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Stefano Sanfilippo3
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ε2618Ἐπιστέλλειsends a messageThe headword, extracted from the quotation immediately following, is third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb e)piste/llw. [1] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 106-7 (web address 1), with glosses from the scholia. [2] An …Matched in noteshighshort
δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… (and delta 186). [2] The states that sided with the Persians against their fellow Greeks during the Persian invasion of 481-479 BCE. [3] Delphian Apollo. [4] A loose approximation of Diodorus Siculus 11.3.3. [5] …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4147ἈσίαAsia… and Cayster valleys, then to the kingdoms of Lydia and Persia (the latter first in Aeschylus, Persians 929?), then to the Roman province in western Anatolia, but, quite early also, to the easternmost of …

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Ἐπιστέλλει

sends a message

[Meaning he/she/it] orders, enjoins. "Now he sends a message clearly that we should punish amain the murderers." "But the general passed the words of the Persians on to the emperor through a secretary."

Ἐπιστέλλει· ἐντέλλεται, ὑποτίθεται. νῦν ἐπιστέλλει σαφῶς τοὺς αὐτοέντας χειρὶ τιμωρεῖν τινας. ὁ δὲ στρατηγὸς τῶν Περσῶν τοὺς λόγους δι' ἐπιστολέως εἰς βασιλέα παρέπεμψεν.

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Bobbiejo Winfrey ✝1

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Carl Widstrand1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

D. Graham J. Shipley1

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Matthew Farmer1

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ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… mouth of Pisetaerus (for a character drawn from Alcibiades 'the persuader of his companions' is a better name than Pisthetaerus; see Dunbar and others), the suffix is intended to represent -isti 'in the fashion/language …Matched in noteshighlong

α597ἈζησίαAzesiaThe apparent coherence of this entry -- repeated from the perspective of Amaia at alpha 1541 -- is thrown into some confusion by the fact that it is Demeter who has the name Azesia …Matched in noteshighshort

ι131Ἴδριαςknowledgeable… Agathias, Histories 4.12, Misimian ambassadors emphasize their allegiance to the Persian side in the Lazic War (541-562 CE); cf. Frendo (114), eta 505, and pi 2874. [3] Greek Anthology 6.182.4 (Alexander the Magnesian), three …Matched in noteshighshort

ι707ἼσχαναI held back, I restrained[1] The headword (extracted from the quotation) is aorist, first person singular, of i)sxa/nw; cf. iota 709, iota 710. [2] Euripides speaking in Aristophanes, Frogs 941-943 (web address 1), with scholion; cf. pi 3029.Matched in noteshighshort

α328Ἀγωνάρχαιcontest-judges… in the paroemiographers, e.g. Apostolius 1.25.) Possibly Contest, the divine personification of the agon (cf. Pausanias 5.26.3), though the apparently personifying language does not guarantee this. See further, next note. [3] Used in Plato, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3208ἜστειλαI sentAorist of ste/llw, first person singular (evidently quoted from somewhere: Aeschylus, Persae 609?), glossed with a compound of the same verb.Matched in noteshighshort

λ843Λύπηpain, distress, vexation… the Stoic Apollodorus (see Diogenes Laertius 7. 118). The excellent person is the sage who, according to the Stoics, is free of passions or emotional states (a)paqh/s; see Diogenes Laertius 7.117) in being completely …Matched in noteshighshort

α3254Ἀπόβλεπτονadmired… Simocatta, Histories 3.15.7; on Mebod (cf. alpha 1998), the distinguished Persian envoy and military leader; cf. de Boor (141) and Whitby (96).Matched in noteshighshort

χ296Χιάζεινto play the Chian… and Theoxenides of Siphnos were the first to arrange their personal composition (?poetry) with exharmonic colors." As Socrates (says) in Against Eidotheus: "As in Aristophanes, one of them undermines established (harmony) after revealing that …Matched in noteshighshort

η188ἨκύρουνI was canceling, they were canceling… from epsilon 704 to here. [1] Imperfect of a)kuro/w, first person singular or third person plural. [2] Imperfect of kure/w, first person singular or third person plural. [3] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1159 (web …Matched in noteshighshort

ε529Ἐκομπολάκουνthey were boastingThird person plural, imperfect indicative active, of the verb kompolake/w. Glossed differently in a scholion on Aristophanes, Frogs 961 (where the headword is first person singular, spoken by Euripides: see web address 1, and …Matched in noteshighshort

