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δ1327Δοκιμάσαςhaving put to the test, having scrutinised[1] This primary headword (evidently extracted from somewhere) is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the verb dokima/zw, glossed with the same of kri/nw; same gloss in Synagoge delta337, Hesychius delta2124. The …Matched in noteshighshort
α2652Ἀντιάσαςhaving approached, having faced, having metcf. alpha 2650. [1] The headword participle occurs in Homer, Iliad 1.67, and this is the gloss of the scholia there. [2] Greek Anthology 6.28.8 (Julian, prefect of Egypt), a retiring fisherman's dedication to …Matched in noteshighshort
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Δοκιμάσας

having put to the test, having scrutinised

[Used] with an accusative. [Meaning he] having judged. Also [sc. attested is] dokimasqei/sais, ["having been scrutinised"], [meaning] having been judged, having been affirmed. "After learning that [the] Romans did not…

Δοκιμάσας· αἰτιατικῇ. κρίνας. καὶ Δοκιμασθείσαις, κριθείσαις, βεβαιωθείσαις. μαθὼν ὡς ταῖς ἤδη ὑπὸ Ζαχαρίου δοκιμασθείσαις σπονδαῖς οὐ στέργουσι Ῥωμαῖοι, ἐπαφίησι Τανχοσδρὼ κατὰ…

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Wm. Blake Tyrrell2

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Κατασπείρας

having sown

The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is the aorist active participle, masculine nominative singular, of the compound verb kataspei/rw (kappa 782). [1] Sophocles, Ajax 1005, with a gloss from the scholia vetera thereto. …

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δ583Διακλιμακίσαςhaving used the klimaxSee also kappa 1749. The noun klimax literally means a ladder (kappa 1803, kappa 1806); for its application to a wrestling-hold see also e.g. Sophocles, Trachiniae 521. The present headword (aorist active participle, masculine …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1606Ἐξεκίνησενmade to move, moved outSophokles, Elektra 567-8 (web address 1), with a gloss from the scholia thereto.Matched in noteshighshort

κ1052Κατηναρισμέναςhaving been slaughteredThe headword is the perfect passive participle, feminine accusative plural, of katenari/zw ('I kill outright'). It is quoted here from Sophocles, Ajax 26, with comment from the scholia there; cf. lambda 356. The scholiast …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4232Ἀστέρειοςof a star, star's[1] Adler reports a comparable entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] This masculine accusative singular appears in Homer, Iliad 16.134 (in a description of Achilles' body-armour: web address 1 below), and gloss is from …Matched in noteshighshort

η595Ἠσκημένονhaving been practiced[1] The headword is perfect middle/passive participle of a)ske/w (cf. alpha 4168, eta 594), neuter nominative/accusative singular; extracted from the quotation given. [2] Sophocles, Electra 1217 (web address 1), with scholion. Orestes is speaking.Matched in noteshighshort

γ311Γλυκεῖ' ὀπώρα φύλακος ἐκλελοιπότοςwith the watchman having abandoned sweet fruits[1] A line of iambic verse: Tragica Adespota fr. 403; Comica Adespota fr. 1239 Kock (but not in K.-A.); Apostolius 5.52 and other paroemiographers. [2] From the dream-interpretations, in verse, attributed to Astrampsychus (alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

α1745Ἀμφιμάτοραςhaving different mothersSame entry in other lexica. The headword, a Doric accusative plural, is quoted from a lyric passage in Euripides, Andromache 466 (web address 1 below), though this glossing does a poor job of explaining …Matched in noteshighshort

αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, 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, shimmeringNone 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 …Matched in noteshighshort

α3570Ἀποσφαλείςhaving been turned asideThe headword is aorist passive participle, masculine nominative singular, of a)posfa/llw. (Different glossing, but along the same substantive lines, in Hesychius.) It must be quoted from somewhere, and the likeliest option is (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus …Matched in noteshighshort

ε79Ἐγκαταζεύξαςhaving yoked in together… further below) is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles, Ajax 736 (the messenger to the chorus: web address 1), with the glossing of the scholia there. The word picked out for comment is …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1842Ἐξώμοτοςhaving been denied under oathThe unglossed headword is an adjective -- attested only in lexica and grammars -- etymologically related to e)cwmosi/a (epsilon 1841, cf. epsilon 1830). Compare the relationship between a)pw/motos (Sophocles, Antigone 394) and a)pwmosi/a (Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort

