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- χ564Χρυσῆν σειρήνgolden cord… accusative. [1] Plato, Theaetetus 153C (web address 1), referring to Homer, Iliad 8.19. (where the two words are reversed: web address 2).
- η627Ἦτορheart… [1] Likewise in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.490, where the headword occurs (web address 1). [2] Homer, Iliad 11.115 (web address 2), followed by comment from the scholia there.
- α936Ἀκουάζεσθεyou hear… verb related to a)koh/ and a)kou/w. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.343 (where the dual occurs: web address 1 below); cf. the scholia to 11.532 (see next note). Same gloss in Hesychius. [2] …
- μ481Μέλειis an object of carecf. mu 482. [1] cf. Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (110.28). As far as e)/oiken, there are parallels in other lexica, and in scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.564 and Plato, Republic 8.566E (in both of which …
- χ234Χειμὼνwinter… the Stoic Chrysippus (fr. 693). The subsequent part, with the Homeric quotation and its explanation, is quoted from Aristonicus' scholia to the verse. [1] Homer, Iliad 3.4 (web address 1); fully quoted in Apollonius' …
- μ635Μέρμεραbaneful [things]The headword is neuter plural, as always in Homer. Likewise or similarly glossed in other lexica (see the references at Photius mu286 Theodoridis) and a scholion on Homer, Iliad 8.453; see also the scholia …
- ε1292Ἔνη καὶ νέαold and new… at web address 1. [2] Bernhardy, recognizing this expression as Homeric (see next note), attributed this material to an unknown scholion (scholio cuidam). The source which the phrase h(=| a)\n o( toiou=tos bro/tos e)gge/nhtai …
- η201Ἠλέκτωρbeaming[1] An Homeric gloss -- cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 6.513, where the headword appears -- from the Synagoge (cf. e.g. Photius s.v., Etymologicum Magnum 425.31, Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 83.20). Elsewhere this …
- ε2207Ἐπήρκεσενaided[1] Up to this point the entry = Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 71.31; cf. Hesychius epsilon4589, Lexica Segueriana 228.25, scholium to Homer, Iliad 2.873. The headword (aorist indicative active, third person singular, of e)parke/w …
- ε1127Ἐναργήςdistinct, vivid… similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 3.420, where the headword appears.
- ε428Ἐκεῖνοςthat… the poetic to the prosaic use of this pronoun. In Homer and Hesiod both forms are to be found, but the shorter is more frequent. A similar use of the two can be observed …
- ε2312Ἐπιεικέςdecent, suitable… same or similar glossing, variously, in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in the scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.547, where it occurs. For the concept cf. epsilon 2313, epsilon 2314, epsilon 2315. For …
- δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματαDaidalos' creations, Daedalus' creations… creativity, see Snell (below) 179. [1] cf. Zenobius 3.7. [2] Homer, Iliad 5.60-62; cf. delta 437 (end). On the use of teu/xw see tau 435, Frontisi-Ducroux 58-59 and note 35, Snell 178.
- α2786Ἀνύπαρκτονnon-existent… which have supplied the material for the present entry. [3] Homer, Odyssey 18.130. See web address 3.
- χ546Χρώςskincf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 19.39 (where the headword occurs), as well as Hesychius (on Leviticus 13.14 LXX, according to Adler) and other lexica. See also chi 536, chi 550.
- μ714Μετανάστηςwanderer… entries occur in a number of previous lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, the Synagoge, Photius (mu325 Theodoridis), and the Etymologicum Magnum. The headword noun occurs in Homer, Iliad 9.648 (web address 1) and 16.59 …
- δ552Διαείδεταιis discerned[1] cf. scholia on Homer, Iliad 8.535, where the future diaei/setai occurs (web address 1), and on Iliad 13.277, where the headword itself occurs (web address 2). This verb is diaei/dw (A) in LSJ, …
- α3157Ἀπηλοίησενbruised, crushed[1] Same glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.522, where the headword occurs (see web address 1, and cf. alpha 1417). [2] Aorist active, third …
- αι187Αἷμαblood… 186.) Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. [1] Homer, Iliad 6.211, with scholion. [2] If this sentence is a quotation, it is unidentifiable. [3] Sophocles, Electra 1395.
- ι63Ἰατρόςdoctor[1] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 407, with scholion. [2] Homer, Iliad 11.514 (with epic/Ionic i)htro/s). [3] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 561.12-13. [4] Aristophanes, Clouds 332, with scholion. On Hippocrates, see iota 564. …
- ε2500Ἐπίορκον ἀνώμοσενswore a false oathThe headword phrase occurs in Homer, Iliad 10.332 (web address 1), except that Homer has e)pw/mosen ('swore to') instead of the otherwise unattested a)nw/mosen found here; a)pw/mosen, which would normally mean 'swore off' or …
- αι89Αἰδοῖοςvenerable[1] Similar glossing in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in the scholia to Homer, Iliad 3.172, where the headword occurs. [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 248 Zintzen (and Asmus). For Isidore, …
- α1639ἈμμωνιανόςAmmonianos, Ammonianus… RE Ammonianos(2); PLRE II Ammonianus. [1] [sigma 1662] Syrianus. [2] Homer, Iliad 2.58. [4] cf. [omicron 391] o)/nos lu/ras. Photius, Bibliotheca cod. 242, 339a: "it was this Ammonianus who happened to acquire an ass …
- λ771Λυγιζόμενοςbending oneself, twisting oneselfThis entry, without the quotations from Homer and Plato, also appears in Photius (lambda430 Theodoridis); and cf. scholia to Plato, Republic 405C, where the headword participle (from the verb lugi/zw) occurs; see further below, …
- α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… epexegetic infinitive, several examples of which are subsequently cited. [2] Homer, Iliad 24.243 (web address 1 below). [3] Homer, Iliad 12.63 (web address 2). [4] "Sophocles" is a mistake (also in the Synagoge); this …
- λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang… of a noun that occurs in the genitive twice in Homer's Odyssey: 14.161 (web address 1) and 19.306 (web address 2). Most if not all of the material in the entry derives from commentary …
- ι360Ἵναin order that, where[1] cf. (e.g.) scholion on Homer, Iliad 2.604. [2] Antiphon (the Sophist) fr. 55 D-K. [3] Arrian, Anabasis 4.23.4 (on Alexander the Great in NW India, 327/6). [4] cf. (e.g.) Etymologicum Magnum 471.13; scholion …
- κ1506Κήλησιςenchantment, ravishment… or similarly in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 13.2. [2] This gloss is unparalleled elsewhere in this form, and emendation of the final participle (transmitted as kataklw=sa), which makes no …
- α2889Ἀπαμείρεταιtakes away a shareFrom Homer, Odyssey 17.322, as quoted by Plato, Laws 771A (with the headword a)pamei/retai instead of a)poai/nutai) and elsewhere. The gloss guarantees that this is the passage in question; in Hesiod, Theogony 801 it …
- α4628Ἄφθιτονimmortal, imperishable, undecaying… Likewise or similarly in other lexica. From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.46, where the headword (neuter singular of this adjective) occurs. [2] From alpha 705.