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96
Δαυίδειος σορός
Davidian funerary-urn
For
David
see generally delta 94, delta 95. As regards the present item, this same double lemma appears in ps.-Zonaras. If the phrases are the quotations they would seem to be, they are unidentifiable.
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97
Δαυίδης
Dauides, Davides
… is a hellenization (most common in Josephus) of the name
David;
cf. delta 94, delta 95, delta 96.
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Ἀβιάθαρ
Abiathar
… 2.26, Abiathar is a priest who gives sacred food to
David
and his men. In 1 Samuel 21.4-8, the priest is Abimelech, and Abiathar is his son; cf. 1 Samuel 22.20.
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Ἀβισάκ
Abisak, Abishag
… Shunammite (sigma 796 = sigma 836) took care of King
David
in his old age: 1 Kingdoms 1.3 (1 Kings 1.3) etc.
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1917
Ἐπαγγελίαι
proclamations
… might naturally suppose) quoted from somewhere. But in fact, as
David
Ruhnken realised, the headword should be ei)saggeli/ai, "impeachments" (cf. epsiloniota 220, epsiloniota 221, epsiloniota 222), the term for which Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon supplies …
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3266
Ἑταῖραι Κορίνθιαι
Corinthian courtesans
… and other sexual positions practised by courtesans see generally James
Davidson,
Courtesans and Fishcakes (London 1997) 118; and on this rare use of prwkto/s in reference to women, Jeffrey Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New …
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204
Ἰεσσαί
Iessai, Jesse
Father of
David
(delta 94, delta 95): I Chronicles 2.13, etc.
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725
Ἰσχυρὰν θέρμην
severe fever
As
David
Ruhnken (1723-1798) realised, the author of this unidentifiable quotation found the phrase i)sxura\ qe/rmh in Thucydides (2.49.2).
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1232
Κεκαθίσθαι
to have sat down
… as well as keka/qiso 14.279), and the Vita of SS
David,
Symeon and George (also C9) uses e)keka/qisto (14.29). Nevertheless, it is more likely the lexicographer is copying the instance of kekaqi/sqai in Herodian's …
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1634
Κίναιδα
perversions
… a connection with kinein) are possible but not certain. J.
Davidson,
Courtesans and Fishcakes (London 1997), argues strongly for relating this and associated terms to sexual appetites of any kind which focus on the …
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