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Α alpha42
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Β beta9

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Ι iota6

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William Hutton63
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δ1603Δυσγάργαλιςskittish, ticklish… in Photius, Lexicon delta804, and Etymologicum Genuinum s.v. (cf. Etymologicum Magnum 291.47). For the etymological expansion of the gloss cf. generally gamma 62, gamma 63 (and further in n.2 below). [1] An adjective even …Matched in noteshighshort
αι253Αἰόλοςundulating, wavelike, advancing in a winding or rolling fashion, agile in turning side to side; multicoloured, discoloured, black or chestnut with white markings; easily moved, changeable, wily, quick-witted, liable to metamorphosis, disturbed in mind; whirling; self-generating in movement, ever-turning; lively, flashing, shimmering… 286 col. 1.9; Liber 1; on Odyssey 20.27; cf. Etymologicum Magnum 37.3 and the exceptional scholion B to Iliad 22.509, eu)/strofoi kai\ poiki/loi). He correctly took a)/ella from the same root of rolling or …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1603

Δυσγάργαλις

skittish, ticklish

[Meaning] disobedient. For gargali/zein means to move and to provoke to laughter.

Δυσγάργαλις· δυσυπότακτος· γαργαλίζειν γὰρ τὸ εἰς γέλωτα ἄγειν καὶ πείθειν.

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δ961Διεσμιλευμένονpolished-off

= Synagoge delta267, Photius delta552 Theodoridis, Etymologicum Magnum 273.53. The headword is perfect middle/passive participle, neuter nominative/accusative or masculine accusative singular, of diasmileu/w; literally 'polish off with a chisel'. [1] The pertinence of this …

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δ1161ΔιόμειαDiomeia… episode, interpreting it as a divine omen. Cf. also Etymologicum Magnum s.v. *kuno/sarges. [3] The text implies (by a standard use of the genitive case) that Diomos was a son of Herakles. But the …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1586ΔυρράχιονDyrrachion, Dyrrachium… after po/lis, in Addenda in Etymologicum Gudianum and in Etymologicum Magnum = Aelius Herodianus et ps.-Herodianus, *peri\ o)rqografi/as (A. Lentz, Grammatici Graeci), through the Etymologicum Gudianum. On Epidamnus/Dyrrachium -- present-day Durazzo in Albania -- …Matched in noteshighshort

ε456Ἔκλαγξανthey made a sharp noise… (where it describes the sharp sound of arrows). cf. Etymologicum Magnum 516.30, and see Hesychius epsilon1469; a sound compared to the cry of an eagle, according to the additional Hesychian gloss a)etou= tro/pon e)bo/hsan. …Matched in noteshighshort

ε879Ἑλκεσίπεπλοιrobe-dragging… is found in Hesychius (epsilon2131), Lexica Segueriana 216.17 Bachmann, Etymologicum Magnum 334 and 74, and Etymologicum Genuinum alpha559, and the scholia to Homer loc.cit., though none seems to be the direct source for the …Matched in noteshighshort

ε1461Ἔντερονintestine… is also offered in entries on e)/gkata ('innards') in Etymologicum Magnum 310.9 and Etymologicum Gudianum 394.19. [2] Another etymology, as if e)/nteron were a combination of words for 'within' (e)nto/s) and 'flow' (r(ei=n). Also …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2257Ἐπιβύσαςhaving stopped up… also quoted in Photius s.v. kro/khn nh/qein le/gousin and Etymologicum Magnum s.vv. nh=ma, para/buston. [2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 379 (web address 2), with scholia; also quoted in Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e(kato/mbh; cf. Acharnians 463 …Matched in noteshighshort

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 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε2643Ἐπιστροφάδηνevery which way… Synagoge epsilon744; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1732; cf. Etymologicum Genuinum and Etymologicum Magnum 365.3-5. Less similarly Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 74.17; Hesychius epsilon5261. The headword is an adverb, initially Homeric, related to epsilon 2644 and epsilon …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3064Ἐρωήσαςforcing back… fr. 258 Pfeiffer, referring to the Marathonian Bull; cf. Etymologicum Magnum s.v. e)rwh/. [3] Homer, Iliad 1.303(= Odyssey 16.441; web address 2 and web address 3); cf. Hesychius and Etymologicum Gudianum s.v. e)rwh/sei and …Matched in noteshighshort

ε3252Ἐσχατιάfrontier… Photius, Lexicon epsilon2048; and cf. Hesychius epsilon6453 and 6454, Etymologicum Magnum 384.27-8. [2] Not in the preserved literature, and not registered by LSJ. Adler reports no manuscript variants for h( eu)te/leia, but she does …Matched in noteshighshort

