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δ352Δεινοὶ πλέκειν τοι μηχανὰς ΑἰγύπτιοιEgyptians (are) clever at crafting machines[1] Zenobius 3.37. The headword phrase itself is Aeschylus fr. 373 Nauck (726 Mette). [2] Homer, Iliad 2.742, 15.626. The added comment comes from the scholia to the first of these passages. (The fame …Matched in noteshighshort
γ190Γέρδιοςgerdios… LSJ s.v. [2] Post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 228.40 has the headword itself as a feminine.Matched in noteshighshort
γ213ΓεφυρίςGephyraean (woman)[1] Herodotus 5.57 (web address 1 below). The present headword itself, however, is unattested outside lexicography.Matched in noteshighshort
α3289Ἀπόδειξιςdemonstration… rendered "the essential". In the Suda example, animal belongs "by itself" (which, in accordance with the previous distinction, is the same as "essentially") to man. [3] tekmh/rion and shmei=on are Aristotle's technical terms. A …Matched in noteshighlong
β36Βαθυπέπλωνof long-robed [women]… helpfully explain that it refers to women. The headword adjective itself is characteristic of late epic (Nonnus, Quintus); see also epsilon 3574.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1831Κλώθειspins… lexica; see the references at Photius kappa804 Theodoridis. The headword itself (third person singular, present, of klw/qw) must be quoted from somewhere. The verb klw/qein is used properly of spinning thread, and figuratively of …Matched in noteshighshort
α1674ἈμυμώνειοςAmymonian… according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. But the headword itself is otherwise unattested, and 'Amymon' unidentifiable. [2] Amymone in myth was the daughter of Danaus who went for water at Argos [Myth, Place], …Matched in noteshighshort
α776Ἀκάθαρτοςimpure, unclean, uncleansed[1] While the headword itself could be either masculine or feminine (singular) in gender, this glossing word is feminine. Perhaps, therefore, the origin of the entry -- also in ps.-Zonaras -- was a comment …Matched in noteshighshort
γ499Γυναικὸς ὄλεθροςa woman's ruination[1] cf. Apostolius 5.78 (where the proverb itself is couched in plurals). [2] Appendix Proverbiorum 1.87.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1143Μιχθῆναι ἢ μιγῆναιto have had intercourse… mother Jocasta: see lines 791 and 995. Yet the verb itself was just as ambiguous in Greek as it is in English; for instances where sexual 'intercourse' is meant see e.g. delta 683, zeta …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2122ἘπεικάζωI suppose… epsiloniota 57.) It is presumably generated by, but is not itself part of, the quotation given. [1] Sophokles, Elektra 663. Adler asserts that the entry is derived from the scholia to this line, but …Matched in noteshighshort
γ112Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέραmore overfond of children than Gello… to Lesbos, and specifically to Sappho; hence the headword phrase itself is regarded as a fragment of Sappho (178 Lobel-Page). Hesychius has two consecutive 'Gello' entries (gamma307-308) of a darker nature: there she is …Matched in noteshighshort
α2897Ἅπανθ' ὅμοια καὶ Ῥοδῶπις ἡ καλήeverything similar even for Rhodopis the fair… and elsewhere; Phrynichus, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 233. The headword phrase itself is Comica adespota fr. 579 Kock, now 489 K.-A. [1] Again at pi 191 (with a gloss more closely related to her profession) …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1458Δωριάζεινto dress like a Dorian girl… from Pausanias the Atticist (fr. 140). For the headword verb itself see e.g. Anacreon fr. 54 Page (PMG). On the chiton, see generally chi 320.Matched in noteshighshort
μ1213Μονανδρεῖhas one husband, is monogamous… only in the context of this narrative. (The unglossed headword itself is transmitted as indicative monandrei= and so translated here; one might suspect, nonetheless, that it should be monandrei=n.) There also exists a feminine …Matched in noteshighshort
