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daily life23
ethics22
meter and music22

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geography19
science and technology16
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military affairs14
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Ε epsilon16
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Λ lambda3

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Β beta2

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Short61
Medium18
Long1

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William Hutton18
David Whitehead13
Jennifer Benedict12
Catharine Roth9
Elizabeth Vandiver5
Robert Dyer4

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Anne Mahoney2
Ioannis Doukas2
Adrian Packel1
Alan Sommerstein1

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δ1499Δραματουργήσαςhaving staged a drama, having fabricatedThe headword, aorist active participle, masculine singular nominative, of the verb dramatourge/w is treated in a recognizably related fashion in Synagoge delta359 and Photius, Lexicon delta744. However, as glosses both lexica have participles from …Matched in noteshighshort
α4177Ἀσκὸς ἐν πάχνῃa wineskin in a frost… on it (PG 80, 1848bc). [2] 1 Corinthians 9.27. [3] Aristophanes, Acharnians 1000-2 (web address 1). What follows here derives from scholiastic comment on the line. [4] The Khoes, the second day of the …Matched in noteshighlong

δ1499

Δραματουργήσας

having staged a drama, having fabricated

[Meaning he] having put together.

Δραματουργήσας· συνείς.

trade and manufacture

trade and manufacture

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gender and sexuality9

gender and sexuality9

Η eta

Η eta

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ΕΙ epsiloniota1

ΕΙ epsiloniota1

Alexandra Trachsel

Alexandra Trachsel

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Antonella Ippolito1

Antonella Ippolito1

Dennis McHenry1

Dennis McHenry1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Ross Scaife ✝1

Sean M. Redmond1

Sean M. Redmond1

Stefano Sanfilippo1

Stefano Sanfilippo1

Victoria Papaprodromou1

Victoria Papaprodromou1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

Wm. Blake Tyrrell1

αι253

Αἰόλος

undulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering

None of the etymologies advanced is adequate on its own to explain the many diverse uses and translations of this adjective (see LSJ entry at web address 1; cf. alphaiota 244, alphaiota 245, alphaiota …

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α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆςfrom a machinecf. Diogenianus 2.84 and other paroemiographers; also the scholia to Plato, Clitophon 470A (and other scholia). For the proverbiality of the phrase see also e.g. Demosthenes 40.59: "Timocrates alone, as if from a machine, …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ804Διαύλειον προσαυλεῖ τιςsomeone pipes a pipe-intervalFrom the scholia to a line in Aristophanes' Frogs numbered 1264 in some editions but nowadays usually removed from the text. cf. generally Hesychius delta1417.Matched in noteshighshort

ε1047Ἔμπορός εἰμι σκηπτόμενοςI am a merchant-shipper as an excuseFor 'merchant-shipper' see already epsilon 1045, epsilon 1046. The present entry draws on the scholia to Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 1027 and/or Plutus [Wealth] 904) where something very similar to the headword phrase appears. (The headword …Matched in noteshighshort

κ318ΚανοῦνbasketThe headword is an Attic contracted form of ka/neon; cf. Hesychius kappa650. [1] = Hesychius kappa679, Synagoge, Photius kappa161; cf. Pollux 7.176. [2] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 242 (web address 1); cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-inAristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 732-3 (web address 1), interlarded with comment from the scholia there. The actual headword, extracted from the quotation, is perfect middle/passive participle, feminine (Chremes is addressing a sieve: see further n. 1 …Matched in noteshighshort

κ396ΚαρκίνοςCarcinus, KarkinosThis entry is a commentary on Aristophanes, Peace 788-795, quoting the verses and then drawing on the corresponding scholia. See also alpha 2802, gamma 475, gamma 476, epsilon 3402, iota 385, nu 26, sigma …Matched in noteshighmedium

η36ἩγέλοχοςHegelokhos, Hegelochos, HegelochusAristophanes, Frogs 303-305 (web address 1), with comment from the scholia there. [1] Three years earlier. [2] Actually galhno/s in the neuter plural, at Euripides, Orestes 279 (web address 2). See LSJ s.v. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι357ΑἰσχύλοςAiskhylos, Aischylos, Aeschylusc.525/4-456/5. See generally OCD(4) s.v. (pp.26-28). [1] In 490. Ameinias was probably not a relation, because he came from a different deme (Herodotus 8.84): see M.R. Lefkowitz, The Lives of the Greek Poets (London …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1168ΔιονύσιαDionysia… Greek world, the most renowned was the "City" Dionysia in Athens, important because of the theatrical performances and dramatic contests featured. This festival, held during the month of Elaphebolion (end of March), centered on …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2671ΚυλλόςgimpyThe same headword is glossed at kappa 2670 (q.v. for other references). [1] cf. chi 425. [2] Perhaps a reference to Aristophanes fr.273 Kock, where the headword appears in this form (genitive singular); see …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3886ἈρίωνArion… generally Richard Seaford in OCD(3) 158 [now OCD(4) 152], under Arion [Author, Myth](2). [1] On the E. Aegean island of Lesbos; cf. mu 898. [2] cf. kappa 2643. [3] 628-625 BCE. The words have …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ617Χυτρεοῦνearthenware[1] Aristophanes, Clouds 1473-4 (web address 1: apparently referring to a physical manifestation, on stage, of the Vortex first mentioned in line 828 [web address 2]).Matched in noteshighshort

