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Daniel Riaño1
David Whitehead1
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α802ἈκαρῆinstantSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. See also alpha 801, and cf. alpha 800, epsilon 1102. [1] Same glossing, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Some of the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 701 [see under …Matched in noteshighmedium
α860Ἀκηδήςuncared-for, uncaringFor the twin senses of the headword a)khdh/s glossed and illustrated here, see generally LSJ s.v. [1] Similar glossing in Photius and elsewhere. [2] Quotation (also in ps.-Zonaras) unidentifiable. [3] Aelian fr. 241b Domingo-Forasté …Matched in noteshighmedium
α1215ἈλιγέρνηςAligernes, Aligernos, Aligernus, Aligern[1] Aligernos in Agathias (see next note); Aligernes here and in ps-Zonaras only. [2] Agathias, Histories 1.9 (abridged); repeated in part at omicron 966. This passage describes the fighting prowess of the Ostrogoth military …

α802

Ἀκαρῆ

instant

[The same as] instantly, [i.e. used as] an adverb; [meaning] in a short time, in a moment. But Aristophanes in Wealth [sc. uses the phrase] "in an instant": "I was thrown down out of doors naked in an instant."…

Ἀκαρῆ· ἀκαρῶς, ἐπίρρημα· ἐν βραχείᾳ ὥρᾳ, ἐν ἀτόμῳ. ἐν ἀκαρεῖ δὲ Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· γυμνὸς θύραζ' ἔπεσον ἐν ἀκαρεῖ χρόνῳ. τῷ ἐλαχίστῳ, ὃν οὐχ οἷόν τε διακεῖραι καὶ κόψαι διὰ τὸ…

meter and music3

meter and music3

gender and sexuality2

gender and sexuality2

trade and manufacture2

trade and manufacture2

Rachel Price

Rachel Price

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α1483ἈμάνAman, HamanSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. [1] A very bald summary of the book of Esther, with at least one mistake: the Persian king in the story is not Darius (I) but 'Ahasuerus', reckoned to be …Matched in noteshighmedium

α3435Ἀπόμαχοςbattle-free, disabled, unfit to fight… as coming from a fragment of Cassius Dio preserved by Zonaras (see p.190 lines 28-30 Boissevain), on Hannibal's siege of Saguntum (a city in eastern Spain, close by the Mediterannean Sea, Barrington Atlas map …Matched in noteshighmedium

α4668ἌχαζAhazSame entry in ps.-Zonaras. For Ahaz see also under epsilon 277, (theta 89), phi 24. [1] This story is recounted in the Septuagint: 2 Kings 16.7-16 and 2 Chronicles 28.20-25. [2] 2 Chronicles 29.1 …Matched in noteshighmedium

αι293Αἱρετώτερονpreferable, more choiceworthySame entry in ps.-Zonaras. The headword -- masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/accusative singular of this comparative adjective (cf. alphaiota 291, alphaiota 292) -- might be extracted from the quotation given (where it is …Matched in noteshighmedium

β10ΒαβύλαςBabylas… entrance to Philip and his wife. Others favoring Decius are Zonaras (3.132) and George the Monk (Chronicon 110.552). Cedrenus wavers between Philip (1.451) and Numerianus (1.464). The likeliest explanation is that Babylas died in …Matched in noteshighmedium

γ482Γυμνῆταιlight-armed [troops][1] The headword is in the nominative plural (a form that is about to be repeated). The word literally means 'one who goes nude'. [2] This first sentence is omitted by mss FV (so …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ181Δεκατεύεινto pay a tithe[1] Despite this initial gloss (similarly in ps.-Zonaras), the verb dekateu/ein, as the entry goes on to show, properly means to impose a tithe (on someone else). See also delta 182 (and delta 186). …Matched in noteshighmedium

