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43 entries for having made a libation

β196Βάψας τὴν κώπηνhaving dipped the oar… is quoted: "I want [to make him] a foreigner suddenly, having dipped to the nautodikai." (Here "I want," e)qe/lw, has become the Suda's e)lqw/n, "having come"). On the nautodikai see generally A.R.W. Harrison, The …Matched in noteshighshort
γ164Γεωμετρίαgeometry… measure land) or about hypothetical things (as when deductions are made about any triangle). [2] George the Monk, Chronicon 1.74.7-9, cf. 48.21-23.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1187Διοπετέςheaven-sent… phrase omitted by the Suda, George describes the episode as having taken place 'the day before yesterday' (xqe\s kai\ prw/hn).Matched in noteshighmedium
δ208Δελφίςdolphin… uses the nautical simile of sailors embarking on a ship having to prepare themselves for a dangerous change in the weather.Matched in noteshighmedium
λ636Λογάδηνpicked… 3). [3] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.1.11; on the rock tower, made from unhewn stones, in which the Persian rebel Zadesprates (cf. alpha 3373) took shelter; cf. de Boor (189) and Whitby (133).Matched in noteshighshort
α3080Ἀπετάφρευονthey fenced off with a ditch… (282 note 274) notes that the style is strongly Menandrian. Having no prior military experience, Mauricius was appointed general in the east in late 577 or early 578; cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Mauricius(4) and …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1623ἈμόργειαAmorgian… 2). Forbes (below) denies that the garments could have been made from flax grown on Amorgos, as the island is too rocky to grow flax. In fact, he does not regard it as having …Matched in noteshighshort
α3745ἌρατοςAratus, Aratos… hymn, but his suggestion has not found wide acceptance. [13] "Libation Bearers"? "Treaty Bearers"? SH 114; perhaps this title represents a subdivision of Hymns, parallel to "To Pan." [14] ("Light Verse") SH 111; known …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-in… verb; see LSJ s.v., IV. [2] The suggestion is that 'having upturned' (stre/yasa) is used punningly for 'having stolen' (kle/yasa).Matched in noteshighshort
ε3874Ἐφεστρίςephestris, mantle… delayed gloss on the headword is unparalleled elsewhere, but for '[made] out of goat hairs' see also under epsilon 52 (and cf. more generally kappa 1588). [3] Dexippus FGrH 100 F29.23-24 (preserved in the …Matched in noteshighshort
ε926Ἐμάλθαξανthey softened… [3] Adler cites Lexica Segueriana 295.6 as a parallel, where "made gentle" (katapra/u+nan) is used as one of the glosses for the aorist infinitive form of the verb found here as the headword (malqa/cai: …Matched in noteshighshort
β598Βυσσόνdepth; ocean's depth… (The usual meaning of bu/ssos is flax, and the linen made from it: cf. beta 596, and see generally LSJ s.v.) [3] From a gloss on Herodotus 2.28.4 (see also 2.96.5, 3.23.3); similarly in …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2789Ἐπλινθεύθησανthey were bricked in… and alter the translation as follows: "being shut up by having a structure built around one..." This emendation receives some support from the parallel entry in the Glossae rhetoricae (see note above), where a …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1472Δῶρονhand, hand's-breadthHomer, Iliad 4.109 (on the ibex horns which had been made into Pandarus' bow), with exegesis from the scholia there. Already at delta 1439, and again at epsilon 406. The Greek 'palm' equates to …Matched in noteshighshort
ν121Νέβελnebel… such. Rather, a נבל nebel is a bag or bottle made of skin in Hebrew: see for this Isaiah 22.24; 1 Samuel 1.24. 10.3, 25.18; 2 Samuel 16.1. But elsewhere a type of musical …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1547Δρύοχοιstocks… literally means oak-holders (because the keels of warships were traditionally made of oak: Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 5.7.2) -- is translated 'stocks' by Lionel Casson, Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World (Baltimore 1995) …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1149ΔιόδωροςDiodoros, Diodorus, Diodore… ruled the West) 364-378. It was indeed Valens' death which made Diodorus' bishopric possible. [2] In Greek, Theodore Anagnostes, a church historian of the early sixth century. See Cayré, vol. 2, p. 112. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… "the infantry formation called the wedge…has all of its sides made up of heavy infantry. It is formed when the amphistomos difalangia in marching joins its wings together in front, while holding them open …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε1831Ἐξῳκοδόμηταιis built… scholion to 1126; cf. delta 1429. [1] One of Aristophanes' made-up deme names; for the etymology cf. kappa 2387, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
λ742Λωτόςlotus, lotos… musical instrument in question was so called because it was made from a stalk of one of the plants called lotus, although in the second quotation below an instrument made of horn seems to …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ71ΔαρετίουDaretian… the idea of some connection -- if it could be made metrical here -- with the Damareteion, a gold coin which (according to Diodorus Siculus 11.26.3) was struck by Damarete, the wife of Gelon …Matched in noteshighshort
ε852ἙλικώνιοςHelikonios, Heliconius… of silver from Dionysius II of Syracuse (delta 1179) for having correctly predicted a solar eclipse (in 360). The thirteenth Letter attributed to Plato calls him (360C) a pupil of Eudoxus (epsilon 3429). [1] …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2502Ἐπιωγήshelter… found in commentary on that passage, where it is often made clear that the reference is to coastal landforms that provide safe harbor for ships, rather than to any covering overhead; cf. Apollonius Sophistes, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2596Ἐπισπαστήρωνof the door-pulls… pi 2729 where at least one other intrusive gloss has made its way into the quotation.Matched in noteshighshort
α69ἈβραάμAbraham… "fruitful and exceedingly numerous" (Genesis 17:19-20). Isaac's filial status is made explicit by God in identifying him as Abraham's "only son" (Genesis 22:12) through whom "offspring shall be named" for Abraham, whereas Ishmael, although …Matched in noteshighlong
δ1573Δύναμιςcapability, capacity, ability, potentiality, power… burden I come to bring you, the jaws of Alypius, having joined into a unity the five faculties of Archimedes so as to be able to move with difficulty the heavy protuberances that weigh …Matched in noteshighlong
μ1435Μυριάμφορονten-thousand-amphora; with a ten-thousand-amphora capacityThe headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the neuter accusative (and nominative and vocative) singular form of the specially-made-up two-ending adjective muria/mforos, -on; see generally LSJ s.v. Like other compounds with myrios (and …Matched in noteshighshort
η233Ἥλιον κρύπτεσθαι ἄστρα δείκνυσθαιthe sun being hidden (but) the stars being revealed… on the parallel structure of the headword phrase, each noun having a passive verb with the same termination. The phrase itself was not identified by Adler but is identifiable via the TLG as occurring …Matched in noteshighshort
λ10Λαβρώνιονlabronion… Theodoridis: 'a kind of cup, wide in its structure, and having big "ears" (sc. handles).' He names Menander but does not quote a passage. See in fact line 4 of fr. 24 Koerte, now …Matched in noteshighshort
κ288Καμόντωνof those whose work is done… the aorist participle is commonly used as a euphemism for 'having died'. The headword might be extracted from the quotation given here, but more probably from the formulaic phrase ei)/dwla kamo/ntwn in Homer (Iliad …Matched in noteshighshort