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α1027Ἀκρώνυξnail-tip, mountain-top… via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable. [4] Quoted approximately from Xenophon, Anabasis 3.4.37-38 (see web address 1); compare also Xenophon, Hellenica 4.6.7. [5] Quotation (transmitted, in Adler's view, via the Excerpta Constantini Porphyrogeniti) unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighmedium
α2719Ἀντιποιηθένταhaving been contentious… replaced accusative singular to\n ei)rhme/non basile/a. [4] A paraphrase of Xenophon, Anabasis 2.3.23. See web address 2. [5] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighmedium
α2877Ἀπαλλάξαςhaving put aside, having put off, having abandoned

α1027

Ἀκρώνυξ

nail-tip, mountain-top

[Meaning both] the tip of the nail and the top of the mountain. And [sc. also attested is] a)krwnuxi/a [used] likewise. "When he happened upon a detachment guarding a position at the top of the mountain, with a sudden…

Ἀκρώνυξ· τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ὄνυχος καὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ὄρους. καὶ Ἀκρωνυχία ὁμοίως. ὁ δὲ φυλακῇ τινι ἐπὶ τῆς ἀκρωνυχίας ἐντυχὼν, ταύτῃ αἰφνιδίῳ προσβολῇ ἐτρέψατο. ἔστι δὲ καὶ Ἀκρωνυχία, ἡ…

gender and sexuality1

gender and sexuality1

… of the latter.) Same material in Photius and elsewhere. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 3.2.28 (web address 2). [3] Perhaps Aelian (so Adler, appealing to pi 1029 and pi 2771, where the same may be true); …

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β440Βουλιμιᾶνto be starving… 439, beta 441, epsilon 35. [1] cf. kappa 371. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.8 (web address 1 below), quoted here from beta 565. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggested Symeon Metaphrastes and, ultimately, Aelian; then in …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ1001Διηγκυλημένονthong-secured… intrusive words 'or thus' appear in certain manuscripts only. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 5.2.12 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighmedium

χ303Χιλήfodder… 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 Suda's e(te/rhs ("other"). …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ340Χλιδήluxury… with trufh=s and other synonyms) in Plato, Symposium 197D. [3] Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.54 (web address 1 below). This sentence is spoken by Cyrus, referring to his group of hardy Persians, remarkable given that the …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ234Δεξιόςclever… [3] For this material see already alpha 3764. [4] See Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.4-35. [5] cf. Lysias 12.72-77 and Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.1-2, 11-56. [6] A summary of this sentence reappears at kappa 2448 (under a …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3132ἈπείρηκαI have renounced… somewhere (rather than simply being paradigmatic), there are instances in Xenophon, Plato, and elsewhere. [2] Agathias, Histories 5.14 (p.306 Niebuhr), on Justinian I (Eastern Roman emperor 527-565); cf. Frendo (149). The time frame of …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1140Ἀλεξόμενονwarding off, resisting… with comment from a gloss there. [3] Quotation unidentifiable. [4] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.9.11 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighmedium

α2518Ἀνθοσμίαςflower-smelling, redolent of flowerscf. generally Xenophon, Hellenica 6.2.6. [1] Similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha1964 Theodoridis. [2] No such place is attested; in any case this line of explanation is an unnecessary attempt to parallel …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3111Ἀπεψηφίσατοvoted off… garbled version of the post-Arginusae trials, Athens 406 BCE. See Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.1-35, esp. 1.7.1-2: "in Athens the people deposed all these generals except Konon ... Two of the generals who had taken part …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3962Ἄρκυςhunting-net… [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

αι293Αἱρετώτερονpreferable, more choiceworthy… it is neuter), but there are many other possibilities, from Xenophon, Isocrates and Demosthenes onwards. [1] Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 220.14-20 and 219.10-11; cf. generally alphaiota 291.Matched in noteshighmedium

β519ΒρασίδαςBrasidas… at Methone, Brasidas was chosen as eponymous ephor at Sparta (Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.10; Diodorus Siculus 12.43.2). [3] A site on the west coast of Messenia, which an Athenian force occupied in 425. The Spartans …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation… a couple of "lambda-shaped" infantry versions used by Epameinondas (see Xenophon, Hellenica 7.5.22-24 on Second Mantineia, 362 BCE -- including the warship's ram analogy: below, at n.3). One of these was also used by …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1136Ἐναύεινto kindle, to light a fire… the citizens had him live in poverty. See kappa 1040; Xenophon, Hellenica 1.7.35; Diodorus Siculus 13.103 (Excerpta Constantiniana, de virtutibus et vitiis 234.5); scholia to Aelius Aristides 163.7. [6] Ironic.Matched in noteshighmedium

χ317Χιώνsnow… Alexander of Aphrodisias, Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 50.9-11, 21-51.4. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.12-14. See web address 1.Matched in noteshighmedium