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μ591ΜένανδροςMenanderAfter the introductory formulas this is Menander Protector fr.1 FHG (4.201) = fr.1 Blockley. [1] For this term, used here in effect as a surname, see pi 2884. [2] mu 294. [3] alpha 112. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4156Ἀσκαλαβώτηςgecko… other lexica. [2] (Again, likewise or similarly in other lexica.) Menander fr. 188 Kock, 163 Koerte, now 143 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
α2934Ἀπασκαρίζεινto convulse, to twitch… s.v. [1] Aristophanes fr. 495 Kock, now 510 K.-A. [2] Menander fr. 839 Kock, now 881 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
κ311Κανθάρου μελάντεροςblacker than a dung-beetleFor the dung-beetle see already kappa 310. [1] Menander fr. 239 Kock, 202 K.-Th., 180 K.-A.; also in Photius, and in several of the paroemiographers. [2] Zenobius 4.65, etc.Matched in noteshighshort
β422Βουκόρυζανox-drivelling, ox-stupidity… of this kind cf. (e.g.) beta 414, beta 454. [2] Menander fr. 1003 Kock, 834 K.-Th., 530 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
α3536Ἀποσοβεῖshoos away… is used especially of scaring off birds, as here. [3] Menander fr. 997 Kock, 525 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort
ι560Ἱπποκόμοςgroom, horse-tenderAlso in other lexica. (Title of a play by Menander.)Matched in noteshighshort
ε962Ἐμβριθῆ νοῦνsevere thought, weighty thought… help identify the individual taking cover amidst the shields. [3] Menander Protector fr. 20.3 Blockley (190-191), on Tanchosdro's preference for professional soldiers; again under tau 89. On 'Tanchosdro' see n.3 at delta 1327. On …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1585Κίγκλοςdabchick… Kock, 147 K.-A., including kigkloba/tan "wagging while he walks".) [2] Menander fr.221 Kock (190 Körte-Thierfelder, 168 K.-A.). The proverb is explained in Aelian, Nature of Animals 12.9: "But the dabchick is a weak bird …Matched in noteshighshort
α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… 4), where the mss have a)gge/lou, an obvious gloss. [4] Menander, Sikyonios fr.4 Sandbach [= fr 440 Kock].Matched in noteshighmedium
αι299Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦto lift one's foot out of the mud… fr. 137 Kock (now 145 K.-A.); cf. phi 212. [4] Menander fr. 273 Kock (239 K.-Th., 209 K.-A.) & fr. 451 Kock (385 K.-Th., 335 K.-A.); cf. alphaiota 298.Matched in noteshighmedium
α1998Ἀνάπαυλανrest… a Persian title rendered into Greek, not a name. [4] Menander Protector fr. 29 Blockley (242-243). There is no context for this unplaced fragment that would help identify the Hunnic leader; cf. Blockley (286 …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathersMenander fr. 167 K.-Th., 148 K.-A.; cf. Diogenianus 3.7 and other paroemiographers. The 'fear' aspect features in the background material (about wolves and oxen) in Apostolius 10.80.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2437Κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτισεthe ram repaid his upkeepMenander fr. 905 Kock, 804 Koerte, now 890 K.-A.; cf. Zenobius 4.63 and other paroemiographers; also Hesychius kappa4142 (from Pausanias the Atticist), Photius kappa1097 Theodoridis. See also kappa 2438.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1580Κίγκαλοςdabchick… LSJ s.v. ki/gklos (sic) at web address 1, citing Aristophanes, Menander, et al., and commenting on the proper form of the word. [2] cf. pi 3056. A lebhri/s, according to Photius s.v., is "a …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1244Διώνυμοιfamous, renowned… and Leokrates's etc.'.) [2] Parasite of the soldier Bias in Menander’s play Kolax. See also the commentary in POxy, L 3534: "Bias and Strouthias ... are the names of the soldier and his attendant …Matched in noteshighshort
α4443Αὔλειοςcourtyard [door]Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Menander fr. 546.2 Sandbach. [1] cf. alpha 4436. [2] Aristophanes fr. 255 Kock (now 266 K.A.), here garbled: "head" should be accusative, not genitive, and what is buried …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beam… 679 Edmonds, Pollux 7.143, Hesychius s.v., Aristotle, Mechanica 857a, 857b, Menander, Dyscolus 536, Aeneas Tacticus 39.7.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1631Δυσηνίουςhard to bridle, hard to rein, refractory… many authors in figurative senses (intractable, rebellious, etc.): see e.g. Menander fr. 589 Koerte, now 812 K.-A., a generalization about women. The present entry's accusative plural must be quoted from somewhere. The extant possibilities …Matched in noteshighshort
ι575Ἱππόπορνεhorse-whore… The headword is taken by Theodoridis to be quoted from Menander, Theophoroumene 19; this supersedes Comica adespota fr. 1021 Kock (not in K.-A.), drawn from the present entry and the associated Aristophanic scholion: see …Matched in noteshighmedium
λ816Λύκος ἔχανενa wolf gaped… things that are in vain", rather than kata\ kenou=); at Menander, Aspis 372-73 (dia\ kenh=s for kata\ kenou=; see Austin's edition ad loc.); at Eubulus, Auge, fr.1.11; and at Euphron, Adelphi 1.30-31 (with diakenh=s). …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… tick (but see kappa 2483). This distinction is observed in Menander's Lokrians (fr. 263 Koerte, now 223 Kassel-Austin), where the proverb refers to a tick; cf. Koneiazomenai 6. Photius in a later entry (cf. …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… under koino/s I (web address 1). See Aristotle, Rhetoric 1401a20-22; Menander, Epitrepontes 284, 317; Diodorus Siculus 5.51.1; Lucian, Navigium 11.22; cf. Plutarch, Moralia 777D. [4] Aelian fr. 12e D-F (12 Hercher). It is uncertain …Matched in noteshighshort