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χ413Χορταῖοςchortaios, chortaeus, farmyard-coatAelius Dionysius fr. 325 (Schwabe); see also Pollux 4.118, Hesychius s.v.; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antquities 7.72.10. Worn by actors playing Silenus [Author, Myth] (sigma 273).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1627Κιναβρώντων αἰγῶνof stinking goats… occurs (web address 1). The addition of armpits is from Pollux's gloss of kina/bra (kappa 1626).Matched in noteshighshort
μ918Μηλάνθηcockchafer… is a variant of mhlolo/nqh (Aristophanes, Clouds 763) or mhlola/nqh (Pollux 9.122 and 124). See LSJ entries at web addresses 1 & 2. See also epsiloniota 109, kappa 1967, mu 933.Matched in noteshighshort
δ200Δελέαστραbait-traps… quoted here, very probably from Nicophon fr. 4 Kock/K.-A. (cf. Pollux 10.156). cf. generally delta 197, delta 197, delta 198, delta 199.Matched in noteshighshort
κ2799Κυφόςstooping… to Athena's olive tree on the Acropolis of Athens) see Pollux 9.17, alongside Hesychius alpha7851, pi23; Pollux 6.163. [4] Greek Anthology 5.185.3 (Asclepiades). The subject is a fishmonger.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1271Ἐνετρύλλισεwhispered [in someone's ear]… aorist indicative active, of the very rare e)ntrulli/zw (or e)ntruli/zw); Pollux 9.109 connects it with quail-baiting.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1664Δυσξύμβολα(things) hard to deal with… word in this form prior to the Suda are in Pollux 5.150 and Artemidorus 4.56 (although LSJ reports a variant reading for this word, duscu/mblhta). In all the attestations of the word, the only …Matched in noteshighshort
α4229Ἀστεμφέαunshaken… Page (vol. II, 358). It is described in detail by Pollux Onomasticon 5.32. Gow and Page observe (ibid.) that it is not at all clear what type of instruments the a)ntukth=res (here in the …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1671Δύσοσμοςmalodorous… make the ground hard [sc. for dogs] to smell"; cf. Pollux 5.12. Also in Hesychius s.v. (but with the neuter form instead of the masculine).Matched in noteshighshort
κ652ΚαταμήληνprobingSimilar entry already in Hesychius (kappa1266, s.v. katamhlw=sa1) and in Pollux 4.181. Photius has the Suda's entry but under the headword katamhlw=n, as translated here; cf. kappa 649. The Suda's headword as transmitted is …Matched in noteshighshort
ω1Ὦαsheepskin; fringe, edge… Dionysius (quoted by Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1828.49), Moeris, Pollux, Hesychius, Photius. [2] That is, fringe? Cf. Etymologicum Magnum 820.5. [3] Theodoret (PG 80.1912b) on Psalm 132.2 LXX.Matched in noteshighshort
α1532Ἀμβολὰς γῆthrown-up earth, raised earth… the quotation given. [1] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.12 (web address 1). Pollux 7.100 registers this phrase in Xenophon. [2] delta 22; and see also under iota 577 and omicroniota 66.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1626Κινάβραgoat-stench… stench of both human armpits and goats is given in Pollux 2.77; Phrynichus, Preparatio Sophistica p. 60 de Borries proscribes its application to humans.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1670Ἑξέτειsix-year… is a difference of dialect, as the lexicographer implies here. Pollux 1.54, discussing trie/ths/trieth/s, says that the paroxytone form means a three-year period of time, but the oxytone form is applied to three-year-old persons, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2725Κυνοῦχοςdog-hold… word. Contrast Xenophon, Kynegetikos [On Hunting] 2.9 (web address 1); Pollux 5.31, 10.64; Pausanias the Atticist kappa57 (= Hesychius kappa4618); Photius, Lexicon kappa1222 Theodoridis. [2] Greek Anthology 6.298.3 (Leonidas of Tarentum); Sochares the Cynic …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beam… s.v. kh=la, Hesychius s.v. khlw/nia; khlw/neion: Aristophanes fr. 679 Edmonds, Pollux 7.143, Hesychius s.v., Aristotle, Mechanica 857a, 857b, Menander, Dyscolus 536, Aeneas Tacticus 39.7.Matched in noteshighshort
ε485Ἐκκλώζετοyou were booing… Alciphron 3.71 (where again it is paired with "hiss", suri/ttein). Pollux 5.89 includes it in a list of vocabulary for bird calls, as being that of a jackdaw, but MacDowell (below) 422-3 calls this …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2507Ἐπίπασταsprinklings… this entry up to this point, prefer 'porridge'; and cf. Pollux 6.61. (Thus there is really no need for K. Zacher's emendation to zwmw=|, noted by Adler.) [2] Aristophanes, Knights 103 (web address 1), …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ318Κανοῦνbasket… Hesychius kappa650. [1] = Hesychius kappa679, Synagoge, Photius kappa161; cf. Pollux 7.176. [2] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Acharnians 242 (web address 1); cf. kappa 308. [3] From a scholion on Aristophanes, Peace 948 …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2786Κύτταροςcell… = 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 to the word ku/tinoi (cf. Photius kappa1271). Perhaps some …Matched in noteshighshort
κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus… from nh/fw is emended to nei=yon ('snow'). See also Harpok.; Pollux 7.150. (The comment is addressed to Zeus.)Matched in noteshighmedium
ι537Ἱππεῖςcavalrymen, horsemen, knights… (1981) 282-286. [4] Labourers, in effect. See e.g. Thucydides 6.43; Pollux 3.82. [5] Hesychius s.v. [6] Aristotle, Politics 1320a26. [7] cf. the scholia to Aristophanes, Knights 51. See also pi 1181 for both jury-pay …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes… unattested and probably in error for eu)erme/w, for which see Pollux 5.135. [Theodoridis now prints eu)ermw=.] This abstract noun is derived from the name of Hermes (epsilon 3037, epsilon 3038, epsilon 3034) in his …Matched in noteshighshort
γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… Soli (also known as Soleus), On Riddles (FHG II 31). Pollux 6.19, from the same source, classifies it among "questions over the wine-cups" (zhth/mata kuli/keia) or "to test memory" (mnhmo/neia), and distinguishes it from …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2216Κῴδιονsmall fleece, small sheepskin rug (for sleeping on) or cloak (against rain)… 798), usually a wine-flask (Hesychius pi4486, beta1352, Photius Lexicon s.v., Pollux 7.175), but here probably a chamber pot or a)mi/s (Hesychius pi4486), appropriate to the references to pissing on his bed-mat. [8] The clause …Matched in noteshighmedium

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