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Διεδοιδύκησε
he made a pestle-fist
Likewise in other lexica. The headword is Comica
adespota
fr. 974 Kock, now 497 K.-A. (Verb otherwise unattested outside lexicography.) For pestles see delta 1560.
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1499
Δραματουργήσας
having staged a drama, having fabricated
The headword,
aorist
active
participle, masculine singular nominative, of the verb dramatourge/w is treated in
a
recognizably related fashion in Synagoge delta359
and
Photius, Lexicon delta744. However,
as
glosses both lexica have participles from …
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having fallen from a donkey
[1]
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1273 (web
address
1 below), with scholion; cf. lambda 467. See
also
Zenobius 2.57
and
other paroemiographers;
and
tau 1158. [2] Plato, Laws 701C (web
address
2). The manuscript tradition of …
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η
531
Ἡρματισμένον
having placed in a chariot
… (which must be quoted from somewhere but is not independently
attested)
is perfect participle of the rare verb
a(rmati/zomai,
masculine
accusative
singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular.
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ε
1598
Ἐξεθεάτρισαν
they made a spectacle of
… [1] Polybius fr. 141 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (532) that Casaubon
attributed
this fragment to Polybius. Schweighäuser suspected (ibid.) that the context of the fragment is the 180 BCE embassy of Kallikrates of Leontion to …
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ε
456
Ἔκλαγξαν
they made a sharp noise
The headword is
aorist
indicative, third person plural, of kla/zw. It is quoted from Homer, Iliad 1.46 (where it describes the sharp sound of
arrows).
cf. Etymologicum Magnum 516.30,
and
see Hesychius epsilon1469;
a
…
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α
4177
Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃ
a wineskin in a frost
… on it (PG 80, 1848bc). [2] 1 Corinthians 9.27. [3]
Aristophanes,
Acharnians
1000-2 (web
address
1). What follows here derives from scholiastic comment on the line. [4] The Khoes, the second day of the …
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4599
Ἀφεὶς καὶ Ἀπαλλάξας
having let go and having set free
The first part of the entry
(as
far
as
n.2) is
an
abridgement
of the one in Harpokration s.v. [1] Demosthenes 36.25; Isaeus 5.14. [2] Demosthenes 36.2. [3] Hyperides fr. 181 Jensen; see
already
…
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α
2896
Ἀπανθήσαντα
having faded, having withered
… extracted from the quotation given, is neuter plural of this
aorist
passive participle; cf.
alpha
3169. [1]
A
compressed
(and
initially garbled) version of
Aristophanes,
Ecclesiazusae 1113-1121, the last of these lines being the …
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δ
1491
Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσα
a drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail
… here but draxmh\ xalazw=sa in two earlier versions, Zenobius 3.27
and
Hesychius delta2351: see further on this discrepancy below -- has been claimed
as
a
fragment of
Attic
comedy
(Adespota
314 Kock, now 950 …
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α
1579
Ἀμήσαντες
having reaped
[1] The headword is masculine nominative plural,
aorist
active
participle of LSJ's
a)ma/w
(A);
cf.
alpha
1578, eta 318, eta 361. (In the gloss, the "not" makes no sense
and
should be deleted; cf. …
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781
Κατασπείρας
having sown
The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the
aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the compound verb kataspei/rw (kappa 782). [1] Sophocles,
Ajax
1005, with
a
gloss from the scholia vetera thereto. …
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3169
Ἀπηνθηκώς
having finished blooming, having lost one's bloom
… is the masculine nominative singular of this perfect participle (from
a)panqe/w;
cf.
alpha
2896). The quotation includes its masculine genitive plural. Neither is otherwise
attested.
Adler
attributes
the quotation to the Lives of the …
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κ
1076
Κατισχημένος
having been held, having been occupied
Same entry,
according
to
Adler,
in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle of kati/sxw, masculine nominative singular. It must be quoted from somewhere, perhaps Eusebius or Cyril of
Alexandria,
both of …
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1578
Ἀμησάμενος
having shovelled up
[1] The headword is masculine nominative singular,
aorist
middle participle, of LSJ's
a)ma/w
(A)
(cf.
alpha
1579,
and
more generally
alpha
1574,
and
delta 654). Perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the first quotation …
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α
749
Ἄθως καλύπτει πλευρὰ Λημνίας βοός
Athos conceals the flank of a Lemnian cow
A
differently-worded version of this proverb was given by Sophocles, fr. 776 Pearson (= 709 Radt):
*)/aqws
skia/zei nw=ta *lhmni/as boo/s,
"Athos
shades the back of
a
Lemnian cow". LSJ (s.v.
