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κ2225Κώθωνkothon; KothonSee also kappa 2226, and generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.483B-484C [11.66-67 Kaibel]. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Peace 1094, where the headword occurs. [2] cf. Critias in Athenaeus 483B (above, and Plutarch, Lycurgus 9): …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2682Κυμβίαvessels… refers to a type of drinking vessel. For descriptions, see: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.488F [11.77 Kaibel]; Harpokration s.v. kumbi/on (= Photius, Lexicon kappa1199 Theodoridis), commenting on Demosthenes 21.158 (see further below); scholia to Lucian, Dialogues …Matched in noteshighshort
α165Ἄγγαροι

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kothon; Kothon

A kind of Laconian drinking-vessel with one handle. It also appears to be a military item. Also a name of Leosthenes' father. Appian [writes]: "and he was carrying chopped-up torch-wood and sulphur -- ashy fire -- in…

Κώθων· εἶδος ποτηρίου Λακωνικοῦ μονώτου. δοκεῖ δὲ καὶ στρατιωτικὸν εἶναι. καὶ ὄνομα τοῦ Λεωσθένους πατρός. Ἀππιανός· ἔφερε δὲ δᾷδα συγκεκομμένην καὶ θεῖον [τεφρῶδες πῦρ] ἐν κώθωσι.

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messengers

… 3). [2] cf. alpha 4420. The word appears also at Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.122A (3.94 Kaibel); Eustathius Commentaries on Homer's Odyssey vol. 2 p. 189.6; Hesychius alpha7814; Plutarch, Alexander 18 (bis); De Alex. fort. virt. …

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α251Ἀγκύληthong, hook… Aristophanes, Knights 262. A rare variant is h)gkulhme/nos, attested in Athenaeus (quoting Satyros) and (maybe) Lucian. [3] Exodus 36.34 LXX; sense 5 in LSJ.Matched in noteshighshort

β64Βαλανειομφάλουςacorn-bossed[1] Cratinus fr. 50 Kock, now 54 K.-A.; cf. generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.501D-F (11.104 Kaibel). [2] Burn the shells to heat the baths? cf. kappa 1308. [3] Outside lexicography this noun is attested only …Matched in noteshighshort

γ189ΓέργηθεςGergêthes… 7.43.2; Xenophon, Hellenica 3.1.15, 21-23). [2] See more fully at Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.524A-B (12.26 Kaibel), quoting Heraclides Ponticus; and cf. pi 1084, tau 1192.Matched in noteshighshort

δ437Δημιουργοίartisans, craftsmen, public workers… where the headword occurs in the genitive plural. [1] See Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 4.172C-D [4.72 Kaibel] (which may or may not exemplify the meaning given here); also 4.172A. For what little survives of this play …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1175ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, Dionysius… authors, but did not succeed' (Rusten) -- see also (e.g.) Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.515E (12.11 Kaibel). [3] Here nominative, but better (as in some of the mss) accusative. [4] Bernhardy reallocated the phrase 'for Parmenon' …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2903Ἐργαστήριονworkshop… of Hellenica 3.4.17), and it became quasi-proverbial; besides Polybius, witness Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 10.421B [10.18 Kaibel].Matched in noteshighshort

ε3833Εὐχυλότεροςjuicier, more juicy, rather juicy… is very probably quoted from its only other extant instance: Athenaeus, Deipnosphists 2.68F (2.78 Kaibel), himself quoting a phrase (from the early hellenistic medical writer Diphilos of Siphnos) about a melon, o( pe/pwn eu)xulo/teros …Matched in noteshighshort

η241Ἡλιοτρόπιονsundial[1] In e.g. Athenaeus, Plutarch, and a scholion on Aristophanes, Birds 998. See also sigma 613, omega 199. [2] From gamma 346.Matched in noteshighshort

ι526Ἱππαφέσεωνof horse-starting-posts… from the quotation which follows. For the courtesan Hippaphesis see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.586E [13.51 Kaibel] and 13.592E [13.62] = Lysias fr.208 Carey OCT. [1] cf. alpha 4592. [2] Polybius fr. 52 Büttner-Wobst. Read (with …Matched in noteshighshort

κ453ΚασσιέπειαKassiepeia, Cassiepia… under alpha 133) perhaps reflects the phrase kalh\ *kassie/peia in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 14.632F [14.32 Kaibel] (quoting Homer, Iliad 8.305, but with this name where the mss of Homer have Kastianeira). [2] Best-attested as that …Matched in noteshighshort

κ895Καταιονῶσιthey pour over… person singular, present indicative active, of kataiona/w. [2] Abbreviated from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.24D-E (1.44 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort

κ1743Κλεψύδραklepsydra, water-clock… by allocating time to her clients with such a clock: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.567C-D [13.21 Kaibel]. [3] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 693 (cf. to Wasps 93). [4] This addendum to the entry is …Matched in noteshighshort

λ114Λάπαθονpitfall; dock, monk's rhubarb, sorrel… including the scholia to a)lapa/zonta in Homer, Iliad 5.166, and Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.362F (8.64 Kaibel). [1] See LSJ s.v. la/paqon, II; neuter, as here, or (as in Democritus fr. 122) masculine. [2] Rumex patientia …Matched in noteshighshort

μ286ΜατρέαςMatreasAbridged from Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 1.19D (1.35 Kaibel), who says that Matreas was an Alexandrian.Matched in noteshighshort

μ358Μεγαλεῖον μύρονMegaleian perfumecf. Etymologicum Magnum 574.47-48. But in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 15.690F (15.42 Kaibel) and elsewhere, the name is Megallos and his invention, accordingly, Megalleion: see LSJ s.v. (There was also a dispute about whether he was …Matched in noteshighshort

χ190Χελώνηtortoise… address 1), where Lais (lambda 40) is mentioned. See also Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 13.589A-B (13.55 Kaibel). The wooden 'tortoises' have generally been envisaged as footstools: see e.g. LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighmedium