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ε3272Ἑταιρισάμενοςassociating one's self… of the Wars of Justinian 1.25.7, 2.18.16, etc.). Compare generally Hesychius epsilon6484. [2] = Synagoge epsilon888; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2069. The word defined here would appear to be the corresponding active form of the headword …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1491Δραγμὴ χαλαζῶσαa drachma falling as hail; a handful falling as hail… but draxmh\ xalazw=sa in two earlier versions, Zenobius 3.27 and Hesychius delta2351: see further on this discrepancy below -- has been claimed as a fragment of Attic comedy (Adespota 314 Kock, now 950 K.-A.). …Matched in noteshighshort
α658Ἀηνέςaenes, (?)never-ending

ε3272

Ἑταιρισάμενος

associating one's self

[Meaning] cooperating. Also [sc. attested is] 'associating', [meaning] prostituting. Also [sc. attested is] 'associations', [meaning] prostitutions.

Ἑταιρισάμενος· συνεργήσας. καὶ Ἑταιρίσας, πορνεύσας. καὶ Ἑταιρήσεις, τὰς πορνείας.

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Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar one in Hesychius alpha1513, with three glosses -- the first as here, then la/bron (sic: "turbulent") and a)/qlion ("wretched"). The headword, neuter singular, must be quoted from somewhere but …

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β9ΒαβύλαςBabylas… written here was babu/as, the reading of the headword in Hesychius beta16 (babu/as: bo/rboros, phlo/s (babyas: mire, clay). A similar entry, post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 186.1 probably identifies this as a dialect word: baki/as …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1524ἘξάλειπτρονunguentarySimilar but briefer entry already in Hesychius (epsilon3452). See further below. [1] On the lh/kuqon ('flask') cf. lambda 438. Hesychius defines the e)ca/leiptron as a fia/lh| paraplh/sion ('similar to a phiale'). A phiale is …Matched in noteshighshort

α1733Ἀμφίκοροςmiddle childThe first part of this double entry is also in Hesychius; the second part is in Photius, Lexicon alpha1341 -- but glossing there the present primary headword. Note also Hesychius s.v. a)mfi/kouron, glossed a)mfote/rwqen …Matched in noteshighshort

αι149Αἴθρια στέφηopen-air garlands, outdoor garlandscf. Hesychius sigma1869; Synagoge alpha519; Photius, Lexicon alpha579. The phrase is derived from an iambic trimeter ascribed by Hesychius to Cratinus' lost comedy Delian Women (fr. 22 Kock, now 24 K.-A.). See also generally …Matched in noteshighshort

β4Βαβάκτηςreveller… and Pan ( LSJ entry at web address 1). Compare Hesychius beta6, 9, 10 epsilon1287 (cf. Latte 1.501-2); Lexica Segueriana 223.31 Bekker; Photius, Lexicon beta5, 6, 8; Etymologicum Magnum 183.45. Its only appearance outside …Matched in noteshighshort

β14Βάγιονbagion= Cyril, Photius beta14, Hesychius beta25, [Zonaras] 375.9. The headword is unattested elsewhere. It is glossed as neuter nominative/accusative singular (rather than masculine accusative). The word may derive from a root that shows up …Matched in noteshighshort

β287Βινεῖνto fuck… a)ne/lqh|). Trapp further notes the related meanings "draw up" in Hesychius alpha5202 and "drink" in Hesychius pi2338, Malalas 159.86, Theophanes I 180.15. This sense clearly overlaps with Classical pipi/skw. Cf. pipili/zw "suckle" in Hesychius …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1189Διοπομπεῖσθαιto escort [evil] away… Stromata 7.6.33 th=i diopomph/sei tw=n kakw=n. For the meaning see Hesychius alpha6304 a)podiopompei=sqai: a)postre/fesqai, to\n a)potro/paion e)kpe/mpesqai makra/n, a)pokaqai/resqai, "to escort away: to turn away, to send the ill-omened one [sc. a scapegoat] far …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1599Δυσαχθέςburdensome, grievous, hard to endure… Synagoge delta391; Photius, Lexicon delta801. Its immediate origin is doubtless Hesychius delta2533: dusaxqe\s: baru/. That entry in Hesychius is considered by Latte a Cyrillian interpolation, which is probable enough if one considers that the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1602Δυσβράκανοςhard to deal with… an uncorrupted manuscript or was able to identify the error.) Hesychius delta2539 has a similar (not identical) gloss; and see further, next note. [1] In Hesychius this synonym is recorded in the final part …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1631Δυσηνίουςhard to bridle, hard to rein, refractory… Both headword and glosses are accusative plurals: see further below. Hesychius delta2572 has a broadly comparable entry, but couched in nominative plurals and with different vocabulary for the glossing. The headword adjective is normally …Matched in noteshighshort

