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δ1547Δρύοχοιstocks… 1.38.5 [...], could also mean figuratively "from scratch" (e.g. Plato, Timaeus 81B)'. [1] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 52, quoted below. [2] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 52-57 (web address 1 below), where the mss have …Matched in noteshighmedium
α117ἈγαθοκλῆςAgathokles, Agathocles… web address 1 below), who is in turn citing, disapprovingly, Timaeus of Tauromenium (FGrH 566 F124b). [1] On this passage K.J. Dover, Greek Homosexuality (London 1978) p.103 writes: 'The jackdaw here probably sybolises impudence …Matched in noteshighmedium
β204Βδελυρόςdisgusting[1] Likewise in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (and again in Photius). Perhaps generated by the occurrence of the headword adjective in Plato, Republic 338D (where Thrasymachus applies it to Socrates), though not necessarily so; Timaeus' …

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Δρύοχοι

stocks

[Meaning] pegs, the ones which are placed in a ship while it is being built. But by a misuse of language [it also denotes] the proems. Aristophanes [writes]: Agathon is beginning "to put in the stocks, the beginnings of…

Δρύοχοι· πάτταλοι, οἱ ἐντιθέμενοι ναυπηγουμένης νεώς. καταχρηστικῶς δὲ τὰ προοίμια. Ἀριστοφάνης· Ἀγάθων ἄρχεται δρυόχους τιθέναι δράματος ἀρχάς. κάμπτει δὲ νέας ἁψίδας ἐπῶν, τὰ δὲ…

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ει57Εἰκάζωνconjecturing, comparing… one of the headword translations, and cf. LSJ s.v.), see Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. If it is quoted from Plato -- not always a certainty with Timaeus -- the likely context is Meno 98B. [2] …Matched in noteshighshort

α1907Ἀνακογχυλιάσαιto gurgleSame entry in other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; and cf. the scholia to Plato, Symposium 185D, where the imperative a)nakogxuli/ason ('gargle with water') occurs. For this verb see also Aristophanes, Wasps 589: an …Matched in noteshighshort

α2101Ἀνατεινάμενοςhaving held out as a threat… view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [3] Similarly in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon and in Photius. The phrase itself must be quoted from somewhere but is unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighmedium

α2157Ἀνδραποδώδη τρίχαslavish hair[1] Same material in Photius, and in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon; prompted by Plato, Alcibiades 1.120B; see already under alpha 2156. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort

ε191Ἐγχυτρίστριαιbone-gathering womenLikewise in Photius (following Pausanias the Atticist and Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon); also cf. scholia on [Plato], Minos 315C (where the accusative case of a variant spelling of the headword appears: e)gxutistri/as), and on Aristophanes, …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1546Ἐξάντηdanger-free, out of danger… needs to be explained. For the entry so far, cf. Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon, Zenobius 3.95, Hesychius, and other lexica. [4] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.18.22; a Roman soldier makes three attempts to scale the wall …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2504Ἐπιώψατοchose, oversaw[1] So far, the entry = Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 987a10 (who also adds 'Plato in Laws'); cf. [Didymos], De dubiis apud Platonem lectionibus 246.13. Adler also cites Lexicon Ambrosianum 1647. [2] In Plato, Laws …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3273Ἑταιρίστριαιcourtesanizers= Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 987a 26; Moeris 196.24; Hesychius epsilon6489; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2070 (cf. delta1689) -- all stemming from the use of the feminine nominative plural headword in Plato, Symposium 191E (web address 1). …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3425Εὐδοκιμώτεροςmore renowned, rather renowned… nominative singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; perhaps Plato, Timaeus 21D. [2] Quotation (lacking Adler reports, in mss FV and a marginal addition in AM) unidentifiable. (She suggests Symeon Metaphrastes.)Matched in noteshighshort