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α32Ἀβέλτεροςthoughtless… the headword) unidentifiable; also in Photius and Aelius Dionysius. [3] Menander fr. 393 Kock. [4] Anaxandrides [see generally alpha 1982] fr. 12 Kock (and K.-A.). But note that Adler prints the manuscript reading "Alexandrides", …Matched in noteshighmedium
α68Ἄβραfavorite… a(bro/s (cf. alpha 70) with a change of accent. [1] Menander fr. 520 Kock, 453 K.-Th., 411 K.-A. [2] Menander fr. 438 Kock (1 Sandbach). [3] Menander fr. 64 Kock, 58 K.-Th., 63 K.-A. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ε962Ἐμβριθῆ νοῦνsevere thought, weighty thought… help identify the individual taking cover amidst the shields. [3] Menander Protector fr. 20.3 Blockley (190-191), on Tanchosdro's preference for professional soldiers; again under tau 89. On 'Tanchosdro' see n.3 at delta 1327. On …

α32

Ἀβέλτερος

thoughtless

[Meaning] mindless, stupid. For the intelligent man [is] be/lteros ["thoughtful, superior"]. "No, by Zeus, not the greedy and thoughtless fellow, but the mindless and conceitedly slow-witted." Menander in Perinthia…

Ἀβέλτερος· ἀνόητος, ἀσύνετος. βέλτερος γὰρ ὁ φρόνιμος. οὐ μὰ Δί' οὐχ ὁ πλεονέκτης καὶ ἀγνώμων, ἀλλ' ὁ ἀνόητος καὶ εὐήθης μετὰ χαυνότητος. Μένανδρος Περινθίᾳ· ὅστις παραλαβὼν…

trade and manufacture4

trade and manufacture4

meter and music3

meter and music3

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α3104Ἀπ' ἐχθρῶν πολλὰ μανθάνουσιν οἱ σοφοίfrom enemies the wise learn many things… six-line extract from Aristophanes, interrupted by a shorter one from Menander; see the notes below. Dunbar 279-282 suggests that the Aristophanes passage parodies sophistic argument. [1] Aristophanes, Birds 375-377 (web address 1 below), loosely …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3367Ἀπόκριναιanswer!… future tense middle forms are preferable to passive forms. [4] Menander fr. 255 Kock, now 199 K.-A. [5] Menander fr. 492 Kock, now 382 K.-A. (with indicative la/lei (Hirschig) for the Suda's infinitive). [6] …Matched in noteshighmedium

α165Ἄγγαροιmessengers… 4), where the mss have a)gge/lou, an obvious gloss. [4] Menander, Sikyonios fr.4 Sandbach [= fr 440 Kock].Matched in noteshighmedium

α524ἈδράστειαAdrasteia… [2] Antimachus of Colophon (alpha 2681) fr. 43 Wyss. [3] Menander fr. 321 Kock, 266 Koerte, now 226 Kassel-Austin; Nicostratus fr. 37 Kock, now 35 Kassel-Austin.Matched in noteshighmedium

α1173Ἀληθέστερα τῶν ἐπὶ Σάγρᾳtruer things than those at Sagra… with looser parallels elsewhere (including several of the paroemiographers). [1] Menander fr. 34 Kock, 31 Koerte, now 32 K.-A. [2] The qualifier makes it clear that we are dealing with Lokroi (sic) in the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1785Ἀμφορεαφόρουςamphora-bearers, amphora-carriers… word quoted from Aristophanes (fr. 45 Kock and K.-A). [1] Menander fr. 431 Kock, 364 K.-Th., 326 K.-A. On "return", apophora, see LSJ s.v. [2] Aristophanes fr. 299 Kock, now 310 K.-A. [3] Eupolis …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1998Ἀνάπαυλανrest… a Persian title rendered into Greek, not a name. [4] Menander Protector fr. 29 Blockley (242-243). There is no context for this unplaced fragment that would help identify the Hunnic leader; cf. Blockley (286 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2048Ἀνάριστοςunbreakfasted… (139 K.-A.). [4] Timocles fr. 24 Kock (26 K.-A.). [5] Menander fr. 992 Kock (821 K.-Th., 521 K.-A.). [6] Polybius 3.71.10 (on Hannibal).Matched in noteshighmedium

