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Ἐκκυκλεῖ
wheels out
[Meaning he/she/it] uncovers. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] e)kkuklou/menos ["being wheeled out"], [meaning] having an e)kku/klhma.
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1093
Δίκης
of justice
The headword is the genitive singular of the noun di/kh (delta 1089, delta 1090, etc.), evidently quoted from somewhere, although not from either of the quotations given; perhaps from commentary to Aristophanes, Clouds 764 …
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Χοροῖσι τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ἄχθεται
he is grieved at the choruses of the tragedians
Aristophanes, Birds 787-788 (web address 1: the Suda's e)kpeto/menos needs for metrical reasons to be e)kto/menos), immediately preceded by an explanation from the scholia to 787. The rephrasing and presentation of this quotation as …
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Ἀποστολαί
dispatches
[Meaning] discharges, gifts. Also [sc. attested is] a)po/stolos, the man sent out with an army in preparation for war. "Shattering some of the boats with their dispatches". That is, with their discharges. Also [sc. …
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4708
Ἄχος
anguish, distress, sorrow
[Meaning] a grief which brings silence. From this also [sc. comes the participle] a)xnu/menos ["he sorrowing"]. That is, he grieving. "Cease you from this grief; for no-one [is] beyond reach of evils." ['Beyond reach'] …
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174
Χαίρω
I delight, I rejoice
[Used] with a dative. The [verb that means] I am glad. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "I rejoice in your coming." Oropicans speak this way. Euripides in Sisyphus [writes]: "I rejoice that you, …
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1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, two-banked
The headword is neuter plural of the adjective di/krotos, the primary meaning of which is "double-beating". It is employed with reference to the human pulse in all of Galen's treatises on this matter, and …
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1137
Ἐναύειν
to supplicate
[1] This meaning of the verb e)nau/w, labelled sense C in LSJ s.v., is unattested outside Photius (epsilon824 Theodoridis), the Suda, and ps.-Zonaras. They or their source seem to have confused e)nau/w "kindle" (sense …
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