δ627Διαλεκτικήdialectic[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras (who omits the ensuing quotation -- see next note -- and proceeds without a break to the Suda's third paragraph). [2] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 356 Zintzen (223 Asmus); …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε237Ἐδικαίουwas judgingThe headword -- imperfect active of dikaio/w (cf. delta 1077, delta 1078, delta 1079, epsilon 238, epsilon 239), third person singular -- is illustrated by all three of the quotations given. Entry shorter in …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε328Ἔθοςcustom, habituationSimilarly in ps.-Zonaras. [1] cf. Aristotle, Rhetoric 1368b7-9, distinguishing particular from common (or general) law -- the former being the written law according to which a city is ruled, the latter the unwritten law …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε563Ἐκ περιουσίαςsuperfluously, advantageouslyOn the headword phrase ek periousias see generally LSJ s.v. periousia ('that which is over and above, surplus, abundance'), II. As the Suda's illustrations show, it can mean, depending on the context, either "superfluously" …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε953Ἔμβολονwedge, wedge-formation[1] See also Onomasticon Tacticum 35 and 58; ps.-Zonaras epsilon702; cf. Arrian, Tactica 17.3 = Aelian, Tactica 19.5, Asclepiodotus 7.7. The sources record as "wedge-formation" a cavalry scheme apparently invented by the Scythians and …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε962Ἐμβριθῆ νοῦνsevere thought, weighty thought[1] The headword phrase, similarly glossed in other lexica, is in the accusative case; it is taken to be quoted from Attic tragedy (Adespota fr. 328k Kannicht-Snell). See generally epsilon 961 and ps.-Zonaras 700.15 …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε1418Ἕνωσιςunion, unificationcf. generally ps.-Zonaras 731. [1] This definition echoes the phrase e(/nwsis tw=n diesthko/twn in Philo Judaeus, De aeternitate mundi 75.8, as part of a characterization of fate (ei(marme/nh) in the context of a Stoicizing …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2348Ἐπὶ καλάμῃ ἀροῦνto sow for strawFirst part of this entry also in ps.-Zonaras. Proverbial in Gregorius 3.51. [1] Lysias fr. 212 Sauppe, now 284 Carey (OCT).Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2411Ἐπίκωποςto the hilt, through and throughThe first part of this entry draws on the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 231 (where the headword adjective occurs: web address 1); cf. ps.-Zonaras s.v. e)pi/kwpos, and kappa 2295. The second part -- linked …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε2838Ἐπωμίςshoulder-wrap[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras. This is one sense of the headword noted by LSJ s.v. ('II. part of the women's tunic that was fastened on the shoulder by brooches, shoulder-strap'). Note also Hesychius epsilon5583 …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3038Ἑρμῆς ὁ ΤρισμέγιστοςHermes the TrismegistosThis entry draws on Malalas, Chronographia 26.10-27.14 Dindorf, now Chronographia II.4 Thurn(19-20); cf. Jeffreys et al.(12-13); cf. Cyril of Alexandria, Contra Julianum 1.46, and Chronicon Paschale 85.8-86.9. On Hermes Trismegistus, see also tau 1007, …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3213ἙστιάδεςHestiades[1] Likewise in ps.-Zonaras (who ignores the rest of the entry). 'Hestiades' -- always plural -- was the Greek term for the Romans' Vestal Virgins; see under alpha 4413, nu 515. [2] The main …Matched in noteshighmedium

ε3944Ἐφόλκιαtenders, towed-boats[1] So already in Hesychius. [2] This addendum, taken over from Photius, is incomprehensible as it stands; but (as Adler notes) Bachmann pointed out that ps.-Zonaras's version of epsilon 3951 (ephoros) adds 'Also called …Matched in noteshighmedium

ει142ΕἱμαρμένηfateThe first of three entries on the word. (See also epsiloniota 143, epsiloniota 144). It gives several definitions and/or etymologies for the word, mostly from Stoic philosophers, before ending with a Christian theological credo. …Matched in noteshighmedium

ι368ἼνδακοςIndakos, IndacusAfter the opening gloss, this material is Priscus fr.60 Bornmann, now fr.79 Carolla. See also iota 370 (and epsilon 3827, epsilon 4014 and chi 200, which incorporate part of the present entry). On Indakos, …Matched in noteshighmedium

χ171ΧαιριδεῖςChairideis[1] cf. ps.-Zonaras s.v. Chairis. [2] cf. pi 1302. [3] cf. chi 172. [4] Aristophanes, Peace 951-3 (web address 1); see also Acharnians 16 & 866 (web addresses 2 & 3) and Birds 858 …Matched in noteshighmedium