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α2997Ἀπεκράνιξεstruck off from the head… quotation given, its only independent attestation. [1] Greek Anthology 6.255.6-7 (Erucius); again at beta 469 (where however the verb is given as imperfect, not the aorist it ought to be). On this epigram, in …Matched in noteshighshort
α4362Ἀτιμαγέλουof a maverick… presumably extracted from the quotation given. [1] Greek Anthology 6.255.1-2 (Erycius); cf. beta 445, kappa 1946, omicron 915. On this epigram, wherein a cowherd breaks off and then dedicates a bull's horn, see Gow …Matched in noteshighshort
β348Βλωθρήtall-grown… be eu)auch/s, not the transmitted eu)ach/s. [2] Greek Anthology 7.174.1-2 (Erucius), an epitaph for a cowherd; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (248-249), vol. II (283), and another extract from this epigram at pi …

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Ἀπεκράνιξε

struck off from the head

[Meaning he/she/it] separated from the head, chopped off. "With a club he struck off the bull's curved horn from its head."

Ἀπεκράνιξε· τῆς κάρας ἀπεχώρισεν, ἀπέκοψεν. ὁ δὲ ῥοπάλῳ γυρὸν ἀπεκράνιξε βοὸς κέρας.

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β445Βουμολγόςcow-milker[1] Greek Anthology 6.255.1-2 (Erycius); also at alpha 4362; cf. kappa 1946, omicron 915.Matched in noteshighshort

β453Βούπαιςbig boy, ox-boy, ox-child… the material here quoted and elsewhere. [3] Greek Anthology 7.36.3-4 (Erucius), an epitaph for Sophocles; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (252-253); vol. II (286); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 145, …Matched in noteshighshort

β469Βούταςherder[1] Likewise in other lexica. [2] Greek Anthology 6.255.5-7 (Erucius), a herdsman's dedication of a horn taken from a bull; already at alpha 2997, q.v. On this epigram generally, see Gow and Page vol. …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1439Δωδεκαδώρῳtwelve hand's-breadths in length… more usually applied: cf. kappa 2660) [4] Greek Anthology 6.96.3-5 (Erucius), the mss of which provide the following readings, translated here: *kullhni/w|, a(llw (marked with a query; the emendation of Salmasius [Claude de Saumaise, …Matched in noteshighshort

η563ἨρύγιονErygion, ErygiumPossibly Erucium in Sardinia (though the initial vowel there is epsilon). An Erygyios was one of Alexander the Great's generals; as he orginated in Mytilene, a location on Lesbos is very tentatively possible.Matched in noteshighshort

ι397Ἰξύνwaist… somewhere else (perhaps Theocritus, Idylls 25.246). [2] Greek Anthology 6.255.4-5 (Erycius), a cowherd tracks down a wayward bull; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (248-249); vol. II (281-282); and further extracts from this epigram …Matched in noteshighshort

χ86Χαράδραcharadra, ravine… from a scholion to the line. [2] Greek Anthology 6.255.3-4 (Erycius). "It" here refers to a wayward bull that the herdsman is tracking. The Suda reads h)i+o/nwn (the genitive plural with Attic-Ionic h) where …Matched in noteshighshort