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  1. α4006Ἅρπεζον>20 ὅτι τὸ ἐκ χαλίκων ᾠκοδομημένον τειχίον ἄνευ πηλοῦ παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ τινὲς ἅρπεζον καλοῦσινhedgingQuoted from alphaiota 189. The Herodotus passage is 1.180.2, on the fortifications of Babylon.Matched in noteshighshort
  2. ι154Ἱερὰ νόσοςsacred diseaseArtemidorus 2.12. For the Hippocratic treatise on the "sacred disease" (epilepsy), see web address 1; and generally LSJ s.v. i(ero/s, IV.8.Matched in noteshighshort
  3. αι215ΑἰνείαςAineias, Aeneas… p.23. Not on any account to be confused with Vergil's hero (for whom see under alpha 4653, alphaiota 214, and elsewhere). [1] Polybios 10.44. Cf. kappa 1726.Matched in noteshighshort
  4. κ1332Κεντηνάριονcentenarium, hundred-pounds-weight… term for a hundred pounds in weight; first attested in Hero [Author, Myth] of Alexandria (1 CE?), On Measures 60.2, and frequently used by Byzantine authors, particularly Malalas and Procopius. Glossed in the Etymologicum …Matched in noteshighshort
  5. κ326Καπανῆταιcords? charioteers?… is also a likely etymology of the name of the hero Kapaneus. Also possible is a connection with skapanh/ths ('digger'); cf. ps.-Zonaras 1650.Matched in noteshighshort
  6. α826Ἄκαιναakaina… in akainai are especially common in the technical treatises of Hero [Author, Myth](n), but see also e.g. Diodorus Siculus 20.91.4 (as conventionally restored) for square akainai. For the Pelasgians see pi 934, and generally …Matched in noteshighshort
  7. μ560Μεμετρέαταιthey have been measuredThe Ionic form given as the headword occurs in Herodotus 4.86.4 (web address 1), where Hdt. explains how he worked out the size of various seas that he has just given, and already in …Matched in noteshighshort
  8. γ73Γαῦλοςparasite, stooge, merchant-ship, bucket, pail… Odyssey 9.223, and to Aristophanes, Birds 598, and glosses on Herodotus 3.136.1 and 6.119.3. [1] Herodotos 6.17, on Dionysios of Phokaia (web address 2). [2] cf. mu 2. [3] Greek Anthology 6.35.5 (Leonidas of …Matched in noteshighshort
  9. ε4074Ἑψῶνboiling… Adler reports, in mss FV.) [2] According to LSJ s.v., Herodian the Grammarian says that e(/yw (accent on the first syllable) is Attic, some forms from e(ye/w are doubtfully attested in Herodotus and Hippocrates, …Matched in noteshighshort
  10. χ427Χώματα χοῦνto heap heapsLikewise in other lexica. [1] Herodotus 2.137.3 (work on raising embankments assigned as a punishment in Egypt: web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
  11. α1531Ἀμβολάδηνbubbling up… headword adverb occurs (in a simile of melting pig-fat). [2] Herodotus 4.181.4 (of a flow of water): web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
  12. χ609Χυτόνheap, pileFrom glosses on Herodotus 7.37.1 (where the plural of the headword occurs: web address 1); cf. Hesychius. cf. chi 620. [1] For this see generally LSJ s.v. cesto/s, 2. (Here it might appear to …Matched in noteshighshort
  13. ε1608Ἐξέκνισενscraped out[1] In the mss of Herodotos (see next note) the word is spelled e)ce/knhsen. The spelling here is a homophonous lapse attested nowhere else, apart from the derivative entry of ps.-Zonaras 770. [2] Herodotos …Matched in noteshighshort
  14. αι189Αἱμασιάstone-fence… in Photius and other lexica. See also alphaiota 190. [1] Herodotos 1.180.2, with the gloss there.Matched in noteshighshort
  15. β389Βοπόρουςox-piercing [spits]From a gloss on Herodotus 2.135.4, where the headword adjective, accusative plural, occurs (in the form boupo/rous) in a description of spits long enough to pierce an entire ox. cf. Xenophon, Anabasis 7.8.14, of …Matched in noteshighshort
