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Ε epsilon13
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Γ gamma1

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Catharine Roth8
Jennifer Benedict7
William Hutton5
David Whitehead4
Antonella Ippolito2
Robert Dyer2

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Anne Mahoney1
Craig Gibson1
Kenneth Bumbaco1
Malcolm Heath1
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α1137Ἀλεξίκακονfor warding off evil[Meaning] remedial/remedy, antidote. Purifying and taking care of evil. Also [sc. attested is the vocative] a)leci/kake, that is evil-averter, one keeping terrible things away.Matched in headwordhighshort
α1139Ἀλεξιφάρμακαcharms[Meaning things] able to keep off spells. Menander in Child [writes]: "Ephesia walks thus around those getting married, speaking charms".Matched in headwordhighshort
α1138ἌλεξιςAlexisOf Thourioi, [the place] previously called Sybaris; a comic playwright. He produced 245 plays. He was the paternal uncle of Menander the comic playwright. And he had a son, Stephanos, a comic playwright himself.

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Ἀλεξίκακον

for warding off evil

[Meaning] remedial/remedy, antidote. Purifying and taking care of evil. Also [sc. attested is the vocative] a)leci/kake, that is evil-averter, one keeping terrible things away.

Ἀλεξίκακον· ἀλεξιφάρμακον, ἀντιφάρμακον. κακίας καθαρτικὸν καὶ θεραπευτικόν. καὶ Ἀλεξίκακε, τουτέστιν ἀποτρόπαιε, ὁ τὰ δεινὰ ἀπείργων.

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α1135Ἀλεξιάρη γῆdeath-averting earth[Meaning] that which aids men.Matched in headwordhighshort

α1136Ἀλεξιβέλεμνονdart-averting[Meaning] one which repels missiles. In the Epigrams: "and the dart-averting tunic from the chest".Matched in headwordhighshort

α3194Ἄπιαpears… fruit. Plato said a)pi/ous in Laws. It occurs also in Alexis and in Savages of Pherecrates: "grab the pears before stirring [them] up."Matched in translationhighshort

α2523Ἀνθρακιάcharcoals… called. Also [sc. attested is] anthrakion, a short tripod in Alexis.Matched in translationhighshort

ε545Ἐκκόψαιto cut outMeaning to defeat: so Alexis [uses the word]. Also in reference to piercing the eye. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] e)ceko/ph ["was cut out"] meaning was pierced.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2444Ἐπιλησμότατονmost forgetful, very forgetfulIdiosyncratically [for] e)pilhsmone/staton. Alexis says e)pilh/smh ['forgetting'], Cratinus e)pilhsmosu/nh ['forgetfulness']. Aristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "would you kindly drop dead for the crows, you most forgetful and most gauche old homunculus."Matched in translationhighshort

ε3469Εὐημερίαgood-weatherAs in the vernacular. Alexis in Olynthian Woman [writes]: "mistress Good-Weather and the friendly Muses."Matched in translationhighshort

α335ἈγωνίςAgonisAlexis (alpha 1138) wrote a comedy entitled Agonis or Hippiscus: Arnott (1996) 51-70Matched in noteshighshort

α3250Ἀποβάτηςdismounter… Theophrastus on this. See also Kassel-Austin, PCG II p.34 (s.v. Alexis). "Dismounting" meant, in practice, vaulting from one horse to another: see LSJ.Matched in noteshighshort

α3515Ἀποσάξανταhaving caulked, having sealed off… (from a camel)'; so e.g. Genesis 24.32 LXX; Anna Comnena, Alexias 15.6.4.Matched in noteshighshort

α4481Αὐτίτηνhomemade… term in this way (fr. 1 Kock); and see also Alexis fr. 285 Kock, now 286 K.-A. (vinegar).Matched in noteshighshort

αι392Αἶψαswiftly… paralleled only in a scholion to the occurrence in Nicander, Alexipharmaca 463. [2] Greek Anthology 6.190.1-2 (Gaetulicus); cf. lambda 270. Find further extracts from this epigram, the poet Leonidas's dedication to Aphrodite, at alpha …Matched in noteshighshort

