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α2248Ἀνελεῖνto overturn; to take up… no/mon: "having overturned the law, [the Council] elected this man itself".Matched in noteshighmedium
α2376Ἀνείλιττεwas unravelingEvidently a quotation, but unidentifiable. The headword itself is imperfect (which might have the sense of try, or begin), third person singular, of a)neli/ttw,Matched in noteshighshort
δ715Διαπραξάμενον ἐλευθερίανhaving brought about freedom… though usually without the gloss -- elsewhere. The headword phrase itself, with the participle in the accusative case, must be quoted from somewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3947Ἐφορείαoversight… 3946 (and epsilon 3948 for another sense of the headword itself). Similar entry in Photius, Lexicon epsilon2465, where Theodoridis identifies it as Christian, related to Philostorgius, Historia ecclesiastica 3.15.Matched in noteshighshort
μ462ΜελάνωποςMelanopos, MelanopusAn abridgement of Harpokration s.v., itself generated by explanatory comment on Demosthenes 24.13 and 126. Melanopos of Aixone, politically prominent in Athens in the 360s and 350s BCE, is PA 9788 = LGPN ii …Matched in noteshighshort
ο149Ὀλιγαρχούμενοιthose being oligarched, those being governed by oligarchy… with Hesychius omicron536; references at Photius omicron210 Theodoridis. The headword itself -- masculine nominative plural of this present middle/passive participle -- must be quoted from somewhere; extant possibilities begin with Thucydides 8.91.3. [1] A …Matched in noteshighshort
ε469Ἐκκλησιάζωνassembling, summoning to an assembly… from the quotation given. Both the gloss and the quotation itself indicate that this is the transitive sense of the verb (II in LSJ s.v.). The intransitive sense is most famously illustrated by Aristophanes' …Matched in noteshighshort
λ279ΛεωτυχίδηςLeotychides, Leotychidas… the name which occurs in the historical record is Leotychides itself, notably as the name of that of two Eurypontid kings of Sparta. For Leotychidas (sic: Doric dialect) II, who reigned c.491-469, see OCD(4) …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1151Καχέκταιdisaffected, sickly… plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. The quotation itself was attributed by Bernhardy to Polybius, presumably on the strength of other passages in that author which use the headword kaxe/kths in this …Matched in noteshighshort
α357Ἄγριον ὑποβλέπει μεlooks at me angrily… the verb u(poble/pein is preferable to the middle. The quotation itself, also in Eudemus, is unidentifiable. [2] Quotation (with another idiom: the participle a)griai/nontes) unidentifiable. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Quotation unidentifiable. (At delta 1012, …Matched in noteshighshort
γ291Γλίχεταιlongs for… similar in Hesychius, where Latte reasonably suggests that the headword itself is quoted from Demosthenes 18.207 (on Aeschines). [2] Same gloss in Hesychius; Latte there suggests that the participle is quoted from Plato, Phaedo …Matched in noteshighshort
λ31Λαγῴοιςon hares… that eating hare’s flesh means living luxuriously; and this headword itself can by extension cover all sorts of dainties or luxury foodstuffs (see LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2259Κώμηνvillage… Clouds 965 (web address 1); cf. Lysistrata 5; the headword itself is not attested in Aristophanes. [2] An approximation of Thucydides 1.10.2 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2228Ἐπιβατεῦσαιto take a stand on, to occupy… Abridged from the Excerpta de legationibus of Constantine Porphyrogenitus 119.5-6, itself a quotation of Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 8.24.11 (web address 1). The same abridgment is also found at omicron 811. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2498Ἐπὶ ξυροῦon a razor… au)to/ for au)tou=, yielding the sense "the power [or government] itself was on a razor's edge." Adler does not report this variant in her apparatus.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1071Μίλτοςmiltos, ruddle, red ochre, red earth, red lead… Used as such (amongst other things) but in fact, in itself, a naturally-occurring iron oxide deposit. In classical Greece, associated particularly with the island of Keos. [2] Homer, Iliad 2.637; Odyssey 9.125. [3] Greek …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4426Αὐθέντηςperpetrator… discussion of au)toe/nths has parallels in other lexica; the word itself appears at Hesychius alpha8413 Latte and in scholia on Homer and Apollonius Rhodius.Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius… kappa1210 Theodoridis, though with some significant differences. For the headword itself, the mss of Photius have some variety of *Kunei=os, omitting the odd uncontracted cluster of vowels present in the Suda's *kunnh/eios. Theodoridis, however, …Matched in noteshighmedium
β10ΒαβύλαςBabylas… RSV); again at epsilon 3440. [5] Hebrews 2:13, which is itself a fragmentary quotation of Isaiah 8:18.Matched in noteshighmedium
α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… pleasure and shunned toil. This is clear from what happened itself. When he was present in Greece for the first time, about the time of the battle in Phocis, he feigned sickness and retreated …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ1065ΜίλιονMilion, milestone… in gilded wood, which held the Tyche of the city, itself also gilded, in its right hand. He mandated that on the day when the anniversary of the city's founding was celebrated in the …Matched in noteshighmedium