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α1447Ἀλφεσίβοιαoxen-producing… plural) in Homer, Iliad 18.593, of virgin girls; they are "oxen-producing" in the sense of being likely to attract suitors who bring oxen as presents. See generally LSJ s.v. Alphesiboia is also a proper …Matched in noteshighshort
α731ἈθήναιοςAthenaios, AthenaeusFl. c. AD 200. See generally RE Athenaios(22); NP Athenaios(3); OCD4 Athenaeus(1); Olson (2006), vii. [1] In Egypt (see nu 58). [2] cf. delta 359, sigma 1397. What follows is excerpted from Athenaeus 1.3D-4A …Matched in noteshighmedium
α3419ἈπολλώνιοςApollonios, Apollonius… col. ii. See further R. Pfeiffer, History of Classical Scholarship (Oxford 1968) 154.

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Ἀλφεσίβοια

oxen-producing

[Meaning] she who finds oxen.

Ἀλφεσίβοια· εὑρετικὴ βοῶν.

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α3977Ἁρμονίανharmony… Aristotle's de Anima 148.4-18, 25-31. [6] opsobapha (omicron 1085), also oxubapha, were chimes constructed from saucers made of different materials which were hit with a small wooden hammer; cf. delta 1155, and see generally …Matched in noteshighmedium

α1121ἈλέξανδροςAlexander, Alexandros… Roxane was in fact the daughter of the Bactrian satrap Oxyartos; cf. delta 74 note. [8] John of Antioch fr. 41b FHG (4.555), now 76.1 Roberto (144-147). [9] John of Antioch fr. 41c FHG …Matched in noteshighlong

α1652Ἀμπέχῃwearing… on the line just quoted. Having had his pair of oxen stolen by Boiotians, Derketes ought to be wearing the black of mourning, not the white of festivals.Matched in noteshighshort

α4446Αὖλος ΠοστόμιοςAulus Postumius… Historical Commentary on Polybius. Vol. III: Commentary on Books XIX-XL (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979), 543-544 (and 726-8 on this passage). T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol. I: 509 …Matched in noteshighmedium

α27ἈβδιούAbdiou, Obadiah… Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon (30). Accented as it is (oxytone), presumably nominative. The book of the prophet Obadiah in the Septuagint has the title *a*b*d*i*o*u and *(/orasis *)abdiou "Obadiah's Vision"; the Hebrew name …Matched in noteshighshort

α1155ἌλειονAleion, Haleion… Rhodes, is a representation of Helios" (W. Burkert, Greek Religion (Oxford and Cambridge Mass. 1985) 175; see also OCD(4) p.655, and L.R. Farnell, The Cults of the Greek States (Oxford 1896-1909) 5.417-20). [2] cf. …Matched in noteshighshort

α3520Ἀποσιμῶσαιto moon [someone]; to make ships swerve… see chiefly A.W. Gomme, A Historical Commentary on Thucydides iii (Oxford 1956) 465; S. Hornblower, A Commentary on Thucydides ii (Oxford 1996) 183.Matched in noteshighshort

α18ἌβαριςAbaris, Avars… people of the steppe north of the Black Sea; cf. Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium s.v. Avars. On the territories of the Avars and of their surrounding ethnic groups in the epoch of Justinian (cf. …Matched in noteshighmedium

α117ἈγαθοκλῆςAgathokles, Agathocles… of Agathokles. See F.W. Walbank, A historical commentary on Polybius (Oxford, 1967) v.2 p.361. [3] His father owned a large pottery. See Diodorus 19.2.7; 20.63.4. As with equivalent figures in (e.g.) late-C5 Athens, such …Matched in noteshighmedium

α125ἈγαθώνιοςAgathonios, Agathonius… and on his aulos music, M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 354-5.Matched in noteshighshort

