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ε3601Εὔνουςwell-disposed, well-minded… have handsome hands, but rather the boxer, nor is the magnanimous person the one having a great soul. Nor on this account is the good person divinely blessed in the sense of having the …Matched in translationhighmedium
α119Ἀγαθόνgood… as it is said to be something of such a magnitude. And qua substance, what [is] the good? [Something] like a god, [or] intellect. And the good also is said to be something relative, …Matched in translationhighmedium
η60ἩγίαςHegias… established order; for there was in Hegias something of Theagenes' magnanimous nature in his benefactions; but [it was] more frugal than his to the extent of what he spent on friends and suppliants.Matched in translationhighmedium
κ2335ΚρατερόςKrateros, Craterus… And he tended his body with honour and with fitting magnificence. While, therefore, these things, too, bring good repute to Krateros, he is also believed to have been most wise and most gentle and …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1429Κεστρᾶν τεμάχηmullets' slices… mullets referred to, is namely [a slice] of prized and magnificent fish. The [word] "slice" is also said of flat cakes, never of wheat. And [there is] a proverb: "the mullet fasts"; in reference …Matched in translationhighmedium
μ538ΜέλλωI am about [to do], I put off [doing][1] Same glossing in the Etymologicum Magnum and (according to Adler) in the Ambrosian Lexicon. See also mu 482, mu 488, mu 534, mu 539, epsilon 973. [2] From a scholion on Thucydides 1.86.2. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3015Ἑρκεῖος ΖεύςZeus Herkeios… the constitutional point. See also Photius and, post-Suda, the Etymologicum Magnum; and epsilon 3017. [2] Sophocles, Ajax 108 and 110 (web address 1), with scholion. Modern editors emend to e(rkei/ou. [3] cf. epsilon 3016.Matched in noteshighmedium
δ208Δελφίςdolphin[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 255.25 (plurals). [2] Aristophanes, Knights 761-762 (web address 1), followed by comment from the scholia there. See further below. [3] Thucydides 7.41.2 (web address 2); see already delta 207. [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2507Ἐπίπασταsprinklings… Suda's sw/mati ('body'). Aelius Dionysius epsilon57, Hesychius epsilon5047, and Etymologicum Magnum 362.53, which are similar to this entry up to this point, prefer 'porridge'; and cf. Pollux 6.61. (Thus there is really no need …Matched in noteshighmedium
ι620ἸσαῖοςIsaeus, Isaios… iota 652 (Isocrates). [2] See delta 454 (Demosthenes). [3] Demetrius Magnes (RE Demetrios[80]; NP Demetrios[57]; OCD4 Demetrius[16]) fr. 6b Mejer (Hermes 109 [1981] 456). [4] This anecdote (from Philostratus, Lives of the Sophists 1.20; …Matched in noteshighmedium
β513Βράβηλαsloes= Etymologicum Magnum 211.4. [1] Damascus-plums, a.k.a. damsons; see further below. [2] Theocritus, Idylls 7.146. [3] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.49D-50B (2.33 Kaibel) -- citing the grammarian and commentator Seleucus Homericus of Alexandria (sigma 200), fr.42 …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3962Ἄρκυςhunting-net[1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 144.9. [2] Likewise in other lexica. [3] Abridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Lycurgus (fr.86 Conomis), Xenophon (On Hunting 2.3, etc.), and Cratinus (fr 79 Kock = 84 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighmedium
ε885Ἐλλώβιαlobe-ornaments… Similar etymological explanations are found in Aelius Dionysius epsilon33, Etymologicum Magnum 332.39. Less similar are the scholia (46.7-10, 22.29 and 52.7) to various passages of Lucian where the headword occurs. [3] Ascribed to Arrian …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1738Κλέπτηςthief… 1.132 (web address 1); cf. n.2. [2] Similarly elsewhere: Etymologicum Magnum 517.39, scholion on Sophocles, Electra 56, scholion on Homer, Iliad 1.132, Hesychius, Erotian 54.2. [3] Aelian fr. 281 Domingo-Forasté (283 Hercher). [4] cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4469Αὐτήshe, it… alpha 2078, kappa 2761; also alpha 2079. [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 173.7. [2] Psalm 117.24 LXX. [3] Luke 9.22. [4] George the Monk, Chronicon 1.312.9-22. The earliest annual Christian feast was March 25, thought …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1199ΚαῖσαρCaesar… 1. [2] See gamma 10, kappa 1196. [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 498.27-30 for the material of this first paragraph of the entry. The Suda's own source for it is indeterminable. [4] a.k.a. Marcus Aurelius, …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1575Κίβδηλονcounterfeit, adulterated… phrase a)po\ i(stori/as "[taken] from history" appears in the Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ki/bdhlon. [5] Aelian fr. 70h Domingo-Forasté (67 Hercher). [6] Aelian fr. 61 Domingo-Forasté (58 Hercher).Matched in noteshighmedium
