168.2 (Paul the Silentiary), Xenophilus kills the boar and dedicates its hide to Pan. Find further excerpts from …
- μ317Μαιευόμενοιdelivering, serving as a midwife (?)… maio/menoi, twice attested in Pindar; also in e.g. Hesiod and Oppian.
- γ510Γυρόνround… glossing in other lexica, and see also the scholia to Oppian, Cynegetica 1.474, from where the neuter singular headword is very probably quoted; cf.the scholia there. [2] Greek Anthology 6.64.1 (Paul the Silentiary), a …
- ε2176Ἐπήλυσινapproach, assault… one should note that the scholia to the instance in Oppian, Halieutica 4.228, give the second of these three glossing synonyms. [1] Greek Anthology 5.268.3 (Paul the Silentiary), on the wings of Love and …
- ι141Ἰαινόμενοιto be warmed… same verb. It must be quoted from somewhere -- probably Oppian, Halieutica 3.583, where the scholia gloss it with eu)fraino/menoi, but see also Theocritus, Idylls 27.67.
- λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang… to perceive is left ambiguous). See also the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 1.551, where the etymologies that seem separate in other sources are combined: lugai/ws kai\ o)ce/ws bai/nwn kai\ kekrumme/nws kai\ lelhqo/tws. ("gloomily and …
- κ1383Κερδαλεόφρωνprofit-minded, greedy, crafty… gain" in the Iliad (1.149 [above], 4.339), and "crafty" in Oppian, Cynegetica 2.29; but the distinction is artificial. [1] This adjective, dolio/boulos, is mostly restricted to lexicographers: Hesychius, Photius, the Lexica Segueriana, and delta …
- κ1286Κελαινόςblack, murky, dark… (e.g. Mycenaean ke-ra-no of a horse or bull) and fish (Oppian), but also (cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 9.6, me/lan h)\ fobero/n or frikto/n) to dark, murky or ominous things: the earth, Hades, the …
- κ1141Καυστειρός Καυτηρὸςburning… masculine appears by analogy in late Epic: kausthroi=o (sic) in Oppian, Halieutica 2.509 (deriving kausthro/s from kausth/r). The grammarians spell the masculine adjective with ei, to match kau/steira. Grammarians from Herodian on (De prosodia …
- α4566Ἀφαυροτέροιςmore feeble (ones), rather feeble (ones)… must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Pindar and Oppian. [2] Greek Anthology 6.267.3-4 (Diotimus), a dedication to Artemis on a landowner's estate; again at iota 238, with (correctly) the adverb "feebly"; cf. …
- ε1172Ἐνδιάειresides… Aelian, On the nature of animals 10.49; Greek Anthology 4.3.143; Oppian, Cynegetica 4.81). [1] Greek Anthology 5.270.9-10 (Paulus Silentiarius), on the many charms of the poet's lover. See the other quotes from this epigram …
- μ102Μαλερόνfierce… the Etymologicum Magnum; scholia to Hesiod, Theogony 16; scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 1.300). [2] LSJ s.v. malero/s notes malero\n pu=r as an Homeric expression (Iliad 9.242, 20.316, 21.375). Photius loc.cit. also includes these examples. …