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αι
246
Αἰόλλει
turns, variegates
… gloss here, plana=, with the preferable kinei=); the scholia to
Nicander,
Theriaca 155b (kinei=, stre/fei, poiki/llei); the scholia to Homer, Odyssey 20.27 (poiki/lws stre/fh|, kinh=|, cf. the scholia to Iliad 2.816, 3.83, 324); the …
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2449
Ἐπιλλύζουσα
winking at
… of e)pilu/zw ('hiccup at'). A similarly-formed participle e)pillu/zwn occurs at
Nicander,
Alexipharmaca 81. As for e)pilli/zousa, it is attested outside lexicography only at
Nicander,
Theriaca 163 (in reference to a snake). Only the second …
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1485
Ἀμμανίται
Ammanitai, Ammanitae, Ammanites, Ammonites
… 19.38 LXX, etc. [2] So in e.g. a fragment of
Nicander
[nu 374] quoted in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 2.61A (2.57 Kaibel); but single mu there, i.e. a)mani=tai.
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1622
Ἁμορβός
attendant, shepherd
… The headword is attested in Hellenistic and later poetry (Callimachus,
Nicander,
Oppian). Despite the etymology suggested here, the headword itself and several other words related to it all have a smooth breathing: see LSJ …
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3691
Ἀπροϊδής
unforeseen
… cicada, at epsilon 2988 and iota 397. See also e.g.
Nicander,
Theriaca 18, with scholion. [2] Greek Anthology 6.72.3-4 (Agathias Scholasticus). Find another quote from this epigram at pi 3048.
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4216
Ἀσταγὲς ὕδωρ
not (merely) trickling water
… registered by LSJ s.v.; other instances in Apollonius Rhodius and
Nicander.
The headword phrase is from Callimachus, Hecale fr. 317 Pfeiffer, and the gloss from the scholia there.
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70
Αἰγοφάγος
Goat-eater
Epithet of Zeus,
Nicander
fr. 99 (Etymologicum Magnum 27.51); of Hera at Sparta, Pausanias 3.15.9 (web address 1) and Hesychius alpha1737. J.G. Frazer on the Pausanias passage: 'whenever a deity is called the eater …
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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
… in Apoll. 1.19 Powell, Coll. Alex.; Callimachus fr. 575.1 Pfeiffer;
Nicander,
Theriaca 155, alphaiota 246), the undulating body of Echidna (Hesiod, Theogony 300, cf. scholia, polue/likton), and a mass of flesh-eating worms (Iliad 22.509), …
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392
Αἶψα
swiftly
… is paralleled only in a scholion to the occurrence in
Nicander,
Alexipharmaca 463. [2] Greek Anthology 6.190.1-2 (Gaetulicus); cf. lambda 270. Find further extracts from this epigram, the poet Leonidas's dedication to Aphrodite, at …
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57
Βάκχος
Bakkhos, Bacchus
… followed by Adler; but others have the superior "they". [2]
Nicander
[nu 374] fr. 130 Schneider -- from the scholia on Aristophanes, Knights 408; cf. beta 52. [3] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 3 fr. …
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287
Βινεῖν
to fuck
… as both "chirp" and "suck, lick" in the scholia to
Nicander,
Theriaca 313.12, this passage, and omicroniota 128. Kriaras notes it in Orneosophion Agroikoteron p.572 Hercher: the falconer dealing with a falcon's head cold …
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322
Βλάστη
growth
… accusative is the headword. It appears to be quoted from
Nicander,
Alexipharmaca 49; see the scholia there.
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340
Βληχρόν
faint
… The Suda's neuter singular blhxro/n seems to be quoted from
Nicander,
Theriaca 446, which the scholia there gloss with a)sqene/s. [2] Alcaeus fr. 319 Lobel-Page (16 Bergk). [3] Pindar fr. 245 Snell-Maehler.
