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1099
Ἀλγίστατον
most painful, very painful
… version, Adler suggests, of Aristophanes, Wasps '1116' (= 1117 in
most
modern editions), tou=to d' e)/st' a)/lgiston h(mi=n.
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δ
1699
Δυστοπώτατα
most strange, very strange
… context it was being used adverbially, the translation would be
"most/very
strangely".
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ε
1074
Ἐμφερίστατος
most closely resembling, very like
Aristophanes, Wasps 1103, which however has sfhcin e)mferesta/tous
"most
closely resembling wasps" (web address 1). The Suda mss, apparently, all give the noun as sfhgci/n, which Adler perversely prints as sfigci/n. cf. generally epsilon …
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9
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8
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2379
Ἐπικινδυνότατος
most dangerous, very dangerous
… at epsilon 2357, kappa 1188. The word seems to be
most
at home in medical contexts.
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1194
Διόπτης
able to look through [something]
… by Adler, whose tendency was to attribute mistakes in quotations
mostly
to the copies of scholia or lexica the Suda was consulting. However, I would modify the received text, here to kato/pta and every …
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χ
485
Χρημάτισις
operation
… Domingo-Forasté (186 Hercher); I have accepted Kuhn's emendation of pikrwde/staton
("most
bitter-seeming?"; not in LSJ) to frikwde/staton
("most
horrible"). [Note however [DW] that Hercher prints prepwde/staton,
"most
fitting" (ironic).]
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α
1614
Ἀμνόν
lamb
… Adler would have done better to print the accusative case
mosxi/wna,
the reading of mss. GIT; and 'the first' is also likely to be a corruption. In Eustathius' version of this, a
mosxi/as
is …
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3068
Ἀπέστησεν
removed
… verb ka/qhmai, I sit, sit still, remain). Schweighäuser's revision is
most
likely motivated by the evident tension between the core meanings of the verb kaqh=sto, which evoke a complacency on the part of the …
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δ
965
Διέστειλεν
gave orders
… (PG 80.1730c, 1732a) on Psalm 105.33 LXX. Theodoret says that
Moses
was divided in mind on this occasion (in striking the rock to produce water). [1] The Suda has "their."
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δ
1605
Δυσδιάλλακτον
hard to reconcile
… prosoi/sei dusdia/llakton ma/xhn), if interpreted 'and who will bring a
most
mournful battle', could be the only extant instance of dusdia/llaktos applied to the meaning of the gloss. In any event, a more likely …
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ε
3606
Εὔξεινος
Euxine
… 2049. [2] Herodotus 4.85.2 ("for it is by nature the
most
wonderful of all seas:" Greek text at web address 2), here with e)sti/ for Herodotus' pe/fuke.
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αι
253
Αἰόλος
undulating, 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
… for the theory" (Chantraine). In 1950 Ernst Fraenkel advanced the
most
persuasive etymology. The word, originally *vaivolos, is from the IE root uel-, seen in a)/ella, ei)le/w (as Porphyry saw), Latin volvo and English …
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ε
2500
Ἐπίορκον ἀνώμοσεν
swore a false oath
The headword phrase occurs in Homer, Iliad 10.332 (web address 1), except that Homer has e)pw/mosen ('swore to') instead of the otherwise unattested a)nw/mosen found here; a)pw/mosen, which would normally mean 'swore off' or …
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α
136
Ἀγαλματοφορούμενος
image-bearing, image-carrying, enshrined as an image
… sense, i.e. "enshrined". Adler and Theodoridis both cite De vita
Mosis
1.27; see also De mutatione nominum 21; and cf. De somnis 1.32, De vita
Mosis
2.11, 2.209.