α1493Ἁμαρτεῖνto fail of having[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword is aorist active infinitive of a(marta/nw (cf. eta 286 and see generally LSJ s.v.). Hesychius s.v. reveals that it is extracted here from Sophocles, Philoctetes …Matched in noteshighshort

α3638Ἀποφθίμενονhaving perishedThe headword participle, masculine accusative singular, is presumably extracted from the first quotation given. [1] Greek Anthology 7.67.3-4 (Leonidas of Tarentum), Diogenes addresses Charon [Author, Myth], here abridged; for full versions see beta 114 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3980Ἐχέγγυονsecure, receiving a pledge of safetySophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 284-5 (web address 1), with scholion. The headword (extracted from the quotation) is the masculine/feminine accusative singular form of the two-termination compound adjective e)xe/gguos, which literally means 'having security'. The …Matched in noteshighshort

α2574Ἀν' οὖς ἔχωνhaving up ears[1] A gloss on the headword phrase, which is Aeschylus fr. 126. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 674 (web address 1), with scholion.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2148Ἐπεισφρήσαςhaving come in besidesThe headword (quoted from somewhere unidentifiable) is aorist active participle, masculine singular nominative, of e)peisfre/w. See also epsilon 2137, with the note there; and cf. epsiloniota 254, epsiloniota 255, epsiloniota 331, epsiloniota 332, epsiloniota …Matched in noteshighshort

ει64Εἰκάσμεθαwe have been made likeAristophanes, Birds 807 (web address 1), with scholion. The next verse is a quotation from Aeschylus' lost play Myrmidons [fr.139], about an eagle struck with an arrow trimmed with eagle feathers: "these are not …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1882Κνώδοντοςof a spear's tooth, of a swordAn approximation of Sophocles, Ajax 1024-1026 (from which the present headword, in the genitive case, is extracted: see web address 1), with scholion. [1] Literally, knw/dontes are the teeth of a hunting spear, which …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3768Εὐτειχεῖ πάγῳon a well-walled hill; with a well-walled hillSame or similar entries in other lexica; and cf. a scholion on Homer, Iliad 1.129, where Troy is called 'well-walled' (eu)tei/xeon: web address 1). For parallel usage, see Euripides, Andromache 1010 (web address 2). …Matched in noteshighshort

α425ἈδάμAdam… lines out of 117 in the printed edition -- is a tour de force of polemic by an unidentifiable scholar quite outside the type of neutral reticence which characterises most of the contributors to …Matched in noteshighlong

α2373Ἀνειλήθυιανhaving never given birthSame or similar entry in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1810 Theodoridis. See LSJ s.v. a)neilei/quia [sic], and cf. epsiloniota 108. [1] Euripides, Ion 453 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort

η358Ἢ Μορσίμου τὶς ῥῆσιν ἐξεγράψατοor (if) someone has copied out a passage of MorsimosAristophanes, Frogs 151 (web address 1), with scholion. The phrase is a deliberately anti-climactic end to a list of criminals one would encounter in the underworld. For its afterlife as a proverb see Apostolius …Matched in noteshighshort

δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe… Despite this initial gloss (similarly in ps.-Zonaras), the verb dekateu/ein, as the entry goes on to show, properly means to impose a tithe (on someone else). See also delta 182 (and delta 186). [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4329Ἄτεγκτος ἄνθρωπος παρηγορήμασινa man impervious to exhortations… Likewise or similarly in other lexica. The headword phrase is Aeschylus fr.348 (some versions of which omit 'a man'). For the adjective a)/tegktos see also alpha 4330. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 336 (web address …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ477υνκνοων—Χρήματα χρήματ' ἀνήρ πενιχρὸς δ' οὐδέποτ' ἐσθλόςmoney money (is the) man but a pauper (is) never nobleThe first part of the headword phrase -- again at chi 478 -- appears in Pindar, Isthmians 2.17 (web address 1), but the whole phrase is a version of Alcaeus fr. 360 Lobel-Page, of …Matched in noteshighmedium

α905Ἀκμὴ καλεῖa moment is calling[1] The headword is a proverbial-sounding phrase which, beyond this opening gloss (also in Photius and other lexica), is lost sight of in the entry which follows. It comes from Euripides, Hecuba 1042. [2] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2542Ἀνθυπουργῆσαιto return a kindnessThe headword, aorist active infinitive of a)nqupourge/w, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Sophocles fr. 339 Radt. [2] See LSJ s.v., citing Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 545.16-17.Matched in noteshighshort

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