λ434Ληκώμεθα[whenever] we are shagged… (253 K.-A.), at Photius lambda254 Theodoridis. Both the headword verb itself and the glossing verb (kappa 1645) are verbs describing violent motion; in a sexual context they are classified by Henderson 35 (expanded 151-153) …Matched in noteshighshort
β204Βδελυρόςdisgusting… Socrates), though not necessarily so; Timaeus' Lexicon does not confine itself to Plato. [2] Aelian fr. 160 Domingo-Forasté (163 Hercher). [3] Likewise, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.Matched in noteshighshort
ν36Νάρδοςnard-oil, spikenard-oil… sense of the headword na/rdos; the primary one is nard/spikenard itself (Nardostachys jatamansi; a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, found at higher elevations in India, Nepal, and China; cf. LSJ s.v. na/rdos (web …Matched in noteshighshort
β572Βρύκουσαgnashing… For this glossing cf. generally Hesychius s.v. bru/kein. The headword itself is the present participle, feminine nominative singular, of bru/kw; see again beta 573. [2] Greek Anthology 7.433.3-4 (Tymneus), with the compound participle e)pibru/kous'; …Matched in noteshighshort
β178ΒάταλοςBatalos, Batalus… 'Bat(t)alos' means 'stammerer', the present passage (and indeed Aeschines 2.99 itself) seems to demand obscene connotations as well or instead; cf. beta 177. Harpokration, under this entry, cites the comic poet Eupolis for 'batalos' …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2432Ἐπίλαμποςrevealed, caught… her himself; nevertheless she will do this." (For "evident", katafanh/s, itself in Herodotus see 2.120.5).Matched in noteshighshort
κ2277Κωνοειδέςconical, cone-shaped… lambda 768. The passage does not use the headword adjective itself but a neuter noun related to it.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1651Ἐξ ἔρωτοςout of desire… presented more fully under sigma 202 (and epsilon 2896) -- itself a summary of Appian, Syrica 308-313. Antiochos (ultimately Antichos I Soter, Macedonian king of Asia 281-261), son of Seleukos I, is said to …Matched in noteshighshort
α16Ἄβαξι[in/on/with] planks, abacuses… is a table topped by a slab, or the slab itself; a "calculator" is a secondary meaning. [2] Symeon Metaphrastes (also known as the Logothete ('Lawmaker')) Patrologia Graeca 115.837c. On Thecla, see theta 102.Matched in noteshighshort
α765Ἄθυμοςdejected, fainthearted… Thus the glossing here, o( leluphme/nos, indicates that the headword itself has been quoted from somewhere else; and in fact that gloss occurs in the scholia to Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 319, where masculine a)/qumos …Matched in noteshighshort
α58Ἀβληχρήνfeeble… error, however: blhxro/s is well attested as meaning "weak" by itself: see web address 1 for the LSJ entry. The lexica mistake the copulative alpha in the headword for an alpha privative. [2] Aelian …Matched in noteshighshort
ε1463Ἐντετευτλανωμένηςbeetified… speaker is addressing. [1] Aristophanes, Acharnians 893-4 (web address 1), itself a parody of Euripides, Alcestis 367-8 (web address 2). The preceding comments are drawn verbatim from the scholia to the Aristophanes passage. Some …Matched in noteshighshort
ι451ἸοφῶνIophon… the plays of Iophon goes back to the late C5 itself: see Aristophanes, Frogs 73-79.Matched in noteshighshort
α4004Ἁρπεδόσι(to) threads… 6.206.5-6 (which does not in fact illustrate the headword noun itself). In the epigram, attributed to Antipater of Sidon, five young women dedicate items to Aphrodite; cf. Gow and Page (Hellenistic Epigrams, vol. I, …Matched in noteshighshort
ε882Ἕλκοςulcer… 'lasts a long time' pertains to contemporary usage. The headword itself first occurs at Homer, Iliad 4.190, and 'wound' is the gloss of the D scholia there. [2] Similar etymologies are offered by, e.g. …Matched in noteshighshort