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3220
Ἁ πίτυς
the pine-tree
Entry lacking, Adler reports, in some of the manuscripts. [1]
Theocritus
(see next note) wrote in a Doric dialect: the feminine nominative singular of the definite article was a(, which the Suda glosses with …
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2545
Κοιλιδιᾶν
to bag-swell
… only here, is present active infinitive. cf. kappa 2535. [1]
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.38, with comments from the scholia (although the form of the verb as it appears in
Theocritus
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3708
Εὐρώς
dankness
… Etym.Gud and Etym.Parv. use that form as a lemma. [3]
Theocritus,
Idylls 4.28; here once again the sense is more in the line of the mildew and decay caused by dankness (see note 2). …
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η
620
Ἡττήθης τινὸς ἀλεκτρυόνος
you were defeated
… -- proverbial in Apostolius 8.70 -- occurs. The quotation is
Theocritus
Idylls 22.72 (web address 2).
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1584
Κιγκλίζει
wags one's tail
… in Photius kappa695 Theodoridis, and similar in the scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 5.116 (on which see below). Other lexica add the sense "to tempt", from the same motion applied to humans (Herodian, Schematismi Homerici …
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363
Βοήν
battle-cry
… For the transference of the word to battle itself see
Theocritus,
Idylls 16.97, quoted in LSJ s.v.
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1205
Διοσημεία
Zeus-omen, Zeus-sign
… which explains the word: ei)s tri/thn h(me/ran). Cf. Antiphon 6.21;
Theocritus,
Idylls 18.14; Hesychius epsilon1116 and epsilon2996; epsilon 1292. The old adjective e(/nos (cf. Latin senex), normally with rough aspiration in Attic, meaning “belonging …
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1082
Ἐμφύς
sticking to
… quotation given, though there are earlier instances in Euripides and
Theocritus.
[2] Aelian fr. 349 Domingo-Forasté (353 Hercher).
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2251
Ἐπιβρίσησιν ὀδόντας
presses teeth; would press teeth
… indicative). Compare in any event e)pibri/ssh|si (with 'teeth' implicit) in
Theocritus,
Idylls 21.4. For the verb see also epsilon 2023, epsilon 2250.
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141
Ἰαινόμενοι
to be warmed
… where the scholia gloss it with eu)fraino/menoi, but see also
Theocritus,
Idylls 27.67.
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675
Ἴσῳ ζυγῷ
with an equal yoke
… itself is first attested (and with the same application) in
Theocritus,
Idylls 12.15 (and glossed in the scholia to as o(moi/ws).
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938
Κατελάσας
having driven down, having subjugated
… the same sense in Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1082; and see also
Theocritus,
Idylls 5.116 (kath/lasa).
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1874
Κνίζων
scratching
… similarly glossed in other lexica; evidently quoted from somewhere (probably
Theocritus,
Idylls 6.25; cf. the scholia thereto). [2] Herodian the grammarian, in Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey 1745.64 and 1746.12. On hypothetical monosyllabic verbs, …
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2319
Κραμβοτάτου
loudest, quite loud, very loud
… or "clear-sounding" (LSJ s.v. II), via "crisp" or "crackling", and
Theocritus,
Idylls 7.37 refers to the kapuro/s (clear-sounding) mouth of the Muses. Bekker suggests instead that the allusion may be to Crates as a …
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2535
Κοῖλα
bags
… ku/la); Synagoge kappa501; scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 472; scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 1.38. See also kappa 2545, kappa 2674. [2] The term 'apples' (mh=la) is often applied to the bags under the eyes by …
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