α3080Ἀπετάφρευονthey fenced off with a ditchMenander Protector fr. 23.3 Blockley (200-201). The Suda entry is unattributed, but Blockley (282 note 274) notes that the style is strongly Menandrian. Having no prior military experience, Mauricius was appointed general in the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3361Ἀποκναίεινto wear outFor this verb see already alpha 3360. [1] Menander, Misoumenos fr. 3 Sandbach. [2] Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.18.15, on an exceptionally courageous and determined Roman soldier during the siege of Persian-held Beïudaes (the modern-day …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3729Ἀράβιος ἄγγελοςArabian messengerZenobius 2.58 and other paroemiographers. [1] Menander fr. 30 Kock, now 31 K.-A. [2] Comica adespota fr. 268 Kock, now 920 K.-A. The word "four" is textually corrupt here but guaranteed by other citations; …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4303Ἄσχολοςleisure-less… Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.12 (translation at web address 1). [3] Menander fr. 999 Kock, now 882 K.-A. [4] Philemon fr. 220 Kock, now 184 K.-A.Matched in noteshighmedium

α4378Ἄτρακτονarrow; spindle… quotation to Procopius, and it is in fact unidentifiable. [3] Menander Protector fr. 31.1 Blockley (242-245); cf. kappa 2311. Blockley notes that Koch (Kok, Kokh, Coch) is Turkish (cf. Blockley 286 note 325), but …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι299Αἴρειν ἔξω πόδα πηλοῦto lift one's foot out of the mud… fr. 137 Kock (now 145 K.-A.); cf. phi 212. [4] Menander fr. 273 Kock (239 K.-Th., 209 K.-A.) & fr. 451 Kock (385 K.-Th., 335 K.-A.); cf. alphaiota 298.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1445Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖονDodonian bronze… has 'in Aristides' (FGrH 286 F30); cf. epsilon 3154. [3] Menander fr. 65 K.-A. (66 Kock, 60 Koerte), line 3. [4] Several scholars, beginning with Bernhardy (see Theodoridis on Photius, above), have postulated a …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2310Ἐπιδουπῆσαιto make a thud on… Lexicon; and cf. epsilon 2285 and esp. epsilon 2980. [3] Menander Protector fr. 12.3 Blockley (130-133), quoted in part at delta 150. For the general Bonos, see beta 495; on the Avars, see alpha …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3835Εὔψυχοςof good courage, good-souled… ends epsilon 3834; it has evidently displaced the one from 'Menander' (sc. Protector).Matched in noteshighmedium

ει319Ἐς τὸ δέονfor the necessary… here), twenty and fifty talents. [3] Aristophanes, Clouds 859. [4] Menander fr. 163 Kock (128 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighmedium

α112ἈγαθίαςAgathias… pi 2479. A's own work was in turn continued by Menander Protector (mu 591). [4] See beta 233. [5] See nu 42. [6] An alternative name for Colchis (kappa 1979); present-day Georgia, between the …Matched in noteshighmedium

α209Ἄγειν καὶ φέρεινto plunder and to pillage… see also alpha 293 and epsilon 427. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 21 Blockley (192-195). For the Slavs (Sklavenoi) see generally sigma 634. In 578 the Avar khan Baian (Baianos, ruled ?561-582/585; cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α2906Ἁπαξάπανταall together… again at iota 469 (end). See also alpha 2407. [3] Menander Protector fr. 18.6 Blockley. See already alpha 2330, and again sigma 10; both have "all together", evidently correctly, in the accusative. [4] Likewise …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3132ἈπείρηκαI have renounced… [5] Feminine nominative singular of this perfect participle, perhaps from Menander, Perikeiromene 131. [6] Instances in Xenophon, [Demosthenes] and elsewhere.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3803ἈρδαβούριοςArdabourios, Ardaburius, Ardabur… its odd echoes (see n.2 below), has been attributed to Menander Protector (fr.20 FHG) and, more plausibly, Priscus (fr. 59 Bornmann). [1] On Marcian, see the De Imperatoribus Romanis entry by Geoffrey Nathan at …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4374Ἀτοπίας πλέων πρᾶγμαa matter full of absurdity… "of a marvel" is a scholiast's gloss. [2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 9.1 Blockley (102-103), on Chosroes's scheme -- knowing well that the Suani would reject the request outright -- to trick Justin's …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4505Αὐτολήκυθοιcarriers of their own oil-flask… which this present one summarizes, Attic New Comedy (Diphilus and Menander) is cited.Matched in noteshighmedium

β532Βρενθύεσθαιto be haughty, to take umbrage… context, see gamma 77, sigma 1513, and upsilon 317. [7] Menander Protector fr. 9.3 Blockley (106-107), on the Persian envoy Mebod (cf. alpha 3098), heading to Byzantion in late 567.Matched in noteshighmedium

δ930Διεξοδικούςdetailed, discursive, elaborate… in encomiastic rhetoric (see the topoi of the praise-speech by Menander the Rhetor); but after the imperial age writers stressed the importance for the orator of relying on the peculiar qualities of person and …Matched in noteshighmedium

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