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- ε2508Ἐπίπεμπτονadditional-fifthAbridged from Harpokration, who besides Lysias (below) cites an unidentifiable passage of 'Plato' and quotes Aristophanes fr. 201 Kock (212 K-A). See already under epsilon 2286. [1] Lysias fr. 150 Sauppe (now 203 Carey …
- χ487Χρηματιστήςbusinessman… address 1 below), where the headword appears. [2] The contextless Lysias fr. 512 Carey OCT (116 Thalheim, 334 Sauppe).
- δ261Δερμιστήςskin-eaterFrom Harpokration s.v. dermhsth/s. [1] Lysias fr. 104 Sauppe, now 122 Carey OCT. But NB, according to Harpokration, Lysias merely used the word, without explanation. It was Didymus, commenting on Sophokles (fr. 449 Radt), …
- α2829Ἀξιῶνdeeming[1] cf. already alpha 2824. [2] Lysias fr. 302 Sauppe, now 472 Carey OCT (again alpha 2832); Plato, Gorgias 450C; see web address 1 below for the latter. Likewise in Timaeus (Platonic Lexicon), Photius …
- δ88Δατεῖσθαιto distribute… delta6 Keaney (s.v.). See also Photius, Lexicon delta70 Theodoridis. [1] Lysias fr. 7 Sauppe (still 7 Carey OCT); ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 56.6 (web address 1) with Rhodes 631.
- δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… 414 BC). (The frustrated young husband of this name in Lysistrata [829-953, 411 BC, cf. alphaiota 101] is probably not intended as a comment on the dithyrambic poet [see Henderson in his edition on …
- α2929Ἀπαρτίανchattels, household utensils, moveables… remainder of the entry is abridged from Harpokration s.v. [5] Lysias fr.28 Sauppe (now 33 Carey), from the lost speech In Reply to Aresandros. [6] Herodotus 7.29.2. The noun a)partilogi/h occurs in the clause …
- α2015Ἀνάπηρον ψυχήνcrippled soul, mutilated soul… 535D, where the headword phrase appears (web address 1). [2] Lysias 24.13 (web address 2), abridged. [3] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.5.8, on Chosroes II celebrating the capture of Bryzakios and the victory over his …
- δ557Διάθεσιςdeposing, disposing… means, in effect, wills. [2] Isaeus fr. 7 Sauppe. [3] Lysias fr. 230 Sauppe, now 283 Carey OCT. [4] Isocrates 10.55 (web address 1). [5] Antiphon fr. 165 Sauppe. [6] Antiphon fr. 112 Sauppe. …
- ε3548ΕὔκριτοςEukritos, Eucritus… to permit a specific identification. [Some instances: the defendant in Lysias's lost speech On behalf of Eukritos (fr. 103 Sauppe, now 121a Carey OCT); a fourth-century-BCE Pythagorean philosopher in an anecdote in Polyaenus 5.2.22; …
- δ1475Δωροξενίαbribery by a foreignerMuch abbreviated from Harpokration s.v., where oratory (Lysias, Hyperides) and ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 59.3, are cited. [1] i.e., improperly enrolled as an Athenian citizen.
- δ192Δεκέτηςten years old; ten years long… the headword see LSJ s.v.) [2] Instances in e.g. Aristophanes (Lysistrata 643-4, cf. eta 4: ten years old sense) and Plato (Laws 784B: ten years long sense).
- α1386Ἀλωπεκῆθενfrom Alopeke… to have been quoted from a classical source: instances in Lysias, Plato, Demosthenes.
- α4171Ἀσκητικόνathletics-induced… neuter singular, is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1082-1085 (web address 1 below), with scholion. (Their 'ailment' is a large erection.)
- ε1326Ἔνιis in… on Plato, Republic 382D (where the headword occurs). [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 543-7 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. Hesychius epsilon79.
- μ1004Μητραλοίαςmother-striker… variant for the primary one, mhtraloi/as (attested in e.g. Aeschylus, Lysias and Plato). For yet another mother-abuse word see mu 1007. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, ascribed to Astrampsychus (alpha 4251); cf. pi …
- α3807Ἀρδήττης ἈρδήττουArdettes, [genitive] Ardettou… (here abridged), commenting on the appearance of this place-name in Lysias fr. 157 Sauppe (now 103 Carey OCT). See also eta 215 (end. [3] Theophrastus fr. 17 Szegedy-Maszak (647 FHS&G).
- ε2172Ἐπηλυγασάμενοςovershading… masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)phluga/zw) appears in Plato, Lysis 207b (web address 1), although most mss of Plato (and hence most modern editions) have the orthographic alternative e)phlugisa/menos. The word is glossed …
- κ2464Κρόμμυα ἐσθίεινto eat onions… Diogenes Laertius 1.83. For Bias see beta 270. [2] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 798, followed by comment from the scholia there (unhelpful: this is a retort to an offer of a kiss). [3] Aristophanes, Frogs 654.
- κ2114ΚορύβαντεςKorybants… kappa 2115, kappa 2116. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 558; cf. those to Wasps 9. [2] This passage (nearly identical to the preceding) comes from the scholia to Plato, Symposium 215E. The …
- α1626Ἀμοργίςmallow-stalk… of "expensive Amorginian" garments. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 735, where the headword occurs. Either of the last two nouns, bu/ssos and ka/rpasos may mean either linen or cotton. But see the …
- κ2468Κρονικώτεραmore antique, rather antique… Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia on Plato, Lysis 205C, from where it is taken to be quoted (web address 1), and on Aristophanes, Wasps 1480; see next note. [2] Aristophanes, Wasps …
- ε428Ἐκεῖνοςthat… purposes, as in Peace 48 (where an Ionian is speaking), Lysistrata 795, 818 (choral sections) or Wasps 751 (tragic parody). Demosthenes and other Attic prose writers at times use kei=nos, but often they do …
- α4202ἈσπασίαAspasia… from Harpokration s.v., an entry generated by A's appearance in Lysias fr. 2 Sauppe (= 2 Carey OCT). [1] The revolt of Samos from Athenian control, 441-439 BCE. [2] 431-404 BCE. [3] See delta …
- ι761ἼϋγξIunx, Jynx, charm… The infinitive e(/lkein, "to drag", is omitted here. [3] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1108-1111 (web address 1 below), followed by comment from the scholia there. [4] Iunx or Jynx also means "wryneck", which presumably is the …
- ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… 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 different …
- η454Ἡρακλέους ἄγαλμαHerakles' statue, Heracles' statue… Herakles or Herakles Trihesperus, which was cast in bronze by Lysippus (or those in his school at Athens) in late C4 BCE. It was transferred from Rome in C4 CE (cf. beta 157 end) …
- ε2238Ἐπιβολήthought, principle, impost, penalty, fine… fines) without reference to a court (Athenaion Politeia 56.7; cf. Lysias 30.3)'.