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2597
Ἐπισπέρχει
rushes
=Synagoge epsilon735; Photius, Lexicon epsilon1708; and
scholia
to Oppian, Halieutica 2.512, where the headword (third person singular, present indicative active, of the verb e)pispe/rxw) occurs. For this verb, see also epsilon 2085. Both Adler …
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101
Αἰεί
alway
[1] From the
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to Homer, Iliad 1.107, where the headword occurs. (The headword ai)ei/ is a poetic equivalent for the prosaic a)ei/, so I have chosen an archaic synonym of 'always' for the …
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γ
197
Γέρης
Gerês
[1] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 932 (which is quoted below). 'Despite the
scholiast
we are not to believe in his existence' (R.G. Ussher ad loc.). [2] cf. chi 82. [3] From the …
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δ
1109
Δικροῖς
bifurcated, forked, two-pronged
… in full later in the entry), with comment from the
scholia
there. The word picked out from it for the present headword is the dative plural, masculine or (as here) neuter, of the adjective …
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δ
1650
Δυσκολοκάμπτους ᾠδάς
intricate-twisted songs
… is presumed (by Adler and others) to stem from the
scholia
to Clouds 971. [2] See phi 761 for this citharode and dithyramb poet. [3] The text here reads the third person singular of …
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3215
Ἑστιᾶν
to feast
… similar glosses: epsilon6391, epsilon6394, epsilon6396, epsilon6399, epsilon6400. [2] From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Clouds 1354, where ei(stiw/meq' occurs. [3] Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 942 (web address 1), with comments from the
scholia.
The form of the …
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α
643
Ἀεὶ τοῖς ἐρῶσιν σύνεσμεν
always we associate with love(r)s
… Aristophanes, Birds 704 (without 'always': web address 1 below). The
scholia
there supply the material which now follows; see further below, n.3. [2] So on vase-paintings: see Dunbar [below] 447. (For this sense of …
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α
1332
Ἄλοπον
unscutched
… an acephalous version of what other lexica (and the Aristophanic
scholia)
have: a)le/piston. [2] The noun in this phrase is misquoted (or misremembered) here as a)mo/rghn ("olive-lees"); it should be a)morgi/n ("flax-stalk"). "Unscutched" (LSJ …
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1627
Ἀμοργοί πόλεως ὄλεθρος
squeezers [are] a city's ruin
… has no literary attestations but occurs only in commentators or
scholiasts.
Both Photius, Lexicon alpha1235 Theodoridis, and Eustathius on the Odyssey p. 1608, 57 agree with the Suda, perhaps drawing on some lost
scholiast.
…
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2737
Ἀντιφερίζεις
you are measuring yourself against
Aristophanes, Knights 813-814 (web address 1), with
scholia.
For Themistocles see theta 124, theta 125, theta 126. The
scholiasts
found the adjective e)pixeilh= at the end of 814 probematic. Some took it to mean …
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α
3455
Ἀπόνιπτρον
dirty water, washing water
… Acharnians 616 (web address 1 below), with comment from the
scholia
there. [2] From
scholiastic
comment on Aristophanes, Wasps 1216, where the phrase "water for hands" occurs; and see generally Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 9.408F (9.76 …
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α
3682
Ἀπραγμοσύνη
indifference, idleness, quietude
… and again mu 1058. What now follows comes from the
scholia
on this line: see next note. [3] The present headword as a botanical name is duly registered by LSJ s.v., IV, but Aristophanes …
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α
4020
Ἀρτάβη
artabe
Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. also the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Acharnians 91 (where the comic name Pseudartabas occurs: web address 1 below). cf. alpha 4671. [1] This is the quantification of …
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α
4708
Ἄχος
anguish, distress, sorrow
[1] From the
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 1.103, where the headword noun occurs. For the related participle see already alpha 4707. [2] Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 1723 (web address 1 below), with scholion. The …
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β
313
Βλάβη
harm
… other lexica. [2] Aristophanes, Frogs 1151, with comment from the
scholia
there. (The
scholiast
means the neuter form in the "fault" sense.)
