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584
Ἔκπλυτον
washed-out
… to dying. Adler also classifies the entry as a gl[ossa]
Platonica'
(repeated by Theodoridis at his Photius, Lexicon epsilon478), evidently because it appears as a totality in Timaeus'
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138
Ἐγκύρτια
fish-trap entrances, weel entrances
… not out. The present gloss on its plural (from Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon) is as vague in the Greek as it sounds in translation. [1]
Plato,
Timaeus 78B-D (web address 1).
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ει
165
Εἴξασι
they are like
[1] Similarly in other lexica, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. See
Plato,
Politicus 291A and Sophist 230A. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 341-3 (web address 1) with scholion. For e)/oika etc. see epsilon 3347, epsilon 3348, epsilon …
trade and manufacture
trade and manufacture
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7
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5
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4
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4
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4
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4
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3
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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2
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1
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α
2143
Ἀναψῦχον
refreshing
Same entry in Photius, and in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. For this verb see already alpha 2142. [1] The primary headword is quoted from
Plato,
Cratylus 399D. [2] This secondary headword is surely also quoted …
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ε
2171
Ἐπηλυγάζονται
they are being obfuscated
… 2172. Adler cites scholia to Lucian (25.5 Rabe) and to
Plato,
Lysis 207B, Lexica Segueriana 243.8 and Photius s.v. h)lu/gh, but these passages share little in common with the present entry aside from a …
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α
3586
Ἀποτεθρίακεν
has unpetalled
… 1975) 118, #37. [2] (cf. tau 237.) Likewise in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon, and similarly in Photius and elsewhere. This participle, transmitted here as a)poteqruwme/noi, is actually a)poteqrumme/noi, quoted from
Plato,
Republic 495E; see the …
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240
Γῆν ἰλλομένην
fettered land
Same entry in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon and in Photius, Lexicon gamma110 Theodoridis. The headword phrase, in the accusative case, is generated by
Plato,
Timaeus 40B (quoted by Plutarch, Moralia 1006C). cf. generally iota 285, …
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δ
666
Διανενεύκαμεν
we have swum through
Same entry in other lexica, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. The headword comes from
Plato,
Republic 441C, tau=ta me\n a)/ra...mo/gis dianeneu/kamen ('that was a tough swim for us'). cf. delta 667, delta 670.
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δ
1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
The headword is also written dioshmi/a: Aelius Aristides, Pros
Platona,
p.105 Jebb, 22; Cassius Dio 38.13.4, al. One frequently finds the ending -ei/a in manuscripts as an orthographic variant (an accepted form in later …
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δ
1535
Δρόμοις
[in] races
… Ptolemy II Euergetes (SIG 463.14). Note, nevertheless, that in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon the gloss is simply toi=s gumnasi/ois, suggesting a wider application.
(Plato,
Phaedrus 227A-B, perhaps lies behind Timaeus' entry.) [2] The quotation is …
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δ
1655
Δυσμαῖς βίου
at life's settings
Same entry in Hesychius (delta2605) and elsewhere, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. The headword phrase is probably quoted from
Plato,
Laws 770A (even though 'life' has the definite article there); other instances and parallels in …
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1796
Ἐξομόργνυνται
they wipe off (from themselves)
… glossing in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to
Plato,
Laws 775D, where the participle e)comorgnu/menon (e)comorgnu/menos in Timaeus,
Platonic
Lexicon) occurs.
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ε
3544
Εὐκράς
temperate
… 197, from the lost Antiope), the headword is extracted from
Plato,
Critias 112D (where it describes a spring: web address 1). See also Hesychius (epsilon6939), Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon, Photius' Lexicon, ps.-Zonaras, and the Etymologicum …
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γ
316
Γλυκὺς ἀγκών
sweet elbow
… [1] Apostolius 5.50. See LSJ s.v. a)gkw/n III, with references
(Plato,
Phaedrus 257D, etc.) at web address 1. [2] cf. epsilon 1923, nu 524. [3]
Plato
Comicus fr. 178 Kock, now 195 K.-A.
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α
463
Ἄδην
enough, to excess
[1]
Plato,
Charmides 153D (web address 1 below). The entry so far has drawn on scholia to that passage; see also Photius and other lexica. [2] Herodotus 9.39.2 (web address 2 below). [3] Quotation …
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α
485
Ἀδικία
injustice
… of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 173.27-174.1 and 186.5-7. [1]
Plato,
Sophist 228E (see also Republic 610C).
