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δ110Δαιδάλου ποιήματαDaidalos' creations, Daedalus' creationsThe phrase "Daidalou poiemata" occurs in Plato, Meno 97D-E, and this material derives from ancient comment on that passage. For Daidalos/Daedalus cf. already delta 106, delta 107, delta 108, delta 109; and see generally …Matched in noteshighshort
χ414Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεταιhe is grieved at the choruses of the tragediansAristophanes, Birds 787-788 (web address 1: the Suda's e)kpeto/menos needs for metrical reasons to be e)kto/menos), immediately preceded by an explanation from the scholia to 787. The rephrasing and presentation of this quotation as …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1740Ἐξηπάτησεν ἡ χάραξ τὴν ἄμπελονthe stake deceived the vineAristophanes, Wasps 1291 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. Appendix Proverbiorum 2.71. See also eta 672, chi 97. [1] Here the manuscripts read sw=|zon "that which saves," but Kuster emends to sw|zo/menon "that which …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1439Κευθωνύμου κλέος ἢ αἶσχοςKeuthonymos' fame -- or shame… apparently lower-case there -- is the father of the herdsman Menoites in the myth of Heracles' Labours, but nothing is known of E. himself; hence the struggle, here, to interpret the proverb. [1] This …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1360ΜοιχόςseducerA type of haircut in the manner of catamites. Aristophanes [writes]: "Cratinus ever getting the 'seducer's' cut with a single blade." An indecent haircut cut like a catamite. And another type [of haircut is] …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ30Λαγὼς περὶ τῶν κρεῶνa hare [runs] for his life[1] = Photius, Lexicon lambda24 Theodoridis; cf. Zenobius 4.85 and other paroemiographers. For Rhegion, in the toe-end of Italy, see rho 120, rho 121 (with the cowardice aspect), rho 122. For the idiom 'for …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4218ἈστάθμητονuncertainThe unglossed headword is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Quotation unidentifiable, but Adler (apparatus) suggested Polybius. It may be an aphorism or proverbial saying, also reflected in Leo the Deacon (History …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] awayThe headword is the present infinitive of the compound verb diopompe/omai. Lexicographers are the only extant source for forms of the un-compounded diopompe/omai, since the verb normally appears as a)podiopompe/omai (alpha 3297; LSJ entry …Matched in noteshighshort