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α655Ἄημαblast… Lexicon. The headword, a neuter noun, is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 674-683 (web address 1 below), here reproduced with several errors; cf. epsilon 4016, lambda 545.Matched in noteshighmedium
α663Ἀήσυρονlight-as-air… adjective. It must be quoted from somewhere; possibly, though not demonstrably, the quotation given here. [1] These glosses also occur, in various permutations, in Hesychius and elsewhere, including Apollonius's Homeric Lexicon. (But no instance …Matched in noteshighshort
α3616Ἀποτροπιαζόμενοιaverting… alpha 3615. [1] The headword participle is probably (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] From the scholia to Sophocles, Electra 445; cf. mu 274. [3] Same material in other lexica.

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Ἄημα

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[Meaning] the breath of the wind. "The dreadful blast of winds puts the roaring sea to bed; almighty sleep binds and releases, he does not hold forever. Can we not learn to grow wise? For I am newly aware that an enemy…

Ἄημα· ἡ πνοὴ τοῦ ἀνέμου. δεινόν τ' ἄημα πνευμάτων ἐκοίμισε στένοντα πόντον· ὁ δὲ παγκρατὴς ὕπνος λύει πεδήσας, οὐδ' ἀεὶ λαχὼν ἔχει. ἡμεῖς δὲ πῶς οὐ γνωσόμεθα σωφρονεῖν; ἐγὼ δ'…

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δ1368Δόξανopinion… 1367). It must be extracted from somewhere; perhaps, though not demonstrably, the quotation which immediately follows. [2] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. Adler tentatively suggests Polybius (cf. next …Matched in noteshighshort

ε374ἘκβακχευθείςfrenziedThe headword, perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given, is aorist passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb e)kbakxeu/w. (For the use of this verb, which literally means to drive into …Matched in noteshighshort

ε399Ἐκδίκουςavenging; lawless… this adjective, must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps, though not demonstrably, the first Sophocles passage below). For the adjective see already epsilon 398, and cf. also epsilon 400; and for the twin meanings of …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1073Ἐμφερεῖςresembling (ones)… Suda's accusative plurals. The Suda's headword is perhaps (though not demonstrably) extracted from the quotation given. [2] Iamblichus, Babyloniaca fr. 92 Habrich.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2896ἘρασίστρατοςErasistratos, Erasistratus… story may well have its origin in propaganda designed to demonstrate the harmonious working relationship between father and son, concealing Seleukos' true purpose in sharing the kingship with his son to ensure a smooth …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3254Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖνto sail last of the Mysians… first explanation given here and ascribes it to the Attodographer Demon (FGrH 327 F17). A fragment of different, but broadly similar, material appears in Hesychius epsilon6456 (where the headword phrase, as again in Photius, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3556Εὐλαβοῦbeware… (cf. epsilon 3553, epsilon 3554). It is perhaps, though not demonstrably, extracted from the Aristophanic quotation which follows here; there are other instances in (e.g.) Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 253-254 (web …Matched in noteshighshort