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1031
Διθυράμβων νοῦν ἔχεις ἐλάττονα
you have less sense than dithyrambs.
… proverbial) by the scholiasts to Aristophanes, Birds 1393, such as
Tzetzes
(Commentarii ad Aves 1392, ed. Koster). The reference is to the parody of Cinesias (kappa 1639) and the other exponents of the new …
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1189
Διοπομπεῖσθαι
to escort [evil] away
… e)/rin th\n pro\s tou\s krei/ttwnas; scholion [both the vetus and
Tzetzes]
on Aristophanes, Frogs 1340 tou\s xalepwta/tous tw=n o)nei/rwn; Clement of Alexandria, Stromata 7.6.33 kaka/.) both real or presumed (Ephorus in Plutarch, Lysander 17 …
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1689
Δυσπλῆτις
inaccessible
… the writer describes na/pas (valleys) which he qualifies as dusplh/tidas.
Tzetzes,
in the scholion, explains that valleys dusplh/tides are "difficult to reach" (ai( dusko/lws plhttome/nai), while those dasplh/tidas are "terrifying" (kataplh/ktai).
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1415
Ἐνώπιον
frontal
… the adverb e)nwpi/ws see ps.-Zonaras epsilon754.24; Romanus the Melodist 17.5;
Tzetzes,
Letter 53.74.
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Καβάδης
Kabades, Kavades; Kaveh, Kavad, Kavadh
… Procopius and elsewhere. A military garment was named after him
(Tzetzes,
Histories 12.792).
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1314
Κενεβρίων
of carrion
… 'like carcass meat (qnhsimai/wn krew=n), which lack more varied seasoning'."
Tzetzes,
Chiliades 8.174 proposes another derivation which is just as fanciful but not as strained: "kene/bria are properly killed animals, / useless for feeding, …
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1347
Κέπφος
stormy petrel
… by") occurs in the scholia to Plutus (see above) and
Tzetzes'
commentary on Plutus. See also Peace 1067.
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1404
Κέρκουρος
kerkouros, light galley
… variation of "kind of boat" or "kind of ship". [2]
Tzetzes,
Chiliades 6.47, writing a couple of centuries later, gives a listing of twelve types of boat; ke/rkouroi come first, le/mboi kai\ muopa/rwnes fifth …
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1573
Κιβδηλία
adulteration, dishonesty
… Chians disfiguring Athenian coins to invalidate them, or vice versa
(Tzetzes'
scholia on Aristophanes, Frogs 721; scholia on Gregory of Nazianzus, Against Julian PG 36.1212d; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. ki/bdhlon). See discussion in Figueira (1998:161-163). …
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1626
Κινάβρα
goat-stench
… LSJ. The word is unattested outside lexica, scholia, and philology
(Tzetzes),
and should be considered fictional as a word of Greek, invented to serve as an etymology. [2] The only ancient literary use of …
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