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κ2706ΚυνήειοςKyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius= Photius, Lexicon kappa1210 Theodoridis, though with some significant differences. For the headword itself, the mss of Photius have some variety of *Kunei=os, omitting the odd uncontracted cluster of vowels present in the Suda's …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… 9.661 and 657, Hesychius kappa4779 (cf. nu42, 44, mu911, etc.), Photius, Lexicon kappa1285 Theodoridis (cf. his entries at delta657, sigma525 and alpha2847; also Photius, Bibliotheca 250.443a.15), Ambrosian Lexicon 2057 and Anecdota graeca, ed. L. …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2799Κυφός

κ2706

Κυνήειος

Kyneeios, Cyneius, Kynneios, Cynneius

Apollo [is] called this at Athens. Kynnis, the son of Apollo and a nymph Parnethia, established him, as Sokrates [writes] in [book] 12: After Leto had put the infants [...] they were snatched by dogs. [...] For dogs and…

Κυνήειος· Ἀπόλλων Ἀθήνησιν οὕτως λεγόμενος, ὃν ἱδρύσατο Κύννις, Ἀπόλλωνος καὶ Παρνηθίας νύμφης, ὡς Σωκράτης ἐν ιβʹ· θεμένης τῆς Λητοῦς τὰ βρέφη ὑπὸ κυνῶν ἁρπασθῆναι. τοῦ κνυζηθμοῦ…

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… 727 Kock (747 Kassel-Austin). [3] Thus far, the entry = Photius, Lexicon kappa1276 Theodoridis, except that Photius reads katakekamme/nh ('bent over') instead of the Suda's katakekumme/nh ('stooped over'). That the reading in Photius is …

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α1733Ἀμφίκοροςmiddle child… entry is also in Hesychius; the second part is in Photius, Lexicon alpha1341 -- but glossing there the present primary headword. Note also Hesychius s.v. a)mfi/kouron, glossed a)mfote/rwqen kekarme/non ("cut/shorn on both sides"). Unattested …Matched in noteshighshort

α4248Ἀστράβηmule, mule's saddle… Also in Hesychius (alpha7882), the Synagoge (codex B alpha2268, and Photius (Lexicon alpha3017); cf. Etymologicum Magnum 158.50. [4] Glossed o)nhla/ths "donkey-driver" in Synagoge alpha1015 and Photius, Lexicon alpha3016. Cf. omicron 368. [5] A continuation …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermescf. Photius, Lexicon epsilon2153 (without the quotations), and, more briefly under eu)ermh/s, Hesychius epsilon6804. Photius records a related verb eu)ernw= (epsilon2156), unattested and probably in error for eu)erme/w, for which see Pollux 5.135. [Theodoridis …Matched in noteshighshort

ι759ἼϋγξJynx, IunxSame entry in Photius (Lexicon iota273 Theodoridis); similar matrual in other lexica, and in scholia on Pindar (Pythian 4.381a, Nemean 4.56) and Theocritus (Idylls 2.17). See also iota 758, iota 760, iota 761. [1] …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1407Κερκωπίζεινto play the ape… grammarians and other paroemiographers, e.g.: Diogenianus, Hesychius, the Lexica Segueriana, Photius, Eustathius, Gregorius (Patriarch Gregory II), Michael Apostolius. The Suda's infinitive, here, was once regarded as an unattributable fragment of Attic comedy: adespota fr. …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tail… tail. The wording of the entry is the same in Photius kappa695 Theodoridis, and similar in the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 5.116 (on which see below). Other lexica add the sense "to tempt", from …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2482Κρότωνος ὑγιέστεροςsounder than a tick; sounder than Croton… the more probable. Its first full sentence is taken from Photius, Lexicon kappa1114 Theodoridis, but omits the initial dei= necessary (as Porson realised) to make sense. Both sources ignore the distinction made by Herodian …Matched in noteshighshort

α1205Ἁλιακήconcerning fishing, piscatorialSame entry in Photius and elsewhere; references at Photius alpha947 Theodoridis. The headword, feminine nominative singular of the adjective a(liako/s, is evidently quoted from somewhere. The gloss given requires the initial alpha of the …Matched in noteshighshort

α2475ἈνιππασίαAnippasia and Diippasia= Photius, Lexicon delta584. For the same material see again alpha 2758, delta 1043, delta 1235. In all four Suda entries, as already in Photius, the point is unfortunately spoiled by a mis-spelling of …Matched in noteshighshort

α2642Ἀντέχειholds out, withstands… [4] Thus far the entry (minus the grammatical point) = Photius, Lexicon alpha2073 Theodoridis. [5] Quotation unidentifiable. [6] Quotation unidentifiable. [7] Quotation not identified by Adler but identifiable via the TLG as Josephus, Antiquities …Matched in noteshighmedium

