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μ1194ΜόλιβοςleadThe headword itself, mo/libos, is a epic form of mo/lubdos (for which see also mu 1209) The distinction is first noted in Herodian, On Spelling p. 551 Lentz.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1883Κνώμενοςbeing scratched… occurs already in Herodian, Partitions p.72 Boissonade; and the participle itself is perhaps quoted from Timocles fr. 19 Kassel-Austin (222b CGFP), line 5. See also kappa 1856, kappa 1857.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1628Κίναδοςbeast, monsterThe headword itself is a neuter noun. The initial glossing noun is feminine, but does not on that account imply a female fox (vixen). [1] From the Sicilian sense cited by Harpocration: see kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1089Κατοργᾶνbe quite eager, to press ahead… Hesychius kappa1845 and Photius, Lexicon kappa486 Theodoridis. The headword verb itself, a strengthened version of o)rga=n (omicron 519, omicron 520), is extremely rare (LSJ entry at web address 1). TLG shows it as appearing …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1997Κόμμιgum… starting with Herodotus 2.96: "its sap is gum". The headword itself, ko/mmi, is a non-Greek word, perhaps Egyptian (LSJ s.v.).Matched in noteshighshort
κ1328Κενῶν φάουςof those empty of light… [De primo frigido] 948E, citing Chrysippus fr.430. The lexicographers' phrase itself is believed to come from Attic tragedy: Adespota fr.219* Snell & Kannicht.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1205Καὶ ταῦτ' ἔχοντες κυμάτων ἐν ἀγκάλαιςand that too staying in the arms of the waves… phrase 'in the arms of the waves' (i.e. storm-tossed) is itself a quotation: Archilochus fr.213 IEG.Matched in noteshighshort
μ252Μασώμενοςchewing… the verb is middle voice, as in the headword participle itself. The first active instance extant is in the Sibylline Oracles 3.329, but active use was extremely rare until Modern Greek. [2] Aristophanes, Plutus …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1151Καχέκταιdisaffected, sickly… plural, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. The quotation itself was attributed by Bernhardy to Polybius, presumably on the strength of other passages in that author which use the headword kaxe/kths in this …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1938Κόλληglue… p. 398 Kühn. The adjective used to gloss it here itself glossed in the following sentence. The Suda's accusative kollh/enta occurs in Homer, Iliad 15.389 (cf. e.g. Hesychius kappa3336), so there may be corruption …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2090ΚορινθικόνCorinthian… introduces two neologisms in these last lines: the headword adjective itself (on Corinthian bumper crops see alpha 1579 note) and a)filosta/xuos ("without corn", "cornless", i.e. "starving"); cf. Madden (175). [2] delta 1207.Matched in noteshighshort
μ647Μεσαύλιονof the (middle of the) courtyard… where the editor obelizes the first mesau/lion (i.e. the headword itself). The correct reading is preserved in the Lexica Segueriana: "me/ssaulon [Homer, Iliad 24.29, Odyssey 10.435; the Lex.Seg. has the Attic me/saulon], attested instead …Matched in noteshighshort
μ642Μεσάγκυλοςhalf-bent, half-stooped… and the Lexica Segueriana. The first glossing word, mesaipo/lios, is itself glossed in mu 648. The neuter noun mesa/gkulon, literally "mid-loop", refers to a javelin with a thong (loop) used to hurl it, and …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1152Καχεξίαill-healthThe headword itself is unglossed. See also kappa 1151. [1] The lexicographer gives the correct etymology: kak- + hexis "bad condition" > "illness". [2] Polybius 29.17.4, a fragment preserved only in the Suda (web …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2277Κωνοειδέςconical, cone-shaped… lambda 768. The passage does not use the headword adjective itself but a neuter noun related to it.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1337Κεντώνpatchwork, rag-covering… the derivation of kentw/nion, instead of claiming that kentw/n was itself in use in Greek. In Nilus (see above) the term occurs as kentw/nh ~ kento/nh -- which appears to have been taken up …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2103Κορώνεωςshearwater-coloured, crow-coloured, black… catholica p. 245 Lentz. For both this and the headword itself see under phi 287. [2] Mentioned in Aristophanes, Peace 628; an adjective from korw/nh "shearwater", a sea-bird, or "crow". [3] The gloss is …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1150Κἄχεζενand he was taking a shit… because of the crasis than for unfamiliarity of the verb itself, since xe/zw has survived into Modern Greek. [1] Aristophanes, Acharnians 82 (web address 1). Adler indicates that this entry was copied from kappa …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1256Κεκότητοhad borne a grudge… instance of the participle in the dual accusative.) The headword itself is given in an unaugmented pluperfect passive. The only other instance of a passive perfective of the verb is in the Orphic Hymns …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1105Κατώγειονunderground[1] The unglossed headword itself is neuter. [2] The distinction between the Attic second declension -gews and the Late -geios is dialectal and not gender-based. See LSJ s.v. katw/gaios at web address 1. [3] …Matched in noteshighshort
κ2320Κραναῶνof the rugged ones, of the Kranaoi… and Athens (LSJ s.v. kranao/s) --- typically describing the city itself, and not its inhabitants as here. The reference was translated into a mythical Kranaos as progenitor of Attica, as in Aeschylus, Eumenides 1011, …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1585Κίγκλοςdabchick… cannot put together a nest on its own or for itself, but gives birth in others' nests. Hence the peasants' proverbs call the poor dabchicks;" cf. kappa 1579, kappa 1580.Matched in noteshighshort
κ1940Κόλιξcoarse-bread… 'bread', hence the medical kollu/rion; from kolobo/s." (In fact, ko/llic itself can mean a trochisk, i.e. a tablet or lozenge: LSJ s.v. 2). The derivation from kolobo/s is given in kappa 1954. [3] Aristophanes …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1682Κισσύβιονivy-cup… (flowers and rose-petals). This does not relate to the cup itself, but only its derivation from "ivy". See Gow and Page (vol. I, 137-138), Gow and Page (vol. II, 393-394), and this epigram's further …Matched in noteshighshort
κ1891ΚνυζώσωI will darken… may have been misunderstood as saying that the verb knuzw= itself meant "unseemly". If that is a misunderstanding, it is early, because Herodian already reads: "some derive it from kunw=n > kunw= > knuzw=, …Matched in noteshighshort

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