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- μ24Μαγνητῶν κακάMagnesians' evils… him, whether the name I apply to them is the Magnesians' evils, or the Termerian [evil], or simply the entirety of tragedy togther with satyr[-play] and comedy and mime; so all shamefulness, all insanity, …
- ε1885Ἑωλοκρασίαleftover-mixture… entry in its entirety are: Photius, Lexicon pi2524 Theodoridis; Etymologicum Magnum 352.23-29; and Etymologicum Gudianum 577.3-8, with important differences to be noted below. [1] Up to this point the entry = Lexica Segueriana 246.2; …
- ε2691Ἐπιτήθηgreat-grandmother… Genuinum s.v. Also basically = Photius, Lexicon epsilon1756, and Etymologicum Magnum 366.11, though Photius gives the final part as follows th\n de\ e)pithqh\n, th=s tou= patro\s mhte/ra kai\ th=s mhtro\s mhte/ra (with the first …
- μ369Μεγαλοπρεπήςmagnificent… [focused] on apportion and thrift. Eunapius [writes]: "nor, otherwise, is magnificence in lifestyle disposed to venture into battles." "Magnificence differs from liberality, insofar as it is concerned with the greatness of expenditures, whereas liberality …
- κ2488Κρωβύλοςtop-knot… address 2) with Harpokration s.v. krwbu/los, *(hgh/sippos (= Photius, Etymologicum Magnum 418.46); Etym.Magn. 541.33; omicron 1091, tau 599. Further excerpts from this epigram are at pi 1686, tau 1201, and upsilon 304. [4] Xenophon, …
- κ2098ΚορνοῦτοςCornutus… Cassius Dio 62.29; Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. *Te/rgis; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *Zeu/s and omega 182. The first and principal paragraph of the present entry is Aelian fr. 86 Domingo-Forasté (83 Hercher). [1] Titus …
- μ434ΜεθώνηMethone… of which Philip lost his right eye. But Demetrius of Magnesia says that there are four Methones.
- α3140Ἀπεῖχεwas distant… from having been impressed with both a king and [his] magnificence, he revealed by not judging such things worthy even of [his] eyes."
- κ2753Κυρήβιαhusks… s.v. ko/mmata kai\ kurh/bia, citing Dinarchus (19 fr. 5); Etymologicum Magnum 547.48. In place of a)pobre/gmata ('infusions') here and in Hesychius and Photius we should perhaps read a)pobra/smata, 'things winnowed out', on the basis …
- ε2257Ἐπιβύσαςhaving stopped up… also quoted in Photius s.v. kro/khn nh/qein le/gousin and Etymologicum Magnum s.vv. nh=ma, para/buston. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 379 (web address 2), with scholia; also quoted in Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e(kato/mbh; cf. Acharnians 463 …
- δ509Διαβούλιονdeliberation, council… the plural. [2] Psalm 9:23 LXX. [3] cf. (e.g.) Etymologicum Magnum 267.13.
- δ961Διεσμιλευμένονpolished-off= Synagoge delta267, Photius delta552 Theodoridis, Etymologicum Magnum 273.53. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative or masculine accusative singular, of diasmileu/w; literally 'polish off with a chisel'. [1] The pertinence of this …
- κ2001Κομιδήνattendance, attention, conveyance, provision… and a gloss on Herodotus 4.134.2 (nominative). [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 527.22.
- ε961Ἐμβρίθειαseverity, weight… and strength of thought", or a similar one. Compare Etymologicum Magnum 334.17 (= Lexica Segueriana 249.16) s.v. e)mbriqe\s; and see generally LSJ s.v. See also epsilon 958, epsilon 959, epsilon 960, epsilon 962.
- μ136Μανδραγόραςmandrake, belladonna… mu89 Theodoridis. See also mu 137. [2] Similarly in Etymologicum Magnum 574.60. [3] Julian, Epistle 81.11-12.