  16. α2203Ἀναισίμουused up… headword -- an imperfect with aorist force -- occurs in Herodotus 1.185.4 (on the construction by Nitocris [nu 433a] of an embankment along the Euphrates), from where it is surely quoted. [2] From glosses …Matched in noteshighshort
  17. ε2355Ἐπικάρσιονangled, crosswise… plural occurs (web address 1). [2] From a gloss on Herodotus 7.36.1, where he does indeed use the word (of Xerxes spanning the Hellespont with a bridge of ships laid together thus: web address …Matched in noteshighshort
  18. ε2045Ἐπελέξαντοthey read… it see generally LSJ s.v., III.2. [1] An approximation of Herodotos 7.239.4 (web address 1). [2] Quotation (which uses the imperfect, third person singular, of the headword verb) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
  19. β598Βυσσόνdepth; ocean's depth… somewhere; extant possibilities begin with Homer (Iliad 24.80) and include Herodotus: see note below. [2] (For the difference of accentuation here see already under beta 597.) Perhaps metonymy for "a dyed robe"; see Aeschylus, …Matched in noteshighshort
  20. δ1717Δυσχείμεροςwintry, with harsh winters… in the Iliad (web address 1); also used by Aeschylus, Herodotus, Aristotle and others.Matched in noteshighshort
  21. γ307Γλοιώδηςoily, sticky, glutinousLikewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and similarly in ps.-Herodian. See gamma 306 for the cognate adjective gloio/s.Matched in noteshighshort
  22. μ284Ματιολοιχόςsmall-licker… etymology is guesswork, and distorts the word into mataioloxo/s. [3] Herodian, De Prosodia Catholica p. 231 Lentz, peri\ o)rqografi/as p. 548 Lentz.Matched in noteshighshort
  23. ε257Ἑδωλιάσαιto floor… [1] Similar material in other lexica. [2] From glosses on Herodotus 1.24.4. For this "quarterdeck" usage (also in the Sophocles passage about to be quoted) see LSJ s.v. e(dw/lion, II. [3] Sophocles, Ajax 1277-8 …Matched in noteshighmedium
  24. λ807ΛυκιουργίςLykian-ware, Lycian-ware… Harpok. ascribes this phrase to Kritias (88 F35 Diels-Kranz). [4] Herodotus 7.76.Matched in noteshighmedium
  25. α258Ἄγκυρανanchor… singular. Anacharsis is an important character in Book 4 of Herodotus' History; Croesus, tyrant of Lydia, is important throughout Herodotus. Anacharsis earns his fame by attempting to introduce Greek customs into Scythia, and eventually …Matched in noteshighshort
  26. κ1853Κνάφοςcarding-comb… present headword is not extant in Plato, but see e.g. Herodotus 1.92.4 on Croesus' treatment of Pantaleon (web address 1); cf. Plutarch, On the Malice of Herodotus 858F.Matched in noteshighshort
  27. μ1194Μόλιβοςlead… see also mu 1209) The distinction is first noted in Herodian, On Spelling p. 551 Lentz.Matched in noteshighshort
  28. χ253Χειρόκμηταhand-wrought [things]Neuter plural, evidently quoted from somewhere; cf. zeta 168, lambda 692. This entry = Etymologicum Magnum 810.45. See also ps.-Herodian and Hesychius.Matched in noteshighshort
  29. ε1462Ἐντερόνειαinner-timbering… one, e)ntornei/a, possibly the parapet around a trireme's foredeck. [1] Herodian, De prosod. cathol. 3.1 273.29. [2] That is, the final alpha of the word. [3] Somehow this word, a more common word for …Matched in noteshighmedium
  30. ε952ἜμβολοςbeakFrom glosses -- with 'fired' here added -- on Herodotus 1.166.2, where the headword occurs (web address 1). Cf. epsilon 947.Matched in noteshighshort

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