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  1. κ437Καρύκηsauce… Similar material in a variety of other lexica, grammars and scholia. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 343: web address 1 below. [3] cf. Zenobius 5.3, and the scholia to Aeschylus, Persians 41.Matched in noteshighmedium
  2. α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstress[1] A scholiast to Lucian, Portraits [Imagines] 18, describes Sappho (sigma 107, sigma 108, and quoted below) as 'looking small and dark, and exactly like a nightingale with misshapen wings enfolding a tiny body'. …Matched in noteshighmedium
  3. κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… also cited (in Attic) in tau 295. [2] From the scholia vetera to the passage cited. The scholiast attempts a distinction between ke/stra [~ kestre/a] and kestreu/s. (On kestre/a see kappa 1430.) Both fish …Matched in noteshighmedium
  4. ε3580ΕὐμενίδεςEumenidesSee also epsilon 3581. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.454; cf. epsilon 2994. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 39-42, preceded here by material from the scholia to line 42 there. (Philemon = …Matched in noteshighmedium
  5. α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machinecf. Diogenianus 2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the scholia to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …Matched in noteshighmedium
  6. α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύεινpainful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless… proverbial by Diogenianus (2.90) and other paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.471, where a)rgale/on occurs. [3] Lejeune (below) 151 accepts this etymology, as an instance of dissimilation of liquids. [4] From …Matched in noteshighmedium
  7. λ557Λιμὸς ΜηλιαῖοςMelian famine, Melian hunger, Melian starvation… Birds 186, the first two closely related to notes in scholia thereto, the third drawn from a paroemiographic source. [1] Thucydides 5.84.3 lists the Athenian generals as Kleomedes and Teisias; Nikias was among the …Matched in noteshighmedium
  8. γ461Γρῦgrunt, ugh… common source by Photius and the Suda. Cf. also the scholia to Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 17 (web address 1), about to be quoted, and to Knights 877 (where a personage with the name 'Gruttos' …Matched in noteshighmedium
  9. α4716Ἄχρησταuseless (things), unprofitable (things)… Clouds 996-999 (web address 1 below), with glosses from the scholia there. [7] cf. iota 41. [8] ibid. 994-995 (abridged); a difficult and probably corrupt passage; see web address 1 below. Again, comments from …Matched in noteshighmedium
  10. κ1405ΚέρκωπεςKerkopes, Cercopes, Monkey-men… Kerkopes (or a similar race of mythological mischief-makers). cf. ps.-Nonnus, Scholia mythologica 4.9 (on Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36.1005c-d). [3] Xenagoras FGrH 240 F28. A similar account appears in Harpokration and Photius. See also …Matched in noteshighmedium
  11. μ1360Μοιχόςseducer… mu 1359. [1] Aristophanes, Acharnians 849, with comment from the scholia there. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 806; cf. kappa 1528, kappa 2207, sigma 545. [3] Callias [kappa 213] fr. 1 Kock …Matched in noteshighmedium
  12. χ90Χαραδριόςcharadrios, plover… is Plato, Gorgias 494B (web address 1 below), with the scholia thereto. [4] Aristophanes, Birds 266 (web address 2 below), with scholia. [5] For the erudition of Euphronius (the teacher of Aristophanes of Byzantium) …Matched in noteshighmedium
  13. δ243ΔέονnecessaryAristophanes, Clouds 859, with comment from the scholia there. cf. Thucydides 1.114.2, 2.21.2 and 5.16.3; Plutarch, Pericles 22-23. For discussion of the incident see Donald Kagan, The Archidamian War (Cornell UP 1974) 92 n.64. …Matched in noteshighmedium
  14. λ604Λίσποιsmooths; half-dice… the headword as li/spai; cf. LSJ s.v. See also the scholia to Plato, Symposium 193A (cf. note [2] below). The word (here in the nominative plural) is clearly an Atticism and part of a …Matched in noteshighmedium
