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ε2659Ἐπὶ τὰ Μανδροβόλουon Mandrobolos' property… History of Samos 800-188 BC (Oxford 1987) appendix 2; 'Samian Earth' seems to have been a kind of fuller's earth. [2] A ram, because, according to a scholiast on Nicander's Alexipharmaka, this was the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe… "very divinely" (pa/nu qei/ws). The reference seems to be to Plotinus, Enneads 3.4.2, where the verb is dendrwqh=nai without the prefix. [3] The phrase 'in Scripture', though placed last, should possibly be understood with …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1286Κελαινόςblack, murky, dark… fobero/n or frikto/n) to dark, murky or ominous things: the earth, Hades, the depths of the sea, storm clouds (cf. kappa 1284), the river Danube (Lycophron, Alexandra 1336), waves, and blood (cf. kappa 1285), …Matched in noteshighshort
β598Βυσσόνdepth; ocean's depth… 239, kro/kou bafa\s d' e)s pe/don xe/ousa , "Shedding to earth her saffron-dyed robe." (The usual meaning of bu/ssos is flax, and the linen made from it: cf. beta 596, and see generally LSJ …Matched in noteshighshort
χ70Χαμαίλεονchamaileon… jaundice; see Pliny, Natural History 22.53. The name xamai/mhlon from "earth" (xamai/) and "apple" (mh=lon) -- compare the French pomme de terre, potato -- was probably applied because the plant gives off a faintly …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2258Κώμηvillage, neighborhood… group of words including xw=ma, xo/w, xw/nnumi, involving piles of earth. [2] cf. kappa 2260, kappa 2263. [3] Third person singular, aorist, of kwma/zw "I carouse, I burst in on," extracted from the quotation …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… (98a Jacoby=68a-b Theiler), in reference to the shape of the earth. [3] i.e. the iron (or bronze) tip of a ram (epsilon 952, and cf. epsilon 949). [4] Diodorus Siculus 31.5.3 (via the Excerpta …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ1492Δράκαυλοςdrakaulos; living with a snake… Pandrosus. For speculation on the role of Phineus in the plot of the play see the Loeb edition of the fragments (ed. H. Lloyd-Jones, 1996, pp.308-09). Some have suggested that it was a satyr-play.Matched in noteshighshort
α1387ἈλωπεκιανόςFoxy, MangyThe unglossed headword, perhaps a name or nickname, is otherwise unattested. As it is not necessarily connected with what follows, its meaning is unclear. (For Foxy cf. alpha 1388; for Mangy see LSJ s.v. …Matched in noteshighshort