- ε3252Ἐσχατιάfrontier… Photius, Lexicon epsilon2048; and cf. Hesychius epsilon6453 and 6454, Etymologicum Magnum 384.27-8. [2] Not in the preserved literature, and not registered by LSJ. Adler reports no manuscript variants for h( eu)te/leia, but she does …
- β362Βολεῶναςdunghills… is accusative plural, as in Photius, Lexicon beta195 (cf. Etymologicum Magnnum 204.25) which the Suda follows. Harpokration s.v. has the nominative plural and -- citing Nicander (FGrH 343 F3), Dinarchus (fr. III.3 Conomis) and …
- α4248Ἀστράβηmule, mule's saddle… Synagoge (codex B alpha2268, and Photius (Lexicon alpha3017); cf. Etymologicum Magnum 158.50. [4] Glossed o)nhla/ths "donkey-driver" in Synagoge alpha1015 and Photius, Lexicon alpha3016. Cf. omicron 368. [5] A continuation of the material referred to, …
- χ450Χώσασθαιto be grieved… the Ambrosian Lexicon (437); see also Hesychius, ps.-Zonaras 1866, Etymologicum Magnum 816.40, and the scholia to the participle xow/menos in Homer, Iliad 1.244 (see chi 434). The headword is the aorist middle infinitive of …
- ν42ΝαρσῆςNarses… in physical stature and unusually thin; nevertheless his courage and magnificence attained heights which beggared belief. He lived under Justinian.
- δ598ΔιακωδωνίζωI ring abroad… this aorist passive participle. Quoted from Lysias, according to Etymologicum Magnum 267.27; Lysias fr. 313 Sauppe, now 485 Carey OCT.
- ε1126Ἐνάργειαdistinctness, vividness… entry at epsilon 1251. cf. epsilon 1127. [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 337.53-55 (which supplies the noun 'swiftness', omitted here). [2] John Philoponus, On Aristotle's de anima 296.25 Hayduck.
- μ327Μαιμῶσαbeing eager… in Photius (Lexicon mu32 Theodoridis), the Lexica Segueriana, the Etymologicum Magnum and the Etymologicum Gudianum. The epic form is spelled in literature (including in Aristotle) only as maimw/wsa, referring to Homer loc.cit. (and 5.661); …
- δ756Διασκευαζόμεναitems being furnished… 3657. However, Bernhardy was probably right to suggest that, here, Magnes (mu 20) was meant; see lambda 784. [2] The source now becomes Harpokration s.v. [3] So the transmitted text, the adverb "i)/sws" -- …
- ε2734Ἐπιτροχάδηνfluently, trippingly, volubly… passages it is in a phrase describing speaking; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 367.3 and, more remotely, Synagoge, Hesychius epsilon5362, Etymologicum Gudianum 512.5. [2] Aelian, History of Animals 7.7 (which contains a related but different and …
- ε26Ἑβδομευόμεναseven-days-old… epsilon73 -- convert the participle to neuter plural. cf. Etymologicum Magnum 308.40 and Etymologicum Genuinum.
- κ2213Κωδείαpoppy-capsule[1] Similarly in Etymologicum Magnum 549.57 and a scholion on Homer, Iliad 14.499. [2] Abridged from Harpocration s.v. kw/deia (which is the more normal accentuation): "this is what they call the head of the …
- ε3544Εὐκράςtemperate… (epsilon6939), Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, Photius' Lexicon, ps.-Zonaras, and the Etymologicum Magnum (claiming the word as a rhetorical one). See also Euripides fr. 504 (from the lost Melanippe); Greek Anthology 12.105.4 (Asclepiades).
- α1315Ἄλογοι ἐρανισταίunaccounted-for club-members… headword phrase in Dinarchus fr. LXIX.2 Conomis. See also Etymologicum Magnum 70.31-33. On eranoi see generally epsilon 2892. [2] A phrase which includes another sense of the adjective (alogos) used in the headword phrase. …
- κ1543Κηρυκείαherald's pay… s.v. [1] Isaeus fr. 46 Sauppe. [2] cf. Hesychius, Etymologicum Magnum 512.1.