  15. χ362Χοᾶchous; pitcher… it out; see LSJ s.v. xou=s (A). [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 961 or Knights 95. [But NB: a chous held twelve, not eight, kotulai.] [3] Aristophanes, Acharnians 1085-6 (web address 1 …Matched in noteshighmedium
  16. μ35Μᾶζαbarley-cake… mu 30, mu 36. The present entry draws on the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 1 and Knights 54-57; cf. mu 549, alpha 110, alphaiota 280, alphaiota 299. [1] si=tos properly means wheat grain (see …Matched in noteshighmedium
  17. δ1207Διὸς ΚόρινθοςZeus' [son] Korinthoscf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 439, and Plato, Euthydemus 292E (both of which passages mention the proverb); and Zenobius 3.21. For an alternative explanation to the one given here see omicron 40. [1] …Matched in noteshighmedium
  18. αι86Αἰδώςshame… Works and Days 317 (web address 2); quoted in the scholia to the Homer passage just mentioned. [4] Appendix Proverbiorum 1.10. [5] See already alphaiota 85.Matched in noteshighmedium
  19. δ319Δειλότερος τοῦ παρακύπτοντοςmore cowardly than a peeper… Birds 1556-8 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there; cf. pi 1467.Matched in noteshighmedium
  20. μ449Μελαμπύγου τύχοιςmay you meet a black-bottom… references there, including several of the paroemiographers. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Lysistrata 802; and cf. lambda 335.Matched in noteshighmedium
  21. ει146Εἰ μὲν οὖνso ifAristophanes, Knights 1276-79, with comment from the scholia to 1274. More fully at lambda 753. For the orthios nomos see omicron 585. [1] Who is mentioned shortly afterwards (line 1281); alpha 3940.Matched in noteshighmedium
  22. χ16Χαλεπὰ τὰ καλάexcellent things are difficultcf. Zenobius 6.38 and other paroemiographers; scholia on Plato, Greater Hippias 304E, Cratylus 384A. See also pi 1658. [1] Pittakos: pi 1659. [2] Solon: sigma 776, sigma 777. (Here referring to his own weakness, …Matched in noteshighmedium
  23. ε1717ἘξηκεστίδηςExekestidesAfter the opening grammatical point, the entry derives from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 11 (web address 1), where this proper name appears: Peisetairos says to Euelpides that 'not even Exekestides' could find his …Matched in noteshighmedium
  24. α1825Ἀναγκαία τράπεζαnecessary table, needy table… Ajax 485-6 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there. [3] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 59 Habrich.Matched in noteshighmedium
  25. κ1346Κενοὶ κενὰ λογίζονταιempty men think empty thoughts… of the same adjective; cf. epsilon 446. [3] From the scholia to the preceding passage. The gloss means, in effect, at the community's expense. For meals in the 'town hall' (prytaneion) see pi 2999.Matched in noteshighmedium
  26. χ135ΧάρωνCharon… is quoted from tau 655, where it draws on the scholia to Aristophanes, Frogs 185-6. See also chi 140. [1] See chi 610.Matched in noteshighmedium
  27. α1449ἈλφειόςAlpheios, Alpheus… 1121 (web address 3); cf. alpha 1362. [4] From the scholia on the line. [5] Gregory of Nazianzus PG 36 524c.Matched in noteshighmedium
  28. α676Ἄϊδος κυνῆHades' dog-skin [helmet]Aristophanes, Acharnians 388-390 (web address 1 below), with scholia. Modern editors prefer tin to the transmitted th\n, i.e. "a" rather than "the" helmet.) On Hieronymos son of Xenophantes see also kappa 1768, where he …Matched in noteshighmedium
  29. λ8ΛάβραξbassThe entry derives from the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 361, where the phrase 'eating Milesian basses' occurs (web address 1); hence the accusative plural here. For 'Milesian basses' as a byword/proverb, applying to gluttons, …Matched in noteshighmedium
  30. α2707Ἀντιπελαργεῖνto cherish in turn… 1. [3] Aristotle, History of Animals 9.13, cited in the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 1354 (where storks are mentioned). For storks in this context cf. pi 931. [4] me/ropas; the Suda mss have the …Matched in noteshighmedium

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