η30Ἤγαλλενused to honour… eta248, used also by Photius, Lexicon eta14 Theodoridis, and Etymologicum Magnum 418.5. The headword verb is extracted from the quotation given. [1] Even though we cannot consider this entry a derivation from the Lexicon …Matched in noteshighshort

κ303Κάνδυλοςkandulos, kandylos… [2] Very similar entries in Etymologicum Gudianum 297.22 and Etymologicum Magnum 488.54 (s.v. kandu/lh). The second part is unintelligible in all three versions, but in different ways: Etymologicum Gudianum has "and sour-sauce qroiko\n food", …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1513Κηλόνειονswipe, swing-beam… ps.-Zonaras, Gennadius Scholarius' Grammar, the Etymologicum Gudianum and the Etymologicum Magnum. In ps.-Zonaras: "But khlo/neion is a crane: Spelled with a short (omicron) and a diphthong (ei). ... a piece of wood tilting backwards …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1576Κίβησιςbag, pouch, wallet… (Hesychius s.v. xlido/s, ps.-Zonaras s.v. a)skoph/ra, Etymologicum Gudianum and Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ph/ra, alpha 4178). All other lexica glossing ki/bisis ~ ki/bhsis likewise hedge their bets and gloss it as "chest or pouch" (John …Matched in noteshighshort

κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tail… (Herodian, Schematismi Homerici 114 and Hesychius give both, the Etymologicum Magnum just "tempt"). Ps.-Zonaras and the Etymologicum Magnum also give "safeguard", deriving the verb instead from kigkli/s "lattice gate" (kappa 1582). Outside the lexica, …Matched in noteshighshort

χ224Χειᾷin a hole… the A and D scholia on that line, Hesychius, Etymologicum Magnum 809.50, and (according to Adler) Lexicum Ambrosianum 175; and further, next note. [1] This sentence = scholium A to Homer, Iliad 22.93, whence …Matched in noteshighshort

α9Ἀάσχετοςirresistible… to gloss the neuter form of the headword at Etymologicum Magnum 1.32.Matched in noteshighshort

α11Ἀβάκησανthey kept quiet… to this entry are Photius, Lexicon alpha22 Theodoridis, and Etymologicum Magnum 2.30-31. Compare also Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 2.16; Hesychius alpha54. The glosses offered here and elsewhere probably represent semantic extrapolation from the Homeric …Matched in noteshighshort

α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnis… Rhodius, Argonautica 1.932 (repeated in more legible form in Etymologicum Magnum 2.11-28) provides an etymological explanation of the origin of the name in Aphrodite's refusal (a)parnh/sasqai) to recognize her offspring Priapos, who was born …Matched in noteshighshort

α26ἌβδηραAbdera… 'the sea' is unintelligible. [2] Similarly glossed in the Etymologicum Magnum and the Lexicon Ambrosianum. An "Abderite" could also signify someone generically stupid: see LSJ s.v. *)abdhri/ths (web address 1 below). [3] These six …Matched in noteshighshort

α54Ἀβλεμέωςfecklessly, heedlessly… Kaibel); it refers there to intemperate drinking. See also Etymologicum Magnum 3.24 and other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

α164Ἄγγαροςangaros, courier… alpha 162, alpha 163, and alpha 165. [1] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 7.24. [2] Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F4 (vol. IIA p. 333), with an explanatory gloss drawn from the context of the quotation; …Matched in noteshighshort

α172Ἀγάστορεςwomb-mates… occur in Lycophron, Alexandra 264 (genitive plural). [2] cf. Etymologicum Magnum 6.20.Matched in noteshighshort

α176ἌγαυροςwastrelSimilar entries in Hesychius and, especially, Etymologicum Magnum 6.30-34 -- though there the headword is oxytone a)gauro/s. LSJ too (web address 1 below) gives it thus, and understands it as gau=ros [gamma 77, gamma …Matched in noteshighshort

α187Ἀγελαῖοςordinary… previous sentence are paralleled in Etymologicum Gudianum 4.3 and Etymologicum Magnum 7.41. [3] cf. alpha 189. [4] The reference is probably to Herodotus 2.93.1, where both i)xqu/es a)gelai=oi and the adverb a)gelhdo/n (alpha 191) …Matched in noteshighshort

α190ἈγελείηAgeleie, Booty-driverSee already alpha 185. [1] Similarly glossed in the Etymologicum Magnum (where the same etymology is found) and Hesychius. [2] This epic epithet is confined to Athena. The etymology "leader of the host" is …Matched in noteshighshort

α202Ἀγερωχίαhaughtiness, manliness, nobility… unidentifiable. [3] Either way, an etymological gloss (paralleled in Etymologicum Magnum 7.47) on the adjective cognate with the headword; it assumes a link with the adverb a)/gan. [4] Same or similar glossing in other …Matched in noteshighshort

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