Athos;
web
address
…
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β
196
Βάψας τὴν κώπην
having dipped the oar
A
garbled entry deriving in large part from Harpokration s.v. nautodikai, where
Aristophanes
fr. 225 Kock (237 Kassel-Austin) is quoted: "I want [to make him]
a
foreigner suddenly,
having
dipped to the nautodikai." (Here …
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583
Διακλιμακίσας
having used the klimax
See
also
kappa 1749. The noun klimax literally means
a
ladder (kappa 1803, kappa 1806); for its
application
to
a
wrestling-hold see
also
e.g. Sophocles, Trachiniae 521. The present headword
(aorist
active
participle, masculine …
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ε
1564
Ἐξαρτήσας
having hung on
The headword (evidently quoted from somewhere) is
aorist
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)carta/w; cf. epsilon 1748, epsilon 1749. See
also
ps.-Zonaras 766.1, with the same glosses; cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 485.17 s.v. …
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α
4232
Ἀστέρειος
of a star, star's
[1]
Adler
reports
a
comparable entry in the
Ambrosian
Lexicon. [2] This masculine
accusative
singular
appears
in Homer, Iliad 16.134 (in
a
description of
Achilles'
body-armour: web
address
1 below),
and
gloss is from …
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1355
Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔνεστι συκοφάντου δήγματος
but it does not have [a charm] against an informer's bite
This is
a
curious --
and
possibly corrupt -- phrase found in
Aristophanes,
Plutus [Wealth] 885 (web
address
1 below). The explanations offered here
are
taken from scholia there.
Again
(with slight variations)
at
…
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α
934
Ἀκοστήσας
grain-fed, having fed on grain
The headword,
aorist
participle of
a)kosta/w,
is used of
a
horse in Homer, Iliad 6.506 (= 15.263). This entry, with parallels in other lexica, draws on the scholia there. cf.
alpha
935. [1] More …
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1166
Ἀλείψας
having oiled
The headword,
aorist
active
participle (masculine nominative singular) of
a)lei/fw,
is evidently quoted from somewhere. cf. generally
alpha
1165. [1] Thus far the entry (minus the syntactical comment) = Photius, Lexicon
alpha914
Theodoridis. [2] …
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κ
1805
Κλιμακόεσσαν
stepped, having steps
cf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.729, where the headword
(an
adjective
in the feminine
accusative
singular) is
a
variant reading for klwmako/essan "rocky"
as
an
epithet of Ithome (web
address
1). This variant occurs …
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αι
281
Αἶρε δάκτυλον
raise a finger
[1] This word,
Adler
reports, is
added
superscript
and/or
in the margins of several of the mss. [2] Likewise in other lexica;
and
see
Apostolius
1.75. [3] Polybius fr. 2 Büttner-Wobst, illustrating
a
different …
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ε
2368
Ἐπικεχοδώς
having shat upon; Shitterling
Perfect participle of e)pixe/zw, used
as
a
mock-name for
a
bird
at
Aristophanes,
Birds 68 (web
address
1); cf. phi 124.
As
Adler
notes, these glosses perhaps derive from scholia on the line.
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γ
311
Γλυκεῖ' ὀπώρα φύλακος ἐκλελοιπότος
with the watchman having abandoned sweet fruits
[1]
A
line of iambic verse: Tragica
Adespota
fr. 403; Comica
Adespota
fr. 1239 Kock (but not in K.-A.);
Apostolius
5.52
and
other paroemiographers. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse,
attributed
to
Astrampsychus
(alpha
…
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κ
891
Καταιγίσας
having stormed upon (?)
[1] The headword
as
transmitted is
aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb kataigi/zw (kappa 889). It must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps
a
fragment of
Alexis
the comic poet reported …
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581
Ἐκπλήξας
driving out, having driven out
Entry lacking,
Adler
reports, in mss TFV,
and
a
marginal
addition
in
A.
The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is
aorist
active
participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)kplh/ssw; cf. epsilon …
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γ
23
Γαλλαίῳ
with a Gallian
The headword, dative singular of
a
putative
adjective
*gallai=os, is evidently drawn from the quotation that follows. The only other
attestation
of
any
form of the word comes in
a
poem by Gregory of …
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