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- α1747Ἀμφιμήτωρof a different mother… cf. alpha 1752. [1] sc. but the same father. [2] Aeschylus fr. 76 Nauck.
- α1980Ἄναξmaster, mistress… entry in Photius. cf. generally alpha 1923, alpha 1924. [1] Aeschylus fr. 342 Nauck (689 Mette). LSJ s.v. notes this (also in Pindar, Pythians 12.4) as a rarity.
- κ207Κάλληbeautiful things… gloss "ta\ porfura= i(ma/tia" refers specifically to the instance at Aeschylus Agamemnon 923, partially quoted in this entry. cf. also kappa 191.
- λ274Λεωργόςrebelcf. Hesychius lambda791 (s.v. lewrgo/n). [1] (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 4-5, quoted more fully at epsilon 2978. [2] The etymology of lewrgo/s is unclear, but it is more likely from le/ws 'at will' + e)/rgw …
- αι44Αἰγίζεινto rend asunder… entry reappears under eta 104. [1] cf. alphaiota 61. [1] Aeschylus fr. 481 Radt (either of these infinitives). [2] Aeschylus fr. 78 Mette.
- μ1301Μουσόμαντιςof prophetic voicecf. scholion on Aristophanes, Birds 276, where the headword occurs. Aeschylus = a garbled verion of his fr.60. (See Dunbar 232-3.)
- ει64Εἰκάσμεθαwe have been made like… 1), with scholion. The next verse is a quotation from Aeschylus' lost play Myrmidons [fr.139], about an eagle struck with an arrow trimmed with eagle feathers: "these are not from others but our own …
- ε3127Ἔσεισέ μου τὴν καρδίανhe shook my heart… with comment from the scholia there (summarizing lines 10-11). For Aeschylus see generally alphaiota 357; for Theognis theta 137.
- ε1368Ἔνθ' οὔτε μίμνειν ἀνέμους οὔτ' ἐκπλεῖν ἐᾷthe wind allows neither staying there nor sailing out… Diogenianus 4.88, etc.; Tosi (cited under alpha 378) no.1129. [2] Aeschylus fr. 250 (with the nominative singular a)/nemos, not the Suda's ungrammatical accusative plural).
- α3641Ἀποφώλιοιciphers, idlers, monsters… but ought to be, as in other lexica, a)pofu/lioi. [1] Aeschylus fr. 287 Nauck (493 Mette). [2] From the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 5.182, where the phrase ou)k a)pofw/lia ei)dw/s occurs. See again phi …
- κ191ΚάλαϊςKalais, Calais… Argonautica 1.211ff. [2] Blue-green. [3] Purportedly an abbreviated phrase from Aeschylus, Agamemnon 923, but the text there has the noun ka/llesin, not the Suda's xrw/masin. Compare kappa 207, where ke/ramos kala/i+nos is given as …
- δ1070Δίκαιοςjust… of Isidore fr. 56 Zintzen (26 Asmus, 28A Athanassiadi), quoting Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 592-3 (where the word is a)/ristos "bravest" rather than di/kaios, see web address 1) ; again at delta 1327. [2] …
- ι549ἽππιοςHippios, HorseyIn Bacchylides, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, etc.; also applied to Athena (upsilon 24), Hera, and Ares.
- α25Ἀβδέλυκταunhateful [things]… B) alpha12; cf. Hesychius alpha94. [1] cf. tau 659. [2] Aeschylus fr. 137 Nauck.
- α2188Ἀνδροπλήθειαmen-multitude… to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword comes from Aeschylus, Persians 235.
- α3715Ἀποίμωξόν με τοῦ τριωβόλου τὸν ζῶντα μᾶλλονweep for me who am alive rather than for the triobol -- for I am undone… the lengthy headword phrase occurs (web address 1 below). [2] Aeschylus fr. 138 Nauck = 227 Mette (with Antilochos in the vocative, not, as here, the accusative). It is this plea of Achilles, concerning …
- κ2695ΚυναίγειροςKynegeiros, Cynaegirus… the Painted Stoa (pi 1469): Pliny, Natural History 35.57. For Aeschylus see generally alphaiota 357 (where inter alia all three of his brothers are named).
- ε2681Ἐπιτήδευμαoccupation, pursuit… suggests Aelian.) No relevance is likely to the famous poets Aeschylus (alphaiota 357) and Stesichorus (sigma 1095). [2] Aelian fr. 22a Domingo-Forasté (part of fr.22 Hercher). For Diopeithes see under delta 1188. [3] Aelian …
- β130Βαρύμηνιςheavy in wrathSame entry in other lexica. The headword appears at (e.g.) Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1482 (web address 1).
- δ1717Δυσχείμεροςwintry, with harsh winters… 1447) in the Iliad (web address 1); also used by Aeschylus, Herodotus, Aristotle and others.
- α4095Ἀρχηγέτηςchief… in other lexica. The headword is tragedic vocabulary: see e.g. Aeschylus, Suppliant Women 251; Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 751.
- ι235ἸθαιγενήςlegitimateVariant of i)qagenh/s (iota 231), perhaps quoted from Aeschylus, Persians 306. For the ithai- prefix cf. iota 236.
- η2ᾟwhereby… See LSJ s.v., II (web address 1), citing instances in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Thucydides.
- δ489Δῆριςbattle(For this feminine noun see also delta 490.) Aeschylus uses a different genitive, dh/rios, at Agamemnon 942.
- ε3208ἜστειλαI sentAorist of ste/llw, first person singular (evidently quoted from somewhere: Aeschylus, Persae 609?), glossed with a compound of the same verb.
- κ2603Κυδάζεταιis reviled… other lexica). [2] Epicharmus fr. 6 Kaibel (and Kassel-Austin). [3] Aeschylus fr. 141a Mette. [4] cf. kappa 2615. The scholion to the Ajax has e)pi/ for peri/. [5] Sophocles, Ajax 722.
- κ2677ΚυματίαςwavyLSJ s.v. cites instances from Aeschylus, Herodotus and Cercidas. Comparable entries, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (1779 and 1825).
- α2593Ἀνῴμωξενwailed aloud… The headword must be quoted from somewhere -- very probably Aeschylus, Persians 465; cf. Theodoridis on Photius s.v.
- α2959Ἀπαιόλημαact of fraud… lexica. The headword, a poetic neuter noun, is quoted from Aeschylus, Choephori 1002 (web address 1); see the scholia there.
- αι62ΑἴγισθοςAigisthos, AegisthusSon of Thyestes; murderer of Agamemnon (in Aeschylus' play of that name, and elsewhere); himself killed by Orestes. See generally OCD(4) s.v. 'Aegisthus' (p.17).