λ784ΛυδιάζωνLydianizing, playing the LydianThe unglossed headword, a present participle in the masculine nominative singular, is given as ludia/zwn here and in Photius lambda438 Theodoridis, but in Aristophanes -- see below -- and Hesychius lambda1352 it is ludi/zwn; …Matched in noteshighshort

α3305Ἀποδύντεςstripping off [clothes]The headword -- aorist active participle, masculine nominative plural, of a)podu/w (here glossed with the corresponding middle participle) -- is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Aristophanes, Acharnians 627 (web address 1 below), with …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1688Δυσπινῆsqualid (things)[1] Neuter plurals, the headword one extracted from the passage about to be quoted. [2] Aristophanes, Acharnians 426 (with h)/dh instead of h)=: see web address 1), with scholion. Euripides, the speaker of this …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1498Δρᾶμαact, dramaThis entry reminds us, as it no doubt reminded its first readers, that the word drama properly meant a '(decisive) act', deriving as a "concrete" verbal noun in -ma from the verb dra/w 'act, …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2370ΚρεμάθραhangerFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 218 (web address 1). 'It seems most likely that Socrates is sitting comfortably in a sling formed by attaching a rope from each corner of a four-cornered mat …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3718ΕὐρύβατοςEurybatos, Eurybatuscf. Pausanias the Atticist epsilon83; Lexica Segueriana 257.13; Hesychius epsilon7129; Harpokration s.v. *eu)ru/baton. "Eurybatos" was a popular by-word for "scoundrel" since at least the time of Demosthenes (On the Crown 18.24: web address 1) …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2313Ἀνερριχῶντοthey were clambering up, they were scrambling upThe headword is reckoned to be an unattributable and context-less fragment of Attic Comedy (Comica adespota fr. 936 Kock, but not in K.-A.). cf. alpha 2049, alpha 3942. [1] Hellanicus FGrH 1 F197. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2492Κρώζειis croakingThe entry largely consists of a series of citations from Aristophanes, with comments from the scholia. cf. kappa 2491, kappa 2493. [1] = Synagoge kappa476; Photius, Lexicon kappa1127 Theodoridis. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 2 (web …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3893ἈρίσταρχοςAristarkhos, Aristarchos, AristarchusC5 BCE; see generally OCD(4) p.154, under 'Aristarchus(3)'. The principal paragraph of the present entry derives from Aelian (fr. 104 Domingo-Forasté). [1] In Arkadia (central Peloponnese). [2] A.L. Brown in OCD s.v. notes that …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι35Αἰγείρου θέαpoplarNB: the online headword is incorrect; it should be ai)/geiros, not the subsidiary lemma ai)gei/rou qe/a. [1] i.e. populus alba. Note, however, LSJ's belief that this term refers to the black variety, populus nigra. …Matched in noteshighshort

β549ΒροντήthunderSee also beta 550. [1] A Stoic definition from Diogenes Laertius 7.153. [2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 294 (cf. 292), where thunder is mentioned; cf. Pollux 4.130.Matched in noteshighshort

χ410Χορόςchorus, orchestra[1] Homer, Iliad 18.590 (Hephaestus decorates a shield for Achilles), and scholia on this verse. [2] Scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 589. (Not proverbial, despite this billing.)Matched in noteshighshort

κ1465ΚεχήνηI was open-mouthedFrom the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 10, where the hero Dikaiopolis, recounting some recent experiences of pleasure and pain, recalls how at a recent theatrical festival he was "open-mouthed" (i.e. agog) in anticipation of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε786Ἐλελεῦeleleu, war-cryFrom the scholia on Aristophanes, Birds 364 (web address 1), which is quoted in garbled fashion in the last sentence; cf. rho 281. [1] Achaeus [alpha 4683] fr. 37. [2] Or, "a shepherd's cry." …Matched in noteshighmedium

α358Ἀγριοποιόνwild-maker, wild-makingThe headword is the accusative case, extracted from the quotation eventually given. [1] A marginal addition in ms. A. [2] That is, onto the stage. The gloss is that of the scholiast to the …Matched in noteshighshort

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