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Ε epsilon13
Κ kappa8
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Γ gamma1

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William Hutton10
Catharine Roth7
Jennifer Benedict7
Robert Dyer3
Antonella Ippolito2
Ioannis Doukas2

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Tony Natoli2
Elizabeth Vandiver1
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κ2318Κράμβηcabbage… below, at n.5); also in the Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum; kora/mbh and kora/mblh are made up from ko/rh "pupil" and a)mblu/nw "make (something) dull". See the LSJ entry for kra/mbh at web address …Matched in noteshighmedium
χ303Χιλήfodder… Hesychius, Lexicum Ambrosianum 247 (according to Adler), Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 811.47. [1] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.25 (web address 1 below). [2] Herodotus 4.140.3 (web address 2). The text of Herodotus reads sfete/rhs for the …Matched in noteshighmedium
α4248Ἀστράβηmule, mule's saddle… 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 of the material referred to, …

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cabbage

A kind of pupil-blunter [koramblê] which dulls [amblunousa] clear-sightedness. Better [put], [something] going against sleep. Hence it is the first thing served in banquets, and is not planted near a vine. And the…

Κράμβη· κοράμβλη τις οὖσα, ἡ ἀμβλύνουσα τὸ διορατικόν. βέλτιον δὲ ἡ τῷ κάρῳ ἀντιβαίνουσα. ὅθεν καὶ πρώτη ἐν συμποσίοις δίδοται καὶ παρ' ἄμπελον οὐ φυτεύεται. καὶ οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι πρὸ …

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δ1579ΔύνωμαιI were able, I would be able… form du/nhmi is attested only in lexicographic texts, e.g. Etymologicum Magnum and Etymologicum Gudianum, always in explanation of du/namai. In Etym.Magn. 290.24 (probably taken from Choeroboscus’ commentaries on the Psalms) the same verb is …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε459Ἐκλεκτόςchosen, selected… 2437, and at Etymologicum Gudianum 358.2ff. De Stefani and Etymologicum Magnum 269.9ff.; cf. also Etymologicum Magnum 569.22, Anecdota Oxoniensia 1.113.22. The form e)/klektos occurs as a proper name in Cassius Dio and Herodian; as …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε861Ἐλινύεινto rest… in mss VM; see also under kappa 2740. Compare Etymologicum Magnum 330.57, where again the transmitted strateu/ein has been emended to straggeu/ein; and see further, next note. [2] This phrase contains present participles in …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3040ἙρμίαςHermias… from Harpokration s.v.; similar entries in Photius (and, post-Suda, Etymologicum Magnum). Hermias' daughter was Pythias: see below, and alpha 3929. [6] That is, not Hermeias (as in epsilon 3036 and alpha 3929). See Choeroboscus …Matched in noteshighmedium

α104Ἄβυσσονabyss… frequently, it has the sense "brood over." [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 4.44. These are principal parts of the verb bu/w, which means "to stuff," followed by buso/s, which does not exist according to LSJ. …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

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

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

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

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

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

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

δ1029Διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλοιdithyramb-directors… 1965, without text, identified as a dithyramb poet in Etymologicum Magnum 164.20, from Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 879 p.2846 Scheer; PC2 52; PMG fr.837; Campbell 198-203; Aristotle, Poetics 1455a6; RE 21.1659-61 'Polyidos 9'), and …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1093Δίκηςof justice… the translation here. For the gloss timwri/as ('vengeance') cf. Etymologicum Magnum 276.8. [2] Quotation (via the Excerpta Constantiniana, Adler supposes) unidentifiable. Poetry? The words seem to hint at an iambic rhythm, although it is …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1516Δραχμήdrachma[1] tau 34. [2] cf. mu 1144. [3] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 287.20. [4] Aristophanes, Peace 374, with scholion; cf. mu 1385. [5] alpha 3729.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

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

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

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

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

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

ε3022Ἕρμαballast, prop… Iliad 1.486 (web address 1); also Hesychius and the Etymologicum Magnum. [3] Aristophanes, Birds 1429 (web address 2), with scholion; cf. gamma 184, alpha 2498. [4] Quotation unidentifiable with certainty, but Adler's tentative attribution …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

ε3254Ἔσχατος Μυσῶν πλεῖνto sail last of the Mysians… are semantically similar. Very similar material appears, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 384.21-25; see Adler's apparatus for more comparanda. In this first effort e)/sxatos is derived from sxe/sis ('holding', 'checking'). [4] This opaque sentence seems …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

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

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

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