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284 entries for Lysis

λ861ΛυσιμάχειαLysimakheia, Lysimacheia, Lysimachea… generated the present entry -- was the one founded by Lysimachos (see OCD(4) s.v., and under alpha 1862, etc.) as capital for his Thrakian realm. This was on the site of Polis Agora (present-day …Matched in noteshighshort
λ863ΛύσιπποςLysippos, LysippusOld Comedy; OCD(4) s.v. Lysippus(1), by W.G. Arnott. [1] Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 3.124D [3.98 Kaibel] and 8.344E [8.33]. [2] (The names of one or more plays have evidently been lost.) For the thyrsus see theta …Matched in noteshighshort
λ860ΛυσικράτηςLysikrates, Lysicrates… Birds 513: a bird "was standing and watching what bribe Lysikrates took" (web address 3). Commentators rightly point out that, with twenty years between the two plays, there can be no certainty that L. …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1046Κατηκόντισεshot down… here it takes a genitive. The phrase 'the soul of Lysias' occurs -- in the genitive case, as here: th=s *lusi/ou yuxh=s -- in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Lysias 11, referring to the genius of …Matched in noteshighshort
α1438Ἁλυσείδιονchain-mailThere are two corresponding entries, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. For chain-mail corslets see e.g. Polybius 6.23.15, Diodorus Siculus 5.30.3, Strabo 3.3.6. There and in general the adjective and its cognate headword …Matched in noteshighshort
χ309Χίλιοι διακόσιοιTwelve Hundred… from Harpokration s.v. [1] Isaeus fr. 74 Sauppe. The name "Lysides" is otherwise unattested in Athens. Though it is admitted into vol.II of the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (s.v. no.1), there must be …Matched in noteshighshort
γ412Γωνίαcorner… e)/sti gnh/sios of the Suda. In Harpokration the quotation from (?)Lysias begins with e)/sti de\ ka/myanti ("there is for one following the bends...") instead of the Suda's ka/myanti. The Suda may have transposed the …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2095Κορκορυγάςrumblings… wordplay is simple enough -- Peace will acquire the name Lysimache, Battle-stopper -- but it has the extra dimension of the fact that this was the name of Athens' venerable and longstanding priestess of …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2263Κωμῆτιςvillage-woman… is "village, neighborhood" and kw=mos is "revel, carousal." [3] Aristophanes Lysistrata 5 (see web address 2 below). The speaker is actually the woman Lysistrata.Matched in noteshighshort
α3959Ἀρκτεῦσαιto be a bear… the middle - also used here - was intransitive. [1] Lysias fr. 249 Sauppe, now 303 Carey OCT (from the lost speech On behalf of Phrynichus' daughter). [2] Euripides fr.767 Nauck; Aristophanes, Lysistrata 645 …Matched in noteshighshort
ε2452Ἐπίλυσινresponse[1] The headword is accusative case of the noun e)pi/lusis. The best-known instance -- Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 134: e)pi/lusin fo/bwn, e)pi/lusin di/dou -- means 'release' and so makes a bad fit with this …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1639ΚινησίαςKinesias, Cinesias… generic gloss, this entry savagely abridges Harpokration s.v. (generated by Lysias fr. 142 Sauppe, now 196 Carey OCT: two speeches In Reply to Kinesias). See further at phi 459. Kinesias, son of Meles (c.450-390); …Matched in noteshighshort
α1439ἍλυσιςchainFor a(/lusis cf. alpha 1438, alpha 1440, and see LSJ at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
χ266Χειρουργίαςof handiwork… and its gloss, it also has figurative applications. [1] Aristophanes, Lysistrata 673 (which has liparaou=s for the Suda's lipara=s: see web address 1 below), with glosses (the etymological one fanciful and incorrect) from the …Matched in noteshighshort
λ17ΛαγίσκαLagiska, LagiscaAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v., who besides citing Lysias -- see next note -- also quotes a fragment of the comic poet Strattis (fr. 3 Kock and K.-A.). [1] Lysias fr. 155 Sauppe, now 208 …Matched in noteshighshort
δ1020ΔιῆρξαI completed my term of officeLysias fr. 177 Sauppe (now 223 Carey OCT), cited from Harpokration s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α560Ἀέρκτονunhedged= Harpokration s.v. [1] Lysias 7.28, of an olive-stump (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2499Ἐπιορκήσανταhaving vowedLysias 10.17 (which includes its own gloss: see web address 1), cited from Harpokration s.v.Matched in noteshighshort
α2832Ἀξιοῖdeems… Harpokration s.v. cf. alpha 2829. [1] Antiphon fr. 62 Sauppe; Lysias fr. 302 Sauppe (now 472 Carey OCT).Matched in noteshighshort
ε2508Ἐπίπεμπτονadditional-fifthAbridged from Harpokration, who besides Lysias (below) cites an unidentifiable passage of 'Plato' and quotes Aristophanes fr. 201 Kock (212 K-A). See already under epsilon 2286. [1] Lysias fr. 150 Sauppe (now 203 Carey …Matched in noteshighshort
α3190ἈπήχειαdiscordAbridged from Harpokration (and Photius) s.v.; cf. alpha 3189. [1] Lysias fr. 168 Sauppe (now 221 Carey OCT); Dinarchus fr. XLIX.2 Conomis.Matched in noteshighshort
δ1085ΔικαιώσειςjustificationsAbridged from Harpokration s.v.; cf. delta 1084. Lysias 9.8 (web address 1); Thucydides 1.141.1 (web address 2), 8.66.2 (web address 3).Matched in noteshighshort
λ321Λευκὴ ἀκτήWhite Headland… from Harpokration s.v., which states the matter more cautiously. [1] Lysias fr. 9 Sauppe (still 9 Carey OCT).Matched in noteshighshort
ε1466Ἐντετριμμένηpainted, powdered, rubbed-in… verb is suggestive of women's cosmetics: compare the plural at Lysistrata 149, and see generally LSJ s.v. (The connection with the sieve is sustained by the fact that it too will have a covering …Matched in noteshighshort
δ543Διαδόσειςshare-outsLysias fr. 312 Sauppe, now 484 Carey OCT, cited from Harpokration s.v. The headword, there as again here, is accusative plural.Matched in noteshighshort
α3800Ἀργυρώματαsilver plates[1] Lysias fr. 148 Sauppe, now 201 Carey OCT (from the lost speech In reply to Kleon on the gold tripod).Matched in noteshighshort
α499ἈδοκίμαστοςunscrutinizedAbbreviated from Harpokration s.v., commenting on Lysias fr.73 Sauppe (now 81 Carey OCT).Matched in noteshighshort
δ171ΔέκαtenAbridged from Harpokration s.v., who besides Isocrates and Lysias (below) cites Androtion FGrH 324 F10. [1] Isocrates 18.5. [2] Lysias fr. 79 Sauppe, now 88 Carey OCT.Matched in noteshighshort
α4552Ἀφανὴς οὐσίαinvisible propertyAbridged from Harpokration s.v., who cites Lysias fr. 122 Sauppe (now 172 Carey OCT).Matched in noteshighshort
χ487Χρηματιστήςbusinessman… address 1 below), where the headword appears. [2] The contextless Lysias fr. 512 Carey OCT (116 Thalheim, 334 Sauppe).Matched in noteshighshort

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