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α1071ἈλαόςunseeingThe primary headword is quoted from Homer, Odyssey 8.195; see the scholia there. cf. generally alpha 1072. [1] For this verb see lambda 35. Same or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric …Matched in noteshighshort
α4718Ἄχριup to… Gudianum. [2] Likewise or similarly in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.522 (and 17.599); cf. next note. [3] Homer, Iliad 4.521-522 (web address 1 below), …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1425Ἐν πέντε κριτῶν γόνασιin (the) laps of five judges… = 237 Kassel-Austin (which includes 'it lies', as in the Homeric line about to be quoted). On Epicharmus see generally epsilon 2766. He was presumably speaking here about his native Sicily, but for 5 …

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Ἀλαός

unseeing

[Meaning] one who is blind. [sc. The word is formed] by [alpha-]privation of the [verb] la/ein, which is to look/see. Also [sc. attested is the related noun] a)laskopih/n ["blind man's watch"]. Homer [writes]: "nor did…

Ἀλαός· ὁ τυφλός. κατὰ στέρησιν τοῦ λάειν, ὅ ἐστι βλέπειν. καὶ Ἀλαοσκοπιήν. Ὅμηρος· οὐδ' ἀλαοσκοπιὴν εἶχε. παροιμιακῶς· ἀντὶ τοῦ οὐ τυφλῶς ἐσκοπίαζεν.

meter and music5

meter and music5

science and technology5

science and technology5

trade and manufacture1

trade and manufacture1

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ε336Ἔθυσας ἀντιθύσῃyou sacrificed [so] you should sacrifice in turn… 10 Bergk (PMG 823 Page); Appendix Proverbiorum 2.10; scholia on Homer, Iliad 9.219. [2] Homer, Odyssey 9.231.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1325Ἔνηφιon the day after tomorrow… but is used indiscriminately, as here, in epic language from Homer onward (see Chantraine, Grammaire homérique 234ff.). The Suda's gloss "after the third [day]" is rather bizarre for "on the third day" (by Greek …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3141Ἐσθλά[things] good [of their kind]… their kind. Its definition here comes from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.272, where Odysseus’ good services to the army are described. See also Apion, de glossis Homericis fr.74.238.3; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1994; Hesychius epsilon6206; …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3674Εὐράξon the blind side; on the open side… final syllable (cf. epsilon 2807). It is used twice in Homer of a warrior who attacks unseen from the blind side of his enemy (Iliad 11.251, 15.541: web addresses 1 and 2). As W. …Matched in noteshighshort

α1551Ἀμενηνόςinsubstantialcf. generally alpha 1552. [1] From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.887, where the headword occurs (web address 1). Same or similar glossing in other lexica. [2] Homer, Odyssey 19.562 (web address 2). [3] …Matched in noteshighshort

α2411Ἂν ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐξικνῆταιIf you don't have the skin of a lion fasten on that of a fox… Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.2223. [1] One version of Homer, Odyssey 11.119. [2] Homer, Odyssey 14.330.Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι86Αἰδώςshame[1] cf. Artemidorus 1.45. [2] An approximation of Homer, Odyssey 17.347 (web address 1). Appendix Proverbiorum 1.9. [3] An approximation of Hesiod, Works and Days 317 (web address 2); quoted in the scholia to …Matched in noteshighmedium

α651Ἀηδών καὶ ἀηδοῦςnightingale, songstress… husband Tereus. See the OCD(4) entry on Philomela (p.1133). [5] Homer, Odyssey 19.518 (web address 3). [6] Sappho fr. 136 Page (but the adjective is i(mero/fwnos "lovely-voiced").Matched in noteshighmedium

α2477Ἀνίπτοις ποσίνwith unwashed feet… Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.651, with lavish parallels. [4] Homer, Iliad 16.235 (of the Selloi: web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

α4348Ἀτέχνοιςfor unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones… Socrates has just named, Emptiness and Clouds and Tongue. [8] Homer, Odyssey 8.296-97: Hephaestus lays a snare for the adulterous Ares and Aphrodite.Matched in noteshighmedium