α176Ἄγαυροςwastrel… especially, Etymologicum Magnum 6.30-34 -- though there the headword is oxytone a)gauro/s. LSJ too (web address 1 below) gives it thus, and understands it as gau=ros [gamma 77, gamma 78] 'with a euphon., stately, …Matched in noteshighshort

α230ἈγήταςAgetas… time: so F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commmentary on Polybius vol.I (Oxford 1957 and reprints) 622. "Strategus" was a title of chief magistrates in various Greek cities: see LSJ s.v. A.II.2.Matched in noteshighshort

α275ἉγνίαςHagnias… of Oion (c.445-396) see Lexicon of Greek Personal Names vol.2 (Oxford 1994) s.v. Hagnias no.15.Matched in noteshighshort

α305ἈγοράσωI will go to market… M. Ostwald, Nomos and the Beginnings of the Athenian Democracy (Oxford 1969) 121-136.Matched in noteshighshort

α308Ἀγοραῖος νοῦςmarketplace mind… alpha 309. See further D. Whitehead, Hypereides: the forensic speeches (Oxford 2000) 287. [1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius alpha233 Theodoridis. [2] Aristophanes, Knights 297-8 (web address 2: the manuscript …Matched in noteshighshort

α381Ἄγοιmay hold… see in brief S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 186-7. [2] Antiphon (the sophist) B87 F44A1.18 Diels/Kranz.Matched in noteshighshort

α407Ἀγχιστεύςnext-of-kin… of direct heirs": S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 217.Matched in noteshighshort

α431Ἀδαῖονunfired, Adaios, Adaeus… N.G.L. Hammond & G.T. Griffith, A History of Macedonia 2 (Oxford 1979) 441. But for another possibility see under alpha 594.Matched in noteshighshort

α576Ἀετὸς τῶν οἰκοδομημάτωνgable of the buildings… wings" (Nan Dunbar, Aristophanes: Birds, edited with introduction and commentary (Oxford 1995) 592).Matched in noteshighshort

α691Ἀΐσσουσινthey dart… wording. See F.W. Walbank, A Historical Commentary on Polybius, iii (Oxford 1979) 662-3. [3] Cato the Elder (kappa 1113). [4] Aemilianus. [5] A reference to Homer, Odyssey 10.494f.: "to him [Teiresias] alone Persephone granted …Matched in noteshighshort

α708Ἀθάραgruel, porridge… [2] The issue is a matter of accent: paroxytone, not oxytone [3] So too in Photius and other lexica, quoting Crates fr.9 Kock (11 K.-A.).Matched in noteshighshort

α764Ἄθρυπτοςunbroken… as dignified and manly" see M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 179-80.Matched in noteshighshort

α942ἈκουσίλαοςAkousilaos, Akusilaos, Acusilaus… and T.H.Nielsen (eds.), An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis (Oxford 2004) 601. [2] "Shortly before the Persian Wars", according to Josephus, Against Apion 1.13 (= FGrH 2 T3); that is, early fifth century …Matched in noteshighshort

α951ἈκραγαλίςAkragalis… T.H. Nielsen (eds.), An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis (Oxford 2004) 402.Matched in noteshighshort

α1107ἈλέαςHaleis, Halians… N.G.L. Hammond and G.T. Griffith, A History of Macedonia 2 (Oxford 1979) 339ff.Matched in noteshighshort

α1122Ὅτι Ἀλέξανδρος φιλήκοος ἦνAlexander, Alexandros… at the Panathenaic musical contests" (M.L. West, Ancient Greek Music (Oxford 1992) 216). In the same specialized context the adjective orthios signified a particular rhythm: see West 156-7. West also collects evidence (352 n.119) …Matched in noteshighshort

α1123υνκνοων—Ὅτι οὗτος ὁ μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος νικήσας ναυμαχίαν Λακεδαιμονίους καὶ—Alexander, Alexandros… in the sea-battle at Knidos [394 BCE]...". [1] A hundred oxen, notionally.Matched in noteshighshort

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