β277ΒιδίνηBidine… lexicography, only in a few Byzantine sources (e.g. Anna Comnena, Alexiad 14.9.1).Matched in noteshighshort

β322Βλάστηgrowth… is the headword. It appears to be quoted from Nicander, Alexipharmaca 49; see the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

β518Βράσσειboils… headword occurs in (and is probably quoted here from) Nicander, Alexipharmaca 359. See also epsilon 37, kappa 1153 (and beta 520).Matched in noteshighshort

γ457Γρῖφοςriddle, conundrum… cites with evident pleasure many riddles from Greek comic playwrights (Alexis, Antiphanes, Diphilus, Eubulus) and elsewhere, and demonstrates the extraordinary literary and intellectual breadth required by this game. The griphos was included as one …Matched in noteshighshort

δ961Διεσμιλευμένονpolished-off… participle, see Greek Anthology 15.38 (Cometas), referring to books, and Alexis frs. 220-1 Kock (now combined as 223 Kassel-Austin): leptoi\ diesmileume/nai te fronti/des, "subtle, refinished [philosophical] theories". Genitive plural in Hesychius delta1663 (gloss leptologhqe/ntwn); …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1326Δοκίδεςbeams, meteors… Aristotle, De mundo 392b4; Eusebius, Demonstratio evangelica 9.1.14; Anna Comnena, Alexias 12.4.1. See also kappa 1996. The noun doki/s is also used in mathematical contexts, as one of the several names given to different …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1499Δραματουργήσαςhaving staged a drama, having fabricated… metaphor for "staging" or manipulating political situations (e.g. Anna Comnena, Alexias 1.12.9.7, although in a different form), or to wicked machinations in general, hence Hesychius' glossing (delta2312) of the infinitive of the verb as …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1588Δυσαλθέςhard to cure… and gloss twice in Nicander, with corresponding scholia: Theriaca 187, Alexipharmaca 157. An alternative lexicographical tradition (Hesychius delta2513, Photius delta792 Theodoridis) is couched in the masculine nominative singular. The adjective is rare before the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε10Ἔαρspring, springtime; blood… letter of John Chrysostom. [2] From the scholia on Nicander, Alexipharmaca 314, where spring is mentioned. See also Hesychius (s.v. h)=ar) and other lexica. [3] Callimachus fr. 328 Pfeiffer, presumed to be from his …Matched in noteshighshort

ε194Ἐδάσαντοthey divided… gloss is the same as the one attaching to Nicander, Alexipharmaka 10.Matched in noteshighshort

ε223Ἐδηδοκώςhaving eaten… Aristophanes, Knights 362; cf. sigma 1779. [2] Perhaps quoted from Alexis fr. 172 Kock = 178 K.-A. [3] Epic perfect active participle of the same verb; probably quoted from Homer, Iliad 17.542.Matched in noteshighshort

ε513Ἐκνεφίαςcloud-produced… fr.337a, lines 9ff. For an occurrence in comic poetry see Alexis fr. 46.5 Kock = 47.5 K.-A. A different specific meaning, peculiar to medical texts, is illustrated by Galen, Linguarum seu dictionum exoletarum Hippocratis …Matched in noteshighshort

ε796Ἐλεπτύνθαιto have been thinned… the Suda's e)leptu/nqai occurs in some of the glosses on Alexis fr. 148 K.-A.; see phi 346.Matched in noteshighshort

ε2409Ἐπίκωμοςreveller… headword is generated by a (textually unstable) genitive plural in Alexis (fr. 112 K.-A., 107 Kock). [2] No. Instead, reckoned to come from Priscus (pi 2301): fr.53 Bornmann. (According to de Boor, Kuster thought …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2449Ἐπιλλύζουσαwinking at… e)pilu/zw ('hiccup at'). A similarly-formed participle e)pillu/zwn occurs at Nicander, Alexipharmaca 81. As for e)pilli/zousa, it is attested outside lexicography only at Nicander, Theriaca 163 (in reference to a snake). Only the second gloss …Matched in noteshighshort

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