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362
Βολεῶνας
dunghills
… follows. Harpokration s.v. has the nominative plural and -- citing
Nicander
(FGrH 343 F3), Dinarchus (fr. III.3 Conomis) and Philemon (fr. 221 Kock = 186 K.-A.) -- rather different content overall.
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453
Βούπαις
big boy, ox-boy, ox-child
… Attica was celebrated for its honey; cf. upsilon 111. [4]
Nicander,
Theriaca 741; cf. iota 577, tau 158.
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518
Βράσσει
boils
… The headword occurs in (and is probably quoted here from)
Nicander,
Alexipharmaca 359. See also epsilon 37, kappa 1153 (and beta 520).
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δ
376
Δηθάκις
mostly
… its variant without the final sigma were much used by
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and Oppian.
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876
Δίδυμος
Didymus, Didymos
… For the genre, a very flexible one, cf. nu 374
(Nicander),
pi 141 (Pamphilus), pi 253 (Paxamus).
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1588
Δυσαλθές
hard to cure
… Note, nevertheless, the same neuter form and gloss twice in
Nicander,
with corresponding scholia: Theriaca 187, Alexipharmaca 157. An alternative lexicographical tradition (Hesychius delta2513, Photius delta792 Theodoridis) is couched in the masculine nominative singular. …
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1684
Δυσπαίπαλος
rugged, steep
… feminine nominative singular. It must be quoted from somewhere; probably
Nicander,
Theriaca 145, referring to Mt Othrys in Thessaly. The headword spelled (as it should be) with alphaiota is out of alphabetical order here. …
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10
Ἔαρ
spring, springtime; blood
… a letter of John Chrysostom. [2] From the scholia on
Nicander,
Alexipharmaca 314, where spring is mentioned. See also Hesychius (s.v. h)=ar) and other lexica. [3] Callimachus fr. 328 Pfeiffer, presumed to be from …
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194
Ἐδάσαντο
they divided
… this gloss is the same as the one attaching to
Nicander,
Alexipharmaka 10.
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759
Ἐλάχεια
insignificant, mean
… 'small' by Hesychius s.v. and also in the scholia to
Nicander,
Theriaca 324, from where it is presumably quoted.
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1660
Ἐξέστηκε
has changed
… of the exiled Rhodian admiral Polyxenidas and the pirate captain
Nicander.
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2620
Ἐπιστείβων
treading on
… singular is authentically quoted from somewhere, the source is perhaps
Nicander
(Theriaca 32 or 570). cf. sigma 1075.
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2659
Ἐπὶ τὰ Μανδροβόλου
on Mandrobolos' property
… earth. [2] A ram, because, according to a scholiast on
Nicander's
Alexipharmaka, this was the creature that accidentally found the deposits. [3] Ephorus FGrH 70 F59b.
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2860
Ἐπρήσθη
was burned
… has the corresponding form of the compound e)mpi/mprhmi; rather, apparently,
Nicander,
Theriaca 403 (cf. the scholia there). [2] Aelian fr. 162 Domingo-Forasté (159 Hercher), quoted more fully at mu 349 (with yet another compound: …
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3904
Ἐφήμερος
ephemeral, for a day
… other lexica; cf. also Pollux 1.65. [2] cf. scholion on
Nicander,
Alexipharmaca 249 (Medea). [3] From alpha 1695. The adjectives a)mfh/meros and a)mfhmerino/s are synonymous with e)fh/meros. *)amfhmerino/s is a technical medical term referring …
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136
Εἰλυθμός
den, lair
… similar entry in other lexica, and cf. the scholia to
Nicander,
Theriaca 385, where the headword appears in the accusative case.
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404
Ἤνυστρον
fourth stomach
… cf. scholia on Aristophanes, Knights 356 (quoted below) and on
Nicander,
Theriaca 579. See also epsilon 1504, epsilon 4009, kappa 489. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 356 (web address 1).
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