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μ1128Μισοπορπακιστάτηmost porpax-hating, very porpax-hating… explanations is the correct one: a (detachable) leather arm-band or strap, positioned centrally, through which the soldier thrust and bent his arm before gripping the handle (antilabe) at the rim.Matched in noteshighshort
α1658Ἄμπυκαςheadbands, restraints… the bit alone, and regards the ampyx as the frontal strap on the horse's brow that is brought back to the nape of the neck (p. 20). See also on lipara/mpuc, theta 58.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1479Κειρίαbedstead-band[1] LSJ s.v. I. (The present gloss is taken, verbatim, from the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 816: see next note.) For LSJ s.v. II see kappa 1480. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 816. (The accepted text …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1480Κειρίαswathing-bandLSJ s.v. II: "swathing band, bandage", as opposed to "bedstead-band" (on which see kappa 1479). As LSJ records it, this usage is late, found in papyri, Soranus, and Hesychius (although the instance of khrei/ais …Matched in noteshighshort
β113Βαρεῖα χείρweighty hand; weighty band… extracted -- seems to require an understanding of xei/r as 'band' of troops; cf. LSJ s.v., V. [1] Quotation unidentifiable.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1988Κομβώματαbands… to kombo/w "bind, fasten", kombi/on "buckle", and ko/mbos and e)gko/mbwma "band for gloves" (see under kappa 1987). LSJ extrapolates from the gloss that this is an "ornamental band". In Hesychius, the singular of this …Matched in noteshighshort
β94ΒάνδονensignThe headword is a transliteration of the Latin bandum. For this gloss cf. Procopius, History of the Wars of Justinian 4.2.1 (web address 1).Matched in noteshighshort
μ641Μέσαβονmid-ox… Hesiod, Works and Days 469: web address 1); rather, 'leathern strap, by which the middle of the yoke was fastened to the pole' (LSJ).Matched in noteshighshort
μ1282Μοτώσειwill bandage… lexica; from commentary on Hosea 6:1 LXX (the Lord 'will bandage us'). cf. generally mu 1281, mu 1283.Matched in noteshighshort
ι336Ἱμάσθληνthong… 755. The thong of a whip is the flexible, tapered strap that attaches to the rigid handle. The oar moves a becalmed boat, just as a whip goads a stubborn ox. See additional extracts …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3419Εὐδίνηταeasily-turning (things)… the augur is customarily rotated using the a)ri/s (bow) and strap in a bow-drill configuration; cf. Blümner (224).Matched in noteshighshort
α251Ἀγκύληthong, hook… (web address 1 below). [1] Strictly speaking, the thong or strap with which a javelin was thrown, but by extension the javelin itself; LSJ II.2 has instances from Euripides and elsewhere. [2] This perfect …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1663Κίρκονfalcon… be certain (vol. II, 466). Callon apparently employed a leather strap fashioned from the tail of a large animal to administer his pupils' corporal punishments; cf. Paton (456-457), where the translation is tawse. The …Matched in noteshighshort
χ249Χειροβρῶτιwith a hand-gnawingHesychius chi287 and Zenobius 6.44 both give 'with a hand-gnawing fetter' as a phrase in the dative case, and gloss it as 'with a boxer's [hand-]straps'; but Zenobius goes on to connect it specifically …Matched in noteshighshort
ε3010Ἐρισμάραγδοςloud-thunderingThe nominative singular headword e)risma/ragdos is either a (unique) variant of, or a simple error for, e)risma/ragos (Hesiod, Theogony 815, etc.). As the present gloss is feminine, in context the headword must have been …Matched in noteshighshort
α3620Ἀποτυμπάνισονplank-execute!… man was fastened to an upright board by five iron bands around his neck, wrists and ankles secured by nails. He either died from exposure and starvation or perhaps was strangled by the iron …Matched in noteshighshort
μ1226Μονόζωνοιsingle-belters… e.g. 2 Kings [4 Kingdoms] 5:2, where the NIV has "bands" and the KJV "companies"; it refers to enemy armies, e.g. from Syria or Moab. LSJ s.v. attributes the definition "girt up alone, i. …Matched in noteshighshort
μ364Μεγαλοδωρίαmunificence… (emperor 193-211; OCD(4) s.v. Septimius Severus) -- of the Italian bandit Felix Bulla in 206-7 (cf. lambda 474 (end) and Wiedemann, p. 223). [2] Zeno (335-263, founder of philosophical Stoicism; cf. zeta 79 and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1520Κημόςfunnel, muzzle… muzzle pierced on both sides to facilitate the attachment of straps; instead, they consider it more likely that here the muzzle is as thoroughly pierced as a colander, as described by Anderson (43). The …Matched in noteshighshort
αι250Αἰολομίτρηςagile with a waistband [or: having a multicoloured or twisted or flashing waistband]; having a multicoloured diadem… exclusively for a headdress, with oriental associations, usually a cincture (bandana, chaplet, crown, exactly as modern mitre) or diadem, the sense in which our headword is found at Theocritus, Idylls 17.19. Gow, in his …Matched in noteshighshort