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- μ24Μαγνητῶν κακάMagnesians' evils[1] "Magnesians' evils": cf. tau 53. [2] "Termerian evil": see tau 348. [3] An approximation of Julian, Oration 7.210-211 Hertlein (Pros Herakleion kynikon 6 Rochefort); notably, for e)p' e)kei/nois read e)n e)kei/nais.
- κ248Καλοπόδιονlast… rare variant for feminine kalopous (kappa 201): see e.g. Etymologicum Magnum 510.45-47, and (as LSJ notes) a variant reading in Galen, Thrasybulus (vol.5.890.12 Kuehn). For kalo/pous (also written kala-) see e.g. Plato, Symposium 191A; …
- ε1885Ἑωλοκρασίαleftover-mixture… entry in its entirety are: Photius, Lexicon pi2524 Theodoridis; Etymologicum Magnum 352.23-29; and Etymologicum Gudianum 577.3-8, with important differences to be noted below. [1] Up to this point the entry = Lexica Segueriana 246.2; …
- μ22ΜαγνησίαMagnesia… notably the promontory of eastern Thessaly and two cities called Magnesia in Asia Minor: one known by its situation on the river Maeander, the other by its proximity to Mt Sipylus; see OCD(4) s.v.(1) …
- ε2691Ἐπιτήθηgreat-grandmother… Genuinum s.v. Also basically = Photius, Lexicon epsilon1756, and Etymologicum Magnum 366.11, though Photius gives the final part as follows th\n de\ e)pithqh\n, th=s tou= patro\s mhte/ra kai\ th=s mhtro\s mhte/ra (with the first …
- ε3901Ἐφημερίαephemerality= Synagoge epsilon1044; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2430; Etymologicum Genuinum; Etymologicum Magnum 403.14. Adler also cites the Ambrosian Lexicon (2700). [1] An opaque gloss; perhaps in the sense that mankind's patrimony is ephemerality? The extended version …
- α828Ἀκεανόςakeanos… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and see also e.g. Etym. Magn. 46.14. The headword is mentioned, in the accusative plural, in a fragment of Pherecrates (188 Kock, now 201 K.-A.), but it seems to …
- κ2738ΚύπριςKypris, Kupris, Cypris… the scholia to Homer, Iliad 5.422 (giving rise to Etymologicum Magnum 546.17). [2] cf. Etym.Magn. 543.40. [3] cf. beta 462. [4] beta 461.
- δ1106Δίκραναpitchforks… as lexica and grammars (Hesychius, Herodian, Photius, ps.-Zonaras, the Etymologicum Magnum). It is a wooden (Etym.Magn. 506.18) gardening implement as well as a defensive weapon; cf. the diminutive in the gloss at delta 1109 …
- ε3202Ἔσταιwill be… to entries in the Etymologicum Gudianum and, post-Suda, the Etymologicum Magnum). Compare also epsilon 3126. Only three forms for the epic third person singular, future, of ei)mi/ are cited here; the fourth would be …
- ε2498Ἐπὶ ξυροῦon a razor… 10.173 (web address 1), a passage cited by the Etymologicum Magnum in its entry on e)pi\ curou= (see n. 2 below). See also xi 162. [1] This gloss is shared by Hesychius epsilon5023, which …
- ε2428Ἐπικύλλωμαaftertwist… similar to later ones, in Etymologicum Gudianum 505.9 and Etymologicum Magnum 361.8. The headword appears in quite a different sense in Eustathius' commentary on Homer, Odyssey 8.311, where it stands as a synonym for …
- α549Ἀελπτέοντεςhaving no hopeDenominative verb from 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 …
- μ357Μεγαλεῖαmagnificent [things]… o(/moio/s soi?. ("O God, even to the highest places what magnificent things you have done; O God, who is like you?"). However, the text here does not match perfectly, and requires including o( qeo/s …