ε60Ἐγήγαρτοςjoy-inducing… headword e)gh/gartos is an adjective attested only here and in Hesychius epsilon176, where Latte flags up textual corruption. (The whole entry in Hesychius is: e)gh/gartos. e)pi/xartos: e)pixarh/s). The correct reading of the present headword …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1214Ἐνεγκαμένη πατρίςhomeland which brought (to birth)… lemma and patri/s as the gloss. In any event, cf. Hesychius gamma262, where the gloss on the headword geiname/nh ('giving birth') includes both of the words involved in this entry: e)negkame/nh, h( patri/s, a)f' …Matched in noteshighshort

χ195Χέλυςchelus… Greek Anthology. Compare the lexicographical entries of the word in Hesychius, ps.-Zonaras, and the Etymologicum Magnum; also Hesychius s.vv. xe/lion, xe/lun e)/n t’ a)lu/rois, xelu/nh. For the kithara cf. alpha 4073, beta 110, theta …Matched in noteshighshort

α21Ἀβασάνιστοςuntested… part from Phrynichus (Praeparatio rhetorica fr. 39 de Borries); cf. Hesychius alpha89 and a cluster of related entries: alpha 2276, Hesychius alpha4899, Synagoge alpha589, Photius alpha1845. [1] *ba/sanos can mean both the touchstone itself …Matched in noteshighshort

α38Ἀβήςstupid… unsure of its meaning(s): besides the above, cf. a)nai/sxuntos 'shameless' (Hesychius) and a)no/sios 'unholy' (Hesychius and the Etymologicum Gudianum).Matched in noteshighshort

α201Ἀγέροπτοςunseen(?)… itself is a)ge/roptos in most Suda mss and also in Hesychius, but a)ge/ropos in ms T and also in ps.-Zonaras. (Both versions are otherwise unattested, and not in LSJ.) The glossing phrase is as …Matched in noteshighshort

α371Ἀγροῦ πυγήrump of the country; fat of the land… pugh/ version is otherwise standard: see Pausanias the Atticist alpha21; Hesychius alpha837; Photius, Lexicon alpha272 Theodoridis; Appendix Proverbiorum 1.4; Macarius Chrysocephalus 1.3. The phrase itself is taken to come from Old Attic Comedy: Archippus …Matched in noteshighshort

α549Ἀελπτέοντεςhaving no hope… a)/elptos; occurs only in the participle. [1] Same glossing in Hesychius and Etym.Magn. 20.23. Latte in his Hesychius edition regards the participle as coming from the source that the Suda goes on to quote …Matched in noteshighshort

α550Ἄελπτονbeyond expectation, unexpected, unhoped-for… pi 1281. [2] Same gloss in Apollonius the Sophist; cf. Hesychius. See also alpha 551. [3] In Hesychius, as at pi 1281, this is the gloss for periskele/s.Matched in noteshighshort

α645Ἀείφρουροςalways on watch, everlastingSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Hesychius alpha1331 supplies the glossing that is lacking here: a)ei\ diame/nwn, a)eiqalh/s "always waiting, evergreen". The word is attested in Sophocles, Cratinus (quoted by Hesychius, …Matched in noteshighshort

α831Ἀκέωνwordless(ly), in silence, speechless, (?)attentive(ly)… root as the Greek verb of hearing, a)kou/w, a)keu/ei; threi= Hesychius, and analogies to Old Norse, Gothic and modern German [aufhören 'to listen and stop'], where the similar words for 'in silence' have lost …Matched in noteshighshort

α864Ἀκήλητονinexorable[1] Similarly already in Hesychius alpha2370. The headword, masculine accusative singular of this adjective (as the Suda's second gloss, not in Hesychius, shows), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps, though not demonstrably, the epigram …Matched in noteshighshort

α1113Ἀλεκινός(?)strongThe headword, variously alekinos and (in Hesychius) alikinos, is unattested outside lexicography. Latte on Hesychius s.v. marks it as corrupt and opines that it should be alkimos; cf. alpha 1285.Matched in noteshighshort

α2423Ἀνῆπταιhas been fastened upSame entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Hesychius has a parallel one for a)nh/fqw (quoted from Homer, Odyssey 12.51 = 12.162). The Suda's a)nh=ptai -- also in Hesychius but with different glossing …Matched in noteshighshort

α2679Ἀντίληψιςobjection… in Photius and elsewhere. The second part is also in Hesychius; see further below. [1] In the Greek a simple difference of preposition: a)nti/lhyis for e)pi/lhyis. [2] Plato, Phaedo 87A (web address 1 below). …Matched in noteshighshort

α2767Ἄντρονgrottocf. alpha 2765, alpha 2766. [1] Same glossing in Hesychius and elsewhere. [2] Same glossing in other lexica. Latte on Hesychius s.v. takes the adjective (masculine accusative singular) to be quoted from the Septuagint …Matched in noteshighshort

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