γ443ΓράφωI write… Suda follows a source that is also followed in Etymologicum Magnum 240.31, Anecdota Oxoniensia 2.354.22, Lexicon Vindobonense 8.22. For what follows cf. Lexicon Syntacticum Gudianum p. 589. [6] Quotation not identified by Adler but …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4173ἈσκληπιάδηςAsclepiades, Asklepiades… formulation of this etymology can be found in the Etymologicum Magnum, s.v.: 'because he makes tough [askele] (i.e. harsh) diseases mild [epia]'. [4] pi 823. [5] Aelian fr. 92c Domingo-Forasté (part of 89 Hercher); …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2171Ἐπηλυγάζονταιthey are being obfuscated… offers the other). Compare also Erotian 127-11-12 and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum 356.2-3. [2] At this point Adler cites the unedited Ambrosian Lexicon (1569). [3] Aelian fr. 246 Hercher, 244a Domingo-Forasté (cf. epsilon 1137). [4] …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3585ΕὔμολποςEumolpus, Eumolpos… the son of Poseidon (beta 357, delta 1395). See Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *eu)molpi/dai, according to which Eumolpus was the founder of the Eleusinian mysteries. Also Photius and Hesychius s.v. *eu)molpi/dai, which mention that there …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2592Ἐπισμῇbesmears… smw=dic is posited elsewere in the grammatical literature (e.g. Etmologicum Magnum 721.20-28). [3] Because the things being smeared are made of some objectionable substance which it would offend or injure the person smeared to …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2341ΚράτηςKrates, Crates… Philostratus and elsewhere. [1] See D.L. 6.88 (citing Demetrius of Magnesia). The point was not to punish the sons but to recognize that, if philosophers, they would have no need of money. [2] That …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ471Χρήit is necessary… address 1), where the form xrh/ appears; see also Etymologicum Magnum 814.50. [2] Eupolis fr. 4 Kock, now 11 K.-A. [3] See chi 493 and chi 494. [4] Pherecrates fr. 103 Kock, now 108 …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε3116Ἐσάλευεwas riding… that preserves the explanation of the expression. See also Etymologicum Magnum 381.2-9. The headword and the near-synonym which provide the twin headwords of the entry are both imperfect indicative active, third-person singulars; respectively, of …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε2315Ἐπιεικῶςproperly… epsilon665 (with the omission of 'and sufficiently'); Photius epsilon1543; Etymologicum Magnum 359.35-8. For other comparanda and sources see the apparatus to Theodoridis' edition of Photius. [4] Procopius, De bellis [History of the Wars of …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ1530Κῆρker, heart, spirit… the Styx. [4] Anecdota Oxoniensia ed. Cramer 2.456.17-26, cf. Etymologicum Magnum 511.23 and Choeroboscus, Epimerismi on the Psalms 3.8, 3.22. [5] Greek Anthology 7.154.3 (author unknown); on a statue of Vengeance (the Ker here) …Matched in noteshighmedium
κ2586ΚυβέληKubele, Kybele, Cybele; Kubebe, The Great Mother of the Gods and Men… devotee). Mother 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 …Matched in noteshighmedium
β489Βωμολόχοςaltar-ambusher… cited in the scholia on Plato, Republic 606C (and Etymologicum Magnum 218.7). It would be derived from 'altar' and a verb for watching attested only in the Cypriot dialect by Hesychius and possibly in …Matched in noteshighmedium
ει27ΕἰδείηνI would knowFor the second and major paragraph here cf. Etymologicum Magnum 296.35-43. Perfect optatives are rare, and oi)=da is a rare type of perfect, so it would be hard to say what its optative "ought" …Matched in noteshighmedium