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- ε1148<20Ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναίκωνamong those born of women… to you, there has not arisen a greater among those born of women than John"), Luke 7.28. It is then quoted frequently in patristic writers.
- δ1124Διμήτωρtwice-born… grape-clusters -- the god thus being considered as having been born once from the earth and again from the vine"), and generally LSJ s.v.
- δ497Δίto ZeusThe monosyllabic dative of *zeu/s occurs at Pindar, Olympian 13.106 (web address 1) and elsewhere (see LSJ s.v.). The iota is long, as being a contraction of two iotas. cf. delta 498.
- κ2233Κῶλα τοῦ ζεύγματοςarms of the bridge… generated from the quotation given, where it is genitive. A zeu=gma (zeta 33), literally a binding, was a bridge or barrier across a waterway improvised by lashing together boats. For 'arms' cf. kappa 2231, …
- η252Ἠλιτόμηνονmissing the [right] monthi.e. untimely born; cf. alpha 1261. Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and see also the scholia on Homer, Iliad 19.118, where this neuter participle occurs (web address 1): …
- ε723Ἐκφῦναιto grow out of… some mss of the Suda (FVM) use gennhqh=nai ('to be born') instead of e)kgennhqh=nai ('to be born from') as the gloss. The headword itself, an aorist active infinitive, must be quoted from somewhere: Euripides …
- γ214Γειναμέναιςgiving birth… to follow. The lexicographer interprets the headword participle as "being born," but it should mean "giving birth." See note at gamma 215. [2] Greek Anthology 7.99.1-2 (Plato the Epigrammatist) = Diogenes Laertius 3.30. The …
- η446ἬρErFirst-born of Judah and Shua (and so elder brother of Onan): Genesis 38.3-7.
- α4683ἈχαιόςAchaeus, Achaios… generally OCD(4) p.5, under 'Achaeus(2)'. [1] 484-481. [2] Sophocles was born in the mid 490s. [3] 448-445. "Jointly" evidently means "contemporaneously".
- μ455ΜελανιππίδηςMelanippides… to the Marmor Parium (Ep. 47, p.15 Jacoby). He was born, according to the Suda, between 520 and 517, and cannot then be identical with mu 454, as some scholars once argued. We cannot …
- κ2017Κομπίναhorse-team, team of horses… Loewe & Georg Goetz, Corpus glossariorum Latinorum: combino ~ conbino: zeugnu/w, zeugi/zw, kata\ du/o zeugi/zw; combinatio ~ conbinatio: zeu=cis kata\ du/o). Trapp, Lexikon zur Byzantinischen Gräzität s.v. kombi/na: formation of horses charging (Constantine Porphyrogenitus, …
- αι199ΑἰμιλιανόςAemilianus, AimilianosMost famously P.Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus (185/4-129 BC), born into the Aemilii but adopted into the Cornelii. See generally OCD(4) pp.381-2.
- κ2523Κτησίου ΔιόςZeus Ktesios, Zeus Ctesius, Domestic Zeus… also quoting Menander fr. 452 Koerte, now 410 K.-A. For Zeus Ktesios see already kappa 2522, and cf. zeta 40.
- λ569ΛίνοςLinos, Linus… the Thebans, how that later than this Linus there was born another, a teacher of music called the son of Ismenias, and how Heracles while still a child killed him".
- ε3719ΕὐρυδίκηEurydike, Eurydice… of Orpheus, in mythology, and (2) a noble Macedonian woman (born Adea) of the C4 BCE, granddaughter of two kings (Perdikkas III and Philip II) and wife of another (Philip Arrhidaios). For the latter …
- δ1216ΔιοτρεφήςZeus-fostered, Zeus-reared… the river Scamander as fed by the rain, thus by Zeus. LSJ entry at web address 1.
- γ215Γείνατοbegot… amended, in the Supplement, to eliminate the passive sense "is born"; cf. gamma 214.
- ε993Ἐμπάζεταιbusies oneself aboutcf. a scholion on Homer, Odyssey 1.271, where the imperative e)mpa/zeo occurs (web address 1). The present entry's third-person singular indicative has the same or similar glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia …
- γ219Γειωρίσαιto convert to Judaism… גר means "sojourner", but it comes to mean someone not born Jewish but converted to Judaism (Philo 1.417, Isaiah 14.1), leading to the technical term גיור ("giur", conversion). Hesychius defines the plural as "neighbors …
- ι644ἸσμαήλIsmael, Ishmael… old, and Abraham a hundred; so that this son was born to them both in the last year of each of those decimal numbers. And they circumcised him upon the eighth day and from …
- δ40ΔάμασοςDamasos, DamasusThis is Saint Damasus, born c.305 and Bishop of Rome (i.e. Pope) 366-384; Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. [1] Jerome, Famous Men 111.
- ε2128Ἐπειλημμένηhaving seized uponHere a perfect middle participle (feminine nominative singular) is glossed with a present active participle, the latter derived from the same root but with a different prefix. For different forms of the verb represented …
- κ1584Κιγκλίζειwags one's tailThe verb kigkli/zw -- of which this is ostensibly the present indicative, third person singular (but see below) -- is derived from ki/gklos "dabchick" (kappa 1585), and literally means to act like the dabchick, …
- α3724Ἀπφάappha, sib… as o( a)f' ou(= e)/fu, "he from whom one was born".
- δ1041Δίιος ὀργὴZeus's anger… adjective *di/ios (cf. sigma 116), i.e. of or relating to Zeus.
- γ112Γελλοῦς παιδοφιλωτέραmore overfond of children than Gellocf. Zenobius 3.3, attributing the tale to Lesbos, and specifically to Sappho; hence the headword phrase itself is regarded as a fragment of Sappho (178 Lobel-Page). Hesychius has two consecutive 'Gello' entries (gamma307-308) of …
- κ1943Κολοκτρυώνkoloktryôn… Declension of Nouns p. 724) and glossed by Hesychius kappa3367: "born from a maimed large rooster". All this is wasted ingenuity, however, because in Aristophanes the phrase to\n cou=qon i(ppalektruo/na (quoting Aeschylus fr. 134) …
- μ308Μαχλῶντεςacting wantonly… power of this evil commingling reveals those who have been born that way, when they are men". For related words see mu 305, mu 306, mu 307.
- γ463ΓρύλλοςGryllos, Gryllus… generally xi 47, xi 48. His sons were almost certainly born sometime after 399 BCE. Gryllos, who bore the same name as his grandfather (xi 47), served as an Athenian cavalryman and was killed …
- α19ἈβαρνίςAbarnis… Aphrodite's refusal (a)parnh/sasqai) to recognize her offspring Priapos, who was born in the region.