η362Ἠμπέσχετοput on [a garment]… in other lexica. The primary headword is aorist middle, third person singular, of a)mpe/xw (cf. alpha 1652). It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps (as Latte on Hesychius claims) from Euripides, Medea 1159 (web …Matched in noteshighshort

α290Ἄγνυταιis shatteredThe headword is third person singular, present indicative middle/passive, of the epic/poetic verb a)/gnumi. Evidently quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Euripides, Helen 410 (web address 1). [1] Same glossing in Hesychius (alpha669) and other …Matched in noteshighshort

α986ἈκρίσιοςAkrisios, AcrisiusFather of Danae (delta 57, alpha 987), grandfather of Perseus; see already at alpha 984. Both Sophocles and Euripides wrote plays about him. Perseus Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. [1] Likewise, according to …Matched in noteshighshort

α2581Ἄνωγεcommands, has commanded… below. The present headword chould in theory be either second person singular imperative or third person singular indicative. The glossing (for which cf. Hesychius' entry on a)nw/gei, glossed with parakeleu/etai) indicates the latter ; …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1108Δίκροταdikrota, two-banked… so that etc." [3] The Suda has kateskeua/santo, i.e. third person plural aorist, instead of Dio's third person singular pluperfect kateskeu/asto; and the subsequent h)/skhto has been modified into a plural, h)/skhnto. One might …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1486Ἐντρέπῃyou are turned… Both the headword and this gloss are translated as second person middle/passive indicatives, which is appropriate to every surviving instance of the headword. Morphologically speaking, both could also be third person active subjunctives. Every …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2640Ἐπιστρέφεταιattends toThe headword is present indicative middle, third person singular, of e)pistre/fw. It must be quoted from somewhere but it far too common for the source to be identifiable. For related words see epsilon 2639, …Matched in noteshighshort

ει296ΕἴσομαιI will know[1] The headword is future indicative of oi)=da, first person singular. (The quotation given later in the entry has first person plural). Same or similar glossing in other lexica, and see also the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

η49ἨγηλάζωI guide, I lead… implicit object of this verb -- here in the first person singular or third person plural imperfect; either way, quoted from somewhere -- is normally somebody accused, guilty or polluted, as in Sophocles, Oedipus …Matched in noteshighshort

ι160Ἱέρατοwas a priest[1] Actually the imperfect, middle/passive, third person singular, of the verb i(era/omai (LSJ entry at web address 1); attested only here. Other instances of misinterpretation of verbal forms occur at alphaiota 323, delta 1250, …Matched in noteshighshort

μ145ΜανείηνI might be driven madAorist passive optative, first person singular, of mai/nomai (cf. mu 332, mu 336). It must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities, from Lucian onwards. (Latte on Hesychius mu234, where manei/hn is glossed …Matched in noteshighshort

χ340Χλιδήluxury… is spoken by Cyrus, referring to his group of hardy Persians, remarkable given that the Persians were usually thought of as soft and effeminate. [4] Part of Menander Protector fr. 10.3 Blockley (120-121), on …Matched in noteshighmedium

α96Ἁβροχίτωνdelicate-tunic'd… Anthology 9.538; however, the word is first attested in Aeschylus, Persians 543, of beds (accusative plural: web address 1 below).Matched in noteshighshort

α130Ἀγάλλειglorifies, honours… two further glosses (tima|=, proseu/xetai). The headword itself is third person singular, present indicative active, of a)ga/llw (cf. under alpha 131), evidently quoted from somewhere. The possibilities include Pindar, Nemeans 5.43, and Euripides, Hercules …Matched in noteshighshort

α171Ἀγάστονοςmuch-groaning… Theodoridis. The headword adjective is used of Poseidon's wife Amphitrite (personifying the sea) in Homer, Odyssey 12.97 (web address 1), and in the Homeric Hymn (3) to Apollo 94 (web address 2); it is …Matched in noteshighshort

α492ἌδμητοςAdmetos, AdmetusGreek mythology knows several individuals of this name (Perseus Encyclopedia at web address 1); most notable is the husband of Alcestis, in Euripides' drama; see OCD(4) under Alcestis (p.51).Matched in noteshighshort

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