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2779
Ἄνοις
you might achieve
Same entry in Photius and elsewhere. [1]
Phrynichus
fr. 89 Kock, now 88 K.-A.
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4075
Ἀρχαῖος
simple
… loc.). One of the best-known plays by the C6/5 tragedian
Phrynichus
was his Phoenician Women; though staged in the 470s BCE, it still evidently struck a chord half a century later.
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14
Καδίσκος
voting-urn
… Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., glossing Isaeus 11.21 & 23. [1]
Phrynichus
fr. 32 Kock (33 K-A). For pebbles in voting cf. psi 83, psi 85, etc.
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1020
Ἀκροτελεύτιον ἔπος
fag-end word
… fully in Photius, Lexicon alpha869 Theodoridis (s.v. a)kroteleu/tion e)/pous), where
'Phrynichus'
is cited. This has generated a supposed fragment of comic poetry
(Phrynichus
fr. 86 Kock), but wrongly so: it is
Phrynichus
Arabius, Praeparatio …
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362
Αἰσχυνόμενος περιπλέκει τὴν συμφοράν
out of shame he obfuscates the calamity
Same entry in Photius and other lexica; ultimately
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica 2.9 (see further, next note). The headword phrase (in which the particle ga/r needs to be supplied) is from comedy: Comica adespota fr. …
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21
Ἀβασάνιστος
untested
… Photius, Lexicon alpha30 Theodoridis; perhaps ultimately derived in part from
Phrynichus
(Praeparatio rhetorica fr. 39 de Borries); cf. Hesychius alpha89 and a cluster of related entries: alpha 2276, Hesychius alpha4899, Synagoge alpha589, Photius alpha1845. …
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25
Ἀβδέλυκτα
unhateful [things]
… beta 200, beta 201, etc. = Photius, Lexicon alpha33 Theodoridis
(Phrynichus,
Praeparatio Sophistica fr. 40), and very similar to Synagoge (Codex B) alpha12; cf. Hesychius alpha94. [1] cf. tau 659. [2] Aeschylus fr. 137 …
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31
Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξ
silly cuckoo
… 33. [1] Plato Comicus fr. 64 Kock = 65 K.-A.
(Phrynichus
48.11). For "cuckoo" alone, in this sense, see e.g. Aristophanes, Acharnians 598 (web address 1 below), and Hesychius s.v. ko/kkuges.
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832
Ἀκερδὴς χάρις
unprofitable reward
… two glosses come, respectively, from Photius, Lexicon alpha726 Theodoridis (=
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 144), and from the scholia to the line. In the thunderstorm towards the end of the play, the terrified chorus …
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1586
Ἀμηχάνητοι
unmanageable
… where, as transmitted, a)mh/xanoi (not the a)mhxa/nhtoi here and in
Phrynichus
and ps.-Zonaras) describes a crowd.
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1681
Ἀμύντης
defender
Same entry in Photius; also
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 175. Neither word -- the first a favourite of Herodotus' -- actually occurs in what survives of Aeschylus. They have, nevertheless, been registered as adespota …
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1741
Ἀμφιλεξάντων
disputing
… active participle, masculine genitive plural, of a)mfile/gw. [1] Likewise in
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica 49.4. [2] Xenophon, Anabasis 1.5.11 (which ends tw=n tou= Klea/rxou). See web address 1.
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1803
Ἀναβεβαμένοι
mounted [ones]
Same entry in Photius (=
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 177). [1] Xenophon, Hipparchicus 1.4 (web address 1 below).
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1899
Ἀνάκειται σκώμμασιν
it is reserved for jests
Same entry in Photius ( =
Phrynichus
Arabius, Praeparatio sophistica fr. 180 de Borries). See generally LSJ s.v. a)na/keimai, II.
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2383
Ἀνεῖναι
to toss, to let go (up), to roll (dice)
… It is also used in Aristophanes' fragment 673, and by
Phrynichus
(see alpha 2383 and kappa 1633). All verbs here can be used of rolling the die (in the sense of tossing it upwards). …
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2515
Ἀνθίσασθαι μουσικῆς
to cull flowers of music
Same entry in Photius and elsewhere, originating from
Phrynichus
(Praeparatio sophistica fr. 221). The ultimate source of these phrases is unknown.
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2538
Ἄνθρωπος πρόδοξος
prejudging fellow
Same entry in Photius and elsewhere (from
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica 8.14, cf. 8.6). The headword phrase is presumably a quotation, but unidentifiable.
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2539
Ἄνθρωπος φιλοπραγματίας
meddlesome man
More fully in Photius, Lexicon alpha1979 (from
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica 2.1), citing Cratinus.
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2766
Ἀντριάσι
for those of the grotto
… a)ntria/s (grotto dweller), here in the genitive plural, see also
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica 27.3 and Gow and Page (ibid.).
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2855
Ἀωρόλειος
unseasonably-smooth
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; from
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica (fr. 295). The headword itself occurs in Cratinus fr. 10 Kock, now 11 K.-A. (genitive plural). [2] See omega 95.
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α
2874
Ἀπ' ἀκροφυσίων λόγους ἐνδεικνύναι
to show words from bellows
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 236. Anticipated at alpha 1022, but this is the full entry. [1] Aristophanes fr. 699 Kock (now 719 K.-A.) -- imperfectly quoted here: for the final kai\ tw=n a)po\ kinnabeuma/twn …
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2897
Ἅπανθ' ὅμοια καὶ Ῥοδῶπις ἡ καλή
everything similar even for Rhodopis the fair
Same entry in Photius and elsewhere;
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 233. The headword phrase itself is Comica adespota fr. 579 Kock, now 489 K.-A. [1] Again at pi 191 (with a gloss more closely …
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2924
Ἄπαρνος
denier, denying
[1] Same headword but different glossing in Photius (from
Phrynichus'
Praeparatio sophistica). For this term see e.g. Sophocles, Antigone 435 (web address 1); Herodotus 3.99.1 (web address 2).
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3241
Ἄπλυτον πώγωνα
unwashed beard
… poet (Comica adespota fr. 843 Kock, now 556 K.-A.); cf.
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica 4.1.
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3245
Ἀποβαδίζειν
to walk away, to walk off
Same entry in Photius and elsewhere;
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica 238. The headword verb occurs (imperfect indicative) in Aristophanes fr. 475 Kock, now 491 K.-A.
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α
3568
Ἀποσυστῆσαι
to appoint, to introduce
Same entry in Photius and elsewhere;
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 253. The point being made is that the doubly compound headword infinitive a)posusth=sai (presumably quoted from somewhere, though otherwise unattested) conveys nothing more than …
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3697
Ἀπροσήγορος ἄνθρωπος
unaddressable fellow, unaddressable person
Same entry
(Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 255) in Photius and elsewhere. If the headword phrase is a quotation, it is unidentifiable.
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α
3959
Ἀρκτεῦσαι
to be a bear
… 303 Carey OCT (from the lost speech On behalf of
Phrynichus'
daughter). [2] Euripides fr.767 Nauck; Aristophanes, Lysistrata 645 and fr. 370 Kock (386 Kassel-Austin).
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4188
Ἄσμενος
glad
… but not adopted by Adler) was culled by Gaisford from
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica 18.10.
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4224
Ἄσταχυς
corn-ear, astachus
Likewise in other lexica;
Phrynichus,
Praeparatio sophistica fr. 265. For 'raisin' see already alpha 4223. [1] Homer, Iliad 2.148, of the west wind. See web address 1 below for the text.
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