β272Βιβάζειcauses to mount= Aelius Dionysius beta14 Erbse, Synagoge beta14, Photius beta138 Theodoridis, apart from some discrepancy in the reading of the first gloss (see note 1 below). The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is …Matched in noteshighshort

γ97Γεγωνόνloud, sonorous… 48. [1] Likewise already in Hesychius gamma249 (and elsewhere; on Photius, see next note), where the headword adjective is explicitly glossed as neuter nominative/accusative singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; extant instances are …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1235Διωμοσία καὶ ἀντωμοσίαdiomosia and antomosia, preliminary oath and counter-oath… two headwords at web addresses 1 & 2. [1] = Photius, Lexicon delta638; cf. Synagoge (Codex B) alpha1511, Hesychius delta2049; see also delta 1234. Before a trial in classical Athens, the oath at the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1603Δυσγάργαλιςskittish, ticklish… Bachmann or Cunningham, there is a very similar entry in Photius, Lexicon delta804, and Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. (cf. Etymologicum Magnum 291.47). For the etymological expansion of the gloss cf. generally gamma 62, gamma 63 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1829Ἐξωκέληςexokeles… together see also epsilon 1303. Theodoridis in his edition of Photius, following Naber, argues (vol. ii, p. XXIX) that this non-word arose from a corrupt version of Photius' entry on ke/leuqos (kappa554), where ke/lhs …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2486Ἐπινεφρίδιονadrenal= Synagoge epsilon710 (Lexica Segueriana 231.4); Hesychius epsilon5001; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1647. Ultimately derived from the scholia to Homer, Iliad 21.204 (web address 1), where the headword occurs. For further comparanda and sources see the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3154Ἐς κόρακαςto the crows… also. The same version is found in the Lexicon of Photius, s.v. e)s ko/rakas). See generally J. Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle (Berkeley & Los Angeles 1978) 383, L75 (= Parke/Wormell 309). [2] The word …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3364Εὐάγωγονeasily-led… For the antonym, see delta 1590. [1] = Synagoge epsilon900; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2107; cf. Hesychius epsilon6681, which also contains the material in the second gloss (see n. 2 below). [2] cf. Hesychius epsilon6681 and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3570Εὐλόφωςstrongly, patiently… Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 152 Zintzen (89 Asmus); cf. Photius, Bibliotheca 342a 32-35. The subject is Sallustius (sigma 62, sigma 63), as the Photius passage shows.Matched in noteshighshort

η85Ἢ δεῖ χελώνης κρέα φαγεῖν ἢ μὴ φαγεῖνwhether one should eat a tortoise's flesh or not eat itAlso in Photius, Lexicon eta42 (see further below, n.2); cross-referenced, summarily, at kappa 2364, and see also chi 192. Besides the paroemiographers (Zenobius 4.19, etc.) see Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 8.337B [8.17 Kaibel], with two versions …Matched in noteshighshort

ι525ἹππάςcavalryLikewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius iota160 Theodoridis. [1] See generally sigma 776, sigma 777, sigma 779. [2] Four, rather (as is clear from e.g. ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 7.3). …Matched in noteshighshort

κ189ΚαλάβροψcrookSee also Hesychius under the headword kalau/ropa (kappa420) and Photius' Lexicon under kalau/rwy (kappa109, obelized there by Theodoridis). LSJ also uses the same spelling as Photius, but with a circumflex rather than acute accent …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… "a defensive weapon; a hammer; and a kind of fish". Photius, Lexicon kappa626 Theodoridis glosses it as mu/raina, "murry" (accusatives). The full headword phrase is also cited (in Attic) in tau 295. [2] From …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ1561Κηφήνdrone… or similar glossing in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa685 Theodoridis. [3] Procopius, History of the wars of Justininan 6.7.34 (web address 1). For Belisarius see generally beta 233. In early 538 …Matched in noteshighmedium

κ2488Κρωβύλοςtop-knotcf. kappa 2489, epsilon 1257. [1] = Photius, Lexicon kappa1125 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius kappa4266, Synagoge, etc. [2] A misunderstanding of Thucydides 1.6.3 (web address 1), where the golden cicada is a pin used to …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2697ΚυνέαςcapsSame entry in Photius, Lexicon kappa1203 Theodoridis. The headword is accusative plural, presumably extracted from the quotation given. cf. kappa 2698. [1] The nominative of this man's name is uncertain; he is mentioned in …Matched in noteshighshort

κ2786Κύτταροςcell… that that they are the cells of wasps. [3] = Photius kappa1267 Theodoridis (see also kappa1268, kappa1269, kappa1270); cf. Pollux 7.147, Hesychius kappa4747. Concerning 'the blossom-end of the pomegranate', Hesychius kappa4745 ascribes this definition …Matched in noteshighshort

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