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Ἀδόνητον
unjostled, unshaken
… It is a particular favourite of the late epic poet
Nonnus
of Panopolis (on whom see generally OCD(4) s.v., p.1020). See also under alpha 900. LSJ entry at web address 1.
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723
Ἀθέσμιον
unlawful
… nominative/accusative singular form is attested only in the Dionysiaca of
Nonnus
[see generally nu 489]: 25.16, 44.212.
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1219
Ἁλιζώνου
of sea-girt
… its form in the epigram is a(lizw/noio; for a(lizw/nou see
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 48.199. [1] Greek Anthology 7.218.3 (Antipater of Sidon); epitaph for Lais, the legendary Corinthian hetaera; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 19), …
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Ἀνερρίπιζεν
was fanning up, was rekindling
… must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities include Plutarch and
Nonnus.
cf. delta 1012.
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2342
Ἀνευάσαι
to raise the cry Euoi!
… or a person. Besides Arrian (above), see Lycophron, Alexandra 207;
Nonnus
1.20,2.635,5.109; Greek Anthology 9.139.
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4506
Αὐτολόχευτος
self-engendered
… entry in other lexica. The headword is found in (e.g.)
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 4.427.
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109
Αἰθαλόεις θεός
sooty god
… 108. The phrase as a whole appears to stem from
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 27.123 ('sooty Hephaistos'). [1] Repeated at kappa 1849.
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36
Βαθυπέπλων
of long-robed [women]
… women. The headword adjective itself is characteristic of late epic
(Nonnus,
Quintus); see also epsilon 3574.
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538
Βριαροί
strong (ones)
… Extant possibilities are Cleon Siculus fr.1 (briaroi\ *Gorgofo/nou ne/podes) and
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 28.172 (briaroi\ *Ku/klwpes).
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136
Δεδαϊγμένος
slain
… Homer (Iliad 19.211 and 319) and later in Oppian and
Nonnus.
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1629
Δυσηλεγής
grief-bringing, cruel, pain-inducing, ruthless
… referring to Homeric and Hesiodic passages; only Maximus Astrologus and
Nonnus
seem to use it in a original way.) As to the glosses, they seem to have a double source: (i) Probably via Hesychius …
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1630
Δυσήνεμον
bad-winded, very windy
… genitive singular). In the following centuries it appears in Basil,
Nonnus
and subsequently in medieval authors. For the antonym see epsilon 3471. [1] The second gloss here (again under delta 1683) is unattested outside …
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629
Ἐκταδόν
outstretched
… other lexica. The headword is an adverb (especially favoured by
Nonnus)
from the verb e)ktei/nw. cf. epsilon 630.
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2002
Ἐπαφώμενον
touching upon
… e)pafw/menon must be extracted from somewhere else; extant possibilities include
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 47.252. [1] The same gloss is used at Lexica Segueriana 226.30; cf. Hesychius epsilon4280, where the active form of the glossing participle …
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2218
Ἐπήτριμος
tightly-packed
… singular, masculine/feminine) appears only in grammars, lexica, and late hexameters
(Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 3.234; Oppian, Cynegetica 3.382), but other forms appear in Homer, and commentary on Homeric passages may be the ultimate origin of the …
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2879
Ἐποίνιος
wine-laced; bacchanalian
… found in the form e)pioi/nios) occurs occurs four times in
Nonnus.
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3065
Ἐρωμανής
love-maddened
… Otherwise e)rwmanh/s is characteristic of late poetry: Oppian and, especially,
Nonnus.
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3153
Ἐσκοπίαζε
was keeping watch
… somewhere. Extant instances are late, largely in the Dionysiaka of
Nonnus
(e.g. 32.111) but see also Greek Anthology 2.1.353, by Christodoros of (Egyptian) Thebes.
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3482
Εὔϊε
euie
… (epsilon 3785, epsilon 3787). The neuter eu)/i+on is attested (e.g.
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 15.131) as a substantive in the sense of a Dionysiac song or chant. For 'inspired' cf. generally epsilon 1364, epsilon 1366.
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69
Ἠγορόωντο
they were meeting in assembly, they were speaking in assembly
… also in several post-classical epic poets (Apollonius of Rhodes, Quintus,
Nonnus)
who take Homer as their model. This same form is to be found also in Herodotus. The precise meaning of the verb in …
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394
Ἰξίων
Ixion
ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 5.32.15-21 (on Gregory of Nazianus PG 36, 1056b-c). Ixion was one of the "canonical sinners" of Greek mythology; for his offense against Hera and Zeus, see especially Pindar, Pythian 2 (web …
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376
Καρήατος
head's, of a head
… quite often as an epic intertext (e.g. Theocritus, Apollonius Rhodius,
Nonnus).
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χ
415
Χοροιτύπος
choral-beating, choral-dancing
… quoted by Pausanias (3.25.2), as well as several times in
Nonnus'
Dionysiaca.
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454
Χρεμέτης
Chremetes
… Basil, Homilies 3.6) are derived from Aristotle, but see also
Nonnus,
Dionysiaca 13.374 & 380, 31.103.
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