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1523
Ἀμβλίσκουσιν
they induce miscarriage
[1]
Plato,
Theaetetus 149D, where the headword occurs (web address 1 below). More briefly in Photius, Lexicon alpha1158 Theodoridis. [2] cf. epsilon 1531, epsilon 1730, epsilon 1731, alpha 1524, alpha 1525, eta 285.
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α
3459
Ἀπ' ὄνου καταπεσών
having fallen from a donkey
… also Zenobius 2.57 and other paroemiographers; and tau 1158. [2]
Plato,
Laws 701C (web address 2). The manuscript tradition of this passage is actually divided between the straight a)p' o)/nou ('from a donkey'), preferred …
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3824
Ἀρεοπαγίτης
Areopagite
… See alpha 3838.) [2] Macarius 2.30. [3] Macarius 2.31. [4]
Plato
Comicus fr. 104 Kock, now 112 K.-A. [5] Anaxandrides ["Alexandrides" is in error, as Hemsterhuys pointed out: cf. alpha 32] fr. 38 Kock, …
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α
4067
Ἀρύτεσθαι
to draw
… than the infinitive a)ru/tesqai). See web address 1 below. [2]
Plato,
Laws 636D-E (which has o(/qen te dei= for the present o(/qen te dh\). See web address 2.
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αι
335
Αἴσωπος
Aesop
… ostensibly canine but in fact human (the bread-seller Myrtia). [3]
Plato
Comicus fr. 68 Kock, 70 Kassel-Austin. See also zeta 87. This whole paragraph is repeated from alpha 1806, and the quotation is garbled …
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δ
340
Δεινόν
terrible
… Pfeiffer. [3] Aristophanes, Acharnians 352-354 (web address 2) with scholion;
Plato
Comicus fr. 32 Kock, now 31 K.-A. Again at omicron 315. [4] Aelian fr.111a Domingo-Forasté (108 Hercher), quoted more fully at kappa 1762 …
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45
Ἐγγαστρίμυθος
ventriloquist
… 3140; also tau 266. [2] Sophocles fr. 59 Radt. [3]
Plato,
Sophist 252C. [4] Aristophanes, Wasps 1019. MacDowell (see Bibliography) has a useful note there (p.264). [5] Philochorus FGrH 328 F78. [6] For this …
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ε
3444
Εὔερον
fleecy, cushy
… strict Atticists like Phrynichus (116) condemn as a barbarism. [2]
Plato
Comicus fr. 169 Kock, now 184 K.-A. (For Hyperbolus see under upsilon 245.) [3] The transmitted accusative here clearly should be dative (Pearson); …
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χ
326
Χθονία
underground
… this adjective. cf. chi 327, chi 328, chi 329. [1]
Plato,
Republic 10.619E (web address 1 below). [2] Alcman fr. 146 Page.
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χ
423
Χωλή
lame
See also chi 424, chi 425. [1]
Plato,
Phaedo 71E (web address 1), here misquoted (omit 'if' - and construe as a question). For On the soul as a title for the Phaedo, cf. …
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χ
564
Χρυσῆν σειρήν
golden cord
The headword phrase is in the accusative. [1]
Plato,
Theaetetus 153C (web address 1), referring to Homer, Iliad 8.19. (where the two words are reversed: web address 2).
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α
2000
Ἀναπεμπάζειν
to ponder, to calculate, to count over
… from) Lucian, Menippus 12. Note however that Photius s.v. cites
Plato
in this context, i.e. accusative a)napempazome/nous in
Plato,
Laws 724B.
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ε
3792
Εὐφήμει
speak well
… glosses are present imperative active (the headword apparently quoted from
Plato:
cf. n. 3 below). These glosses reflect the literal meaning of the word, whereas the subsequent quotation reflect a specialized use of the …
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α
31
Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξ
silly cuckoo
cf. generally alpha 32, alpha 33. [1]
Plato
Comicus fr. 64 Kock = 65 K.-A. (Phrynichus 48.11). For "cuckoo" alone, in this sense, see e.g. Aristophanes, Acharnians 598 (web address 1 below), and Hesychius …
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