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β
435
Βουλής
councillor
From the
scholia
to Thucydides 3.70.5, a parenthetical phrase attached to the name Peithias (of Corcyra): e)tu/gxane ga\r kai\ boulh=s w)/n. But the
scholiast
got the wrong end of the stick: boulh=s is simply …
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γ
97
Γεγωνόν
loud, sonorous
… a likely source is (?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 627, which generated
scholiastic
comment. [3] Comparative of the headword adjective, either masculine accusative singular or neuter nominative/singular; either way, again quoted from somewhere. Extant instances include …
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γ
352
Γνώσῃ δὲ τοὺς τούτου τε κἀμοῦ μαθητάς τούτου μὲν Φορμίσιος Μεγαίνετός θ' ὁ Μάνης
you will recognize his pupils and mine -- his are Phormisios and Megainetos the Manes
… own pupils as Kleitophon and Theramenes. The gloss (from the
scholia
to the line) appears to assume the correctness of the reading Manes rather than Magnes ("from Magnesia") at the end of 965; modern …
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δ
328
Δείμωμεν
let us build
… 323. Similar entry in other lexica, and cf. also the
scholia
to Homer, Iliad 7.337, where the headword occurs -- but NB: it should be spelled dei/momen (a short-vowel aorist subjunctive). Additionally, the Suda …
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δ
420
Δήμαρχος
demarchos, demarch, mayor
… Lysias fr. 184 Sauppe, now 237 Carey OCT); cf. the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Clouds 37 (web address 1). See also delta 419 and the latter part of delta 421. [1] Harpok. and the
scholiast
…
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625
Διαλέγουσαν
enlarging, picking open
… the vagina as secondary meaning. Besides the hint in the
scholia
ad loc. (kakemfa/tws, "used in a vulgar way") see J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1975) 141 #155, and 168-9 #295 on …
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1441
Δωδεκάκρουνον στόμα
twelve-spouted mouth
From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Knights 526, where Cratinus' flow of language is mentioned. (The Suda's introductory 'For' (ga/r) echoes the
scholiast,
whose main point -- omitted here -- is that in his opinion …
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ε
117
Ἐγκώμιον
encomium
… from common usage, are also found in other ancient commentators,
scholiasts
and rhetorical theorists: see e.g. Hermogenes, Progymnasmata 15.6 Rabe; the
scholia
to Isocrates 9.5; [Libanius], Characteres Epistolici 30.2-7. [1] cf. Aristotle, Rhetoric 1367b28-1368a9.
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ε
470
Ἐκκλησία κυρία
principal assembly
From the
scholia
to Aristophanes, Acharnians 19, where the headword phrase occurs (in the genitive case). [1] cf. epsilon 471. On the ekklesiai see generally ?Aristotle, Athenaion Politeia 43.3-5, with P.J. Rhodes, A Commentary …
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ε
588
Ἐκποκιῶ
I will de-fleece
… Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 567 (web address 1), with comments from the
scholia
thereto. [2] This sentence on the author's comments seems to alternate abruptly between the family of words relating to 'fleece' (po/kos) and those …
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ε
1061
Ἐμοὶ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἔργον ἔστ' εἰργασμένον
such a deed have I accomplished as to stop the mouths of each and every one of my enemies as long as there is anything left of the shields from Pylos
Aristophanes, Knights 844-46 (web address 1), with comment from the
scholia
there. For Kleon see generally kappa 1731. For his military success at Pylos and Sphacteria, in the SW Peloponnese, see generally Thucydides 4.1-41 …
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ε
1466
Ἐντετριμμένη
painted, powdered, rubbed-in
… Ecclesiazusae 732-3 (web address 1), interlarded with comment from the
scholia
there. The actual headword, extracted from the quotation, is perfect middle/passive participle, feminine (Chremes is addressing a sieve: see further n. 1 below) …
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1897
Ἐώρημα
crane, hoist
From
scholia
on Aristophanes, Peace 76 and 80 (web address 1): Trygaeus is described as addressing his giant dung-beetle steed as if it were Pegasus (OCD(4) s.v. Pegasus(1), and under tau 894). [1] This …
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2057
Ἐπενήνοθεν
was flourishing upon
… nu-moveable at the end; cf. Iliad 10.134, Odyssey 8.365). The
scholiast
here seems to associate the headword with a)nqe/w ('bloom'), and he is followed tentatively in that respect by some modern authorities including LSJ …
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ε
2828
Ἐπῳάζειν
to brood
… (web address 1), preceding by a gloss derived from the
scholia
there. See further, next note. [3] This additional comment re-phrases what is stated more forcefully by a
scholiast:
birds sitting on their eggs …
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