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.Matched in noteshighshort

δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines… phrase itself is Aeschylus fr. 373 Nauck (726 Mette). [2] Homer, Iliad 2.742, 15.626. The added comment comes from the scholia to the first of these passages. (The fame of Hippodameia was in itself …Matched in noteshighshort

χ171ΧαιριδεῖςChairideis… omicron 575 and omicron 585 and the notes there. [6] Homer, Iliad 11.10-11 (web address 5); already quoted in the same context in omicron 575, q.v.Matched in noteshighmedium

χ362Χοᾶchous; pitcher… from the scholia to line 1086. [4] An amalgamation of Homer, Odyssey 6.76 (web address 2) and 3.480 (web address 3). [5] For Orestes see generally omicron 537, omicron 538. The point here is …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ410Χορόςchorus, orchestra[1] Homer, Iliad 18.590 (Hephaestus decorates a shield for Achilles), and scholia on this verse. [2] Scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 589. (Not proverbial, despite this billing.)Matched in noteshighshort

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… 1, Synagoge alpha828). For the general equivalence see Eustathius on Homer, Odyssey 10.481 a)/llws de\ koino/teron diopompei=n kai\ a)podiopompei=n e)fai/neto. The substantive diopomph/ can be found in Etymologicum Gudianum 147.54, with the gloss pe/myis, …Matched in noteshighshort

α101ἌβυδοςAbudos, Abydos, Abydus… of the Hellespont'. Latte regards the entry as prompted by Homer, Iliad 2.836, accusative case, although similar wording appears in a late scholion to Iliad 17.584, where the adverbial derivative *)abudo/qi appears -- see …Matched in noteshighshort

α3756Ἀργαλέον φρονέοντα παρ' ἄφροσι πόλλ' ἀγορεύεινpainful for someone of sound mind to say many things to the senseless… 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 the scholia …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4669ἈχαΐαAkhaia, Achaia, Achaea… naming the province may have been aware, however, that in Homer, the term "Achaiis" could refer to a much greater part of what was later known as Hellas (a term unknown to Homer) and …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… 'mimic words' (bird cries and onomatopoeic words: cf. Eustathius on Homer, Iliad 11.251 = vol.3.230.12) from the extant plays of Aristophanes, meticulously ordered and unusually well preserved, throws light on e.g. the roles of …Matched in noteshighlong

ε3344Ἔτυχονhit (the target), succeeded (through preparation) in obtaining, achieving or winning, met; coincided, happened (to hit), chanced… also on the source of this group of entries). In Homer’s Odyssey, the warriors from Troy look for those who can "provide" their return (19.314) in order that they may "achieve" return (6.290). It …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3718ΕὐρύβατοςEurybatos, Eurybatus… in question, who is named 'Eurybates' (*eu)ruba/ths) in mss of Homer, see Homer, Odyssey 19.247 (web address 4). See also epsilon 3716. [6] Aristophanes fr. 184 Kock, now 198 K.-A. [7] Suetonius, On Blasphemies …Matched in noteshighmedium

α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… Aristophanes, Frogs 138, quoted later in the entry. [2] In Homer, Odyssey, where bussodomeu/w occurs most frequently, it has the sense "brood over." [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 4.44. These are principal parts of the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α126Ἀγαθοὶ δ' ἀριδάκρυες ἄνδρεςtearful men are good… d'); there are slight variants in (e.g.) the scholia to Homer, Iliad 1.349.Matched in noteshighshort

α1049Ἅλαsalt… extracted from the quotation given); cf. generally alpha 1047. [2] Homer, Odyssey 17.455 (web address 1). Apparently a proverbial expression for a minimal gift; compare Theocritus, Idylls 27.61.Matched in noteshighshort

α1218Ἁλιεύς ἁλιέωςfisherman [and] fisherman's; seaman [and] seaman's… Lexicon. [1] Arrian, Parthica fr.59 Roos-Wirth (FGrH 156 F116). [2] Homer, Iliad 17.32; Zenobius 2.14; quoted again at rho 107.Matched in noteshighmedium

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