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λ575Λιπαράoily, sleek… *)aqa=nai, daimo/nion ptoli/eqron. [3] Aristophanes, Birds 826, with scholia. "The matter of the city" is an idiomatic periphrasis for, simply, "the city": see generally LSJ s.v. xrh=ma, II.3.Matched in noteshighshort
ι159Ἱερατικὴpriest-craft, religion… of being from the One down to the level of matter. The sentence seems incomplete. [2] Greek and Egyptian philosophy evidently cannot be reconciled. [3] Greek religion has borrowed some beliefs from Egypt, including …Matched in noteshighmedium
μ353Μεγακήτηςfull of hollows, full of sea-monsters… on this epic adjective, the etymology of which was a matter of dispute amongst ancient scholars: either "great in respect of hollows" (from the adjective khtw/eis, itself less than self-evident in meaning but best-known …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2807Ἐποποῖepopoi (in hoopoe-ese)… citations from Aristophanes are more authoritative and are accompanied by material also found in the scholia. It has additional examples. A careful examination of the citations shows that the cries mimicked do not always …Matched in noteshighlong
κ2586ΚυβέληKubele, Kybele, Cybele; Kubebe, The Great Mother of the Gods and Men… Cybele was more often known in Rome as Magna Deum Mater (Great Mother of the Gods) and hence today as 'The Great Mother'. Catullus' Attis (poem 63) describes with a certain horror the practice …Matched in noteshighmedium
α836Ἀκέραιοςuncorrupted, intact, fresh, unblemished… unaffected by wounds to body or spirit, unpolluted by extraneous matter' or 'in a state not affected by previous experiences or failures'. The adjective is not derived from the root of mixing seen in …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3289Ἀπόδειξιςdemonstration… they think they are offering a tekmh/rion, as though the matter at issue were shown and concluded (Rhetoric 1357b5-10). On the other hand, according to Aristotle, a shmei=on (sign) is meant to be a …Matched in noteshighlong
αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… colours and the wasp waist. To most it does not matter what colour the feet of Achilles' horse Xanthos [Myth, Place] (Iliad 19.404) were; the description po/das ai)o/los interacts with a)/ella and suggests that …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2721ΚυνόσαργεςKynosarges, Cynosarges… Journal of Hellenic Studies 94 (1974) 88-95. For the present material cf. the scholia to Demosthenes 24.114. [1] Thus the name as transmitted, but it should be Diomos; cf. generally delta 1161. [2] Presumably …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ256ΔέρριςleatherSame material, variously, in other lexica. See generally LSJ s.v. (and cf. delta 255).Matched in noteshighshort
ω183ὨριγένηςOrigen… This Gnosticism taught its adherents to free their souls from material constraints so as to seek a union with God through a spiritual ascent. See the Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Marcionites at web address …Matched in noteshighlong
α4439Αὐλίαcourtyard[1] (cf. alpha 4436.) Same material, variously, in other lexica. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
α509ἌδοροςskinSimilar material in other lexica. See also alpha 508. [1] cf. kappa 2301. [2] Evidently quoted from somewhere.Matched in noteshighshort
ε1824Ἔξω Γλαῦκεaway o Grey one… at Apostolius 7.58. For the glaukos see the dossier of material in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.295B-F (7.45-46 Kaibel).Matched in noteshighshort
α4251ἈστράμψυχοςAstrampsychos, Astrampsykhos, Astrampsychuscf. generally alpha 4025. Several bodies of material attributed to Astrampsychus are available on the TLG, chiefly: Interpretation of Dreams, Oracles, and (on papyri) fragments of the Sortes Astrampsychi.Matched in noteshighshort
αι333ΑἴσωποςAesop, Aisopos, AesopusC1 BCE; FGrH 187a. Material repeated at iota 783 and pi 148. [1] 'Mithridates/Mithradates' was the name of six kings of Pontus in Asia Minor: see OCD(4) s.v. Mithradates (pp.963-4), and mu 1044. This …Matched in noteshighshort
λ822Λύκου πτεράwolf's feathers… and other paroemiographers. The 'fear' aspect features in the background material (about wolves and oxen) in Apostolius 10.80.Matched in noteshighshort
α1067Ἀλλαντοπώληςsausage-seller… Paphlagon/Kleon in Aristophanes' Knights, and Adler suggests [addenda] that this material might come from scholia to Knights 141). [1] Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 2.18.26 (web address 1), on the Byzantine general …Matched in noteshighshort
α1608ἈμνειόςAmneiosSame material, variously, in other lexica. The headword as an adjective is attested as "having to do with a lamb" (cf. alpha 1607), e.g. of a lambswool garment (see LSJ s.v.). The same could …Matched in noteshighshort
μ94Μαλακόςdelicate, soft, mild… is lacking in Philoponus: "alleges the flesh as being a material cause ..." [3] This is one of the forms of causality distinguished by the Stoics and in this context is probably being used …Matched in noteshighmedium
α959Ἀκρατιεῖσθεyou will breakfastAristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 295 (web address 1 below), with material from the scholia there. See further at alpha 3113.Matched in noteshighshort
λ793Λυκάβαςtwelvemonth, lykabas, lycabas, lukabas, light-course, wolf-gang… 19.306 (web address 2). Most if not all of the material in the entry derives from commentary on these passages, and focuses on explaining the etymology of the word, something modern scholars are still …Matched in noteshighshort
κ360Καρβάσιναιbrogues… was made of undressed leather. In other contexts the same material was used to cover siege-engines etc. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.14.Matched in noteshighshort
ε3670Εὐπτέρωνof well-winged (ones)… 800, with scholion. Strepsiades is speaking of his son's super-aristocratic maternal lineage; cf. epsilon 87, kappa 2568.Matched in noteshighshort
μ104ΜαλιασμόςglandersHere maliasmo/s; a.k.a. mali/asis and malih/; Latin malleus. This material has been attributed to Aristophanes of Byzantium's epitome of Aristotle's History of Animals. The incidental distinction made in the definition is between an overarching …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2078ΚόρηmaidenSimilar material, variously, in other lexica and grammars. [1] cf. kappa 2076. [2] Largely from John Philoponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 366.10-13 and 368.2-7 Hayduck. [3] Similar material in late historiography, e.g. John …Matched in noteshighmedium
α219Ἄγημαdivision, guard, force, troopSee also alpha 220. [1] Same or similar material in other lexica; references at Photius alpha165 Theodoridis. [2] This last clause (not in the other lexica) is perhaps a quotation; if so, it is …Matched in noteshighshort
α4634Ἀφοβόσπλαγχνοςfearless of heart… Ajax 365-366 (web address 2). The scholia there provide the material here.Matched in noteshighshort
α4559Ἀφάρτεροιswifter [horses]Similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon. [1] From the scholia to the line of Homer about to be quoted. [2] Presented here as nominative and genitive of an adjective meaning "swift"; …Matched in noteshighshort
α4199ἈσπαλίαanglingSimilar material, variously, in other lexica. [1] (No instances survive.) Another lexicon has 'and the comic poets'; adespota fr. 448 K.-A.Matched in noteshighshort