- κ2488Κρωβύλοςtop-knot… address 2) with Harpokration s.v. krwbu/los, *(hgh/sippos (= Photius, Etymologicum Magnum 418.46); Etym.Magn. 541.33; omicron 1091, tau 599. Further excerpts from this epigram are at pi 1686, tau 1201, and upsilon 304. [4] Xenophon, …
- ε3708Εὐρώςdanknesscf. Etymologicum Magnum 397.50-56; Etymologicum Gudianum 564.14-15; Etymologicum Parvum epsilon75. See also epsilon 3707 for a different gloss on the same headword; and for related words see epsilon 3711, epsilon 3712, and epsilon 3713. …
- μ366Μεγαλομερῶςlavishly, magnificently… the two-ending adjective megalomerh/s, -e/s, consisting of large particles, lavish, magnificent; see generously LSJ s.v. [1] Polybius fr. 181 (Büttner-Wobst). Büttner-Wobst notes (538) that Toup attributed this fragment to Polybius. The fragment is unplaced. …
- α607ἈείalwaysSee also alpha 606. [1] Etym. Magn. 31.24 says 12. [2] Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.8.1 -- but referring to his teacher Apollonius of Chalcedon, not to the one from Tyana (alpha 3420). [3] Sophocles …
- κ1284Κελαινεφέςof the black clouds; black… the Odyssey 1.398.14ff.; Hesychius kappa2131 = Anecdota Oxoniensia 1.234.25; Etymologicum Magnum 501.44. Under this theory, a hypothetical *kelainonefh/s has lost an unaccented syllable (Etym.Magn. 501.50ff.) through haplology or syllable-loss through dissimilation (Schwyzer, Gr.Gr. 1. …
- δ1571Δύναμιςpower… in the preceding quotation. Cf. pi 1740. [4] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 290.17 and Hesychius s.v. See also delta 1572. [5] A quotation of Menander Protector, De legationibus Romanorum ad Gentes 15.6 (through Constantine Porphyrogenitus).
- γ352Γνώσῃ δὲ τοὺς τούτου τε κἀμοῦ μαθητάς τούτου μὲν Φορμίσιος Μεγαίνετός θ' ὁ Μάνηςyou will recognize his pupils and mine -- his are Phormisios and Megainetos the Manes… to assume the correctness of the reading Manes rather than Magnes ("from Magnesia") at the end of 965; modern editors (e.g. K.J. Dover) print it anyway, and observe that Manes is a stock comic …
- κ1160Καίandps.-Herodian 63; Etymologicum Magnum 497.36.
- κ414Κάρπιμος τόποςfruitful placeThe headword phrase is presumably quoted from somewhere; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 12.36-7.
- χ139ΧαρώνδαςCharondas, KharondasThat of an early lawgiver (C6 BCE) in Magna Graecia, mentioned by Aristotle and others.
- μ434ΜεθώνηMethone… 1298. [2] Demosthenes 1.9 (web address 1). [3] Demetrius of Magnesia (C1 BCE) wrote a work called Cities of the Same Name. See generally OCD4 Demetrius(16).
- αι141ΑἰθώAitho, Aetho… lexicography. Perhaps [NF] Aison, somewhere between Iolkos and Demetrias in Magnesia, NE Greece, is meant.
- μ514Μελισσοκόμοςbee-keeperRare poetic word (Apollonius Rhodius, Oppian). cf. Etymologicum Magnum 577.41-43.
- λ784ΛυδιάζωνLydianizing, playing the Lydian… Hesychius lambda1352 it is ludi/zwn; cf. lambda 785. [1] For Magnes see generally mu 20, where his play Lydians is mentioned. The present allusion to it derives from ancient comment on a passage partially …
- η171ἨκήpointSame entry, later, in Etymologicum Magnum 424.18. Ionic: Attic a)kh/, epic a)kwkh/ (alpha 948).
- κ1759Κλείσιονlock-up, outhouse, shedSimilarly in Etymologicum Magnum 520.17-18. (But cf. also kappa 1815?)