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α
367
Ἀγρόμενοι
assembling
The headword participle, in the masculine nominative plural, has this same gloss in other lexica. It is probably extracted from the quotation given: see the next note. [1] Homer, Iliad 20.166 (web address 1). …
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α
1988
Ἀναξιμένης
Anaximenes
… of Anaximenes with the fall of Sardis. See on this
Mosshammer
(1976) 296, and further in
Mosshammer
(1979) 276-7 with n.5: 'That Anaximenes' floruit was associated with the fall of Sardis is confirmed, at …
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4512
Αὐτονομουμένη πόλις
autonomously-governed polis
… autonomia assured the rights of an allied city to conduct
most
of its own internal affairs (courts, magistracies, etc.) without restriction, though it was constrained in the free exercise of foreign/military policy by conditions …
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7
Αἰανὴς κύκλος
dread circle
… accentuation the adjective "dread" applies to "night" rather than "circle".
Most
mss. of Sophocles actually exhibit this alternative accentuation, but some Sophoclean mss. and
most
modern editors present the form recorded in the headword …
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δ
954
Δίεσιν
diesis, interval
… the diatonic one to be earliest, because it was the
most
proper to human voices. The enharmonic is defined as the
most
elegant one, but also the hardest; the audience got used to hearing …
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δ
1108
Δίκροτα
dikrota, two-banked
… 6 tw=n dikro/twn, oi(=s ma/lista xra/sqai *liburnoi\ dokou=sin ("the dikrota,
mostly
used by the Liburnoi, as it seems". Feminine in Appian, Mithridatica 99; Greek Anthology 7.640. [1] i.e. ships with two banks of oars. …
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ε
2172
Ἐπηλυγασάμενος
overshading
… e)phluga/zw) appears in Plato, Lysis 207b (web address 1), although
most
mss of Plato (and hence
most
modern editions) have the orthographic alternative e)phlugisa/menos. The word is glossed here with active participles, though in …
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2876
Ἐποίκιον
farmstead, outhouse, village
… unglossed) headword epoikion see LSJ s.v. Which of them is
most
appropriate here is uncertain, as the quotation is unidentifiable. cf. generally Strabo 11.3.1: "Iberia is for the
most
part well settled with both …
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χ
63
Χαμάδις
groundwards
… Seven against Thebes 357. Commentary on these passages is the
most
probable source for
most
of the information in this entry. The headword and the supplementary lemma xama=ze are formed from the obsolescent xa/ma …
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α
5
Ἄαπτος
irresistable, invulnerable
… [2] This etymology, alpha-privative + a(/ptomai ('touch'), is the one
most
commonly accepted nowadays. See LSJ s.v. (web address 2) and Schwyzer, DGE. Yet there is reason for doubt, and the correct Homeric form …
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α
6
Ἀαρών
Aaron
… to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Hebrew אהרון, brother of
Moses
(mu 1348); Aaron is also mentioned in nu 1, omicron 68. See web address 1 below for the entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia …
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α
11
Ἀβάκησαν
they kept quiet
… the many lexicographical notices generated by it. Of those the
most
similar 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 …
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α
15
Ἀβάντειος
Abanteios, Abantius, Abantian
Adler cites as a comparandum Lexicon Ambrosianum 22, 23, 28. [1] This suppletion is suggested by the corresponding entry in the Lexicon of pseudo-Zonaras 5.1, which is identical to this entry apart from the …
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α
85
Ἄβρομος
noisy
… in the Ambrosian Lexicon (44). The headword adjective is attested
most
commonly in the plural; see e.g. Homer, Iliad 13.41. LSJ s.v. (web address 1 below) notes that the initial alpha of the word …
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α
177
Ἄγβαρος
Agbaros, Agbarus, Agbar, Abgar, Avgar
… of Osroene, in Mesopotamia. [2] alpha 4409. In fact the
most
authentic version of the name seems to be Abgar (pronounced Avgar). At least nine Abgars are attested (see OCD(4) s.v. Edessa); so perhaps …
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201
Ἀγέροπτος
unseen(?)
A problematic entry. The headword 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.) …
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