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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …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
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
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
ν315Νηλιτήςnelites[1] cf. the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 16.317 (see next note). [2] The accepted text has nhlei/tides: Homer, Odyssey 16.317, 19.498, 22.418. From context, the sense is clearly "guileless" (the formula contrasts it with …Matched in noteshighmedium
ν241Νέωταnext year[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica (references at Photius nu169 Theodoridis); and cf. epsiloniota 294. [2] The derivation is also given in the Etymologicum Gudianum, the Etymologicum Magnum, and Lexicon ai)mwdei=n; the Etym.Magn. …Matched in noteshighmedium
ν234ΝεώριαdockyardsSee also nu 235. [1] Aristophanes, Acharnians 919 (web address 1). Our accepted text has e)mprh/seien; either optative form is acceptable in classical Greek. [2] Aristophanes, Acharnians 920-921. [3] Definition (also at theta 515 …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
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
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
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
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
μ474ΜελεδωνόςcaretakerThe headword is the nominative singular form of the noun. Of the three quotations that follow only the last presents the word in this form; in the other two cases the word appears in …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
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
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
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
μ669Μέσονmean, middle term[1] cf. ps.-Zonaras 1340. [2] This refers to the middle term in a deductive argument, that is, the one that appears in the premises (or is common to them, as Aristotle says: Prior Analytics …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
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
μ1430Μύωψhorse-fly; goad, spurThe headword is a masculine noun in the nominative (and vocative) singular. It has three meanings according to LSJ s.v.: (1) a species of biting fly, probably from the genus Tabanus, that pesters livestock; …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
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