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- α4185ἈσκραῖοςAskraian, AscraeanHesiod the poet came from Askra in Boiotia (see eta 583); it was a village, later subsumed under the polis of Thespiai (theta 276, theta 277).Matched in noteshighshort
- α1710Ἀμφιγυήειςdoubly-lame, lame in both legsEpic/poetic: Homer, Iliad 1.607-8 (and passim); Hesiod, Theogony 945; etc.Matched in noteshighshort
- α1277Ἀλκήmight… and cf. also the scholia to Homer, Iliad 4.245. [2] Hesiod fr. 203 Merkelbach-West (in Nicolaus of Damascus FGrH 90 F33), on Zeus. [3] Polybius fr. 5 Büttner-Wobst. Büttner-Wobst notes (p. 514) that this …Matched in noteshighshort
- α4456Αὖονparched… where the headword (accusative singular of this adjective) occurs. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 743 (web address 1), probably referring to trimming the fingernails. [3] Greek Anthology 6.105.3-4 (Apollonides), a fisherman's offerings to Artemis, …Matched in noteshighshort
- α1279ἌλκηστιςAlkestis, Alcestis… she was prepared to die. First mentioned in Homer and Hesiod, but most fully depicted in Euripides' tragedy Alkestis (438 BCE).Matched in noteshighshort
- α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues… an ivory cheek-piece for a horse. [2] This fragment of Hesiod (142 Merkelbach-West, 233 Rzach) is not known from any other source. It may pertain to the story of Europa in the Catalogue of …Matched in noteshighmedium
- α1433Ἀλυκτοπέδηinextricable bond… Greek -- is generally found in the plural (see esp. Hesiod, Theogony 521, of Prometheus); so indeed is the noun in the glossing phrase.Matched in noteshighshort
- α262Ἀγλαΐαsplendor… but more probably quoted from somewhere external (the possibilities include Hesiod, Pindar and Euripides).Matched in noteshighshort
- α2889Ἀπαμείρεταιtakes away a share… gloss guarantees that this is the passage in question; in Hesiod, Theogony 801 it is passive. See LSJ entry at web address 1.Matched in noteshighshort
- α1669Ἁμύεινto fall, to sink… occurrence of the phrase a)mu/onta xama=ze (of falling leaves) in Hesiod (fr. 204.124 Merkelbach-West).Matched in noteshighshort
- α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… that the Anthologia Planudea transmits sth/mon (vol. I, 12). [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 777 (not Adler's "475": cobwebs). [3] Pindar fr. 296. [4] Callias fr. 2 Kock, now 5 K.-A. [5] Sophocles fr. …Matched in noteshighmedium
- α701ἈθαμαντίδηςAthamantides… unattested in this precise form, as opposed to Athamantiades (in Hesiod, Pindar and elsewhere). Either way it means "son of Athamas"; that is, Phrixos, who features with his sister Helle (eponym of the Hellespont) …Matched in noteshighshort
- α670Ἀϊδέςunseen… (see LSJ s.v. a)i+dh/s), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps Hesiod, Shield 477 (of the swollen R. Anauros obliterating the tomb of Kyknos), though the glossing might be better suited to one of the …Matched in noteshighshort
- α1341Ἄλλοτε μητρυιὴ πέλει ἡμέρη ἄλλοτε μήτηρsometimes a day is a step-mother (but) sometimes a motherHesiod, Works and Days 825; in Macarius 1.90 and other paroemiographers. Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.31.Matched in noteshighshort
- α326Ἀγώμενοςenvying… headword a)gw/menos, a participle in the middle voice, occurs in Hesiod, Theogony 619 (of Ouranos and his offspring). The entry is concerned to distinguish between this, with omega as the second vowel, and the …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3231Ἄπλητονunapproachable, terrible… glossing in Hesychius, but the same in the scholia to Hesiod, Theogony 315, from where it must be quoted (neuter, used adverbially). This glossing implies a relation to pi/mplhmi "fill" rather than to pela/zw …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3187Ἀπηύραremoved… to Homer, Iliad 15.462. [2] This sense occurs first in Hesiod (Works & Days 240).Matched in noteshighshort
- α898Ἀκλητίunbidden, uninvited, unsummoned… other lexica. [2] cf. Zenobius 2.46 and other paroemiographers. [3] Hesiod fr. 264.Matched in noteshighshort
- α1135Ἀλεξιάρη γῆdeath-averting earth… as e)pi/kouros, a)lecika/kos. Latte regards that entry as prompted by Hesiod, Works and Days 464 (where fallow land, neio/s [nu 291], is called a)lecia/rh); and the same is surely true of the present one. …Matched in noteshighshort
- α4097Ἀρχὴ ἥμισυ παντόςa beginning (is) half of the whole… (and see already under alpha 4091) -- and ultimately from Hesiod, Works and Days 40: ple/on h(/misu panto/s "the half is more than the whole." Tosi [see under alpha 378] no.59.Matched in noteshighshort
- α341Ἄγραυλοιfield-dwelling… is quoted either from Homer, Odyssey 10.410 (heifers) or from Hesiod, Theogony 26 (shepherds) -- both of which have glosses, in their scholia, very like the present one. [1] Or: "in the countryside".Matched in noteshighshort
- α4087ἈρχέστρατοςArchestratos… known as the Gastronomia Deipnologia and the Opsopoiia), which imitates Hesiod's Works and Days. See OCD(4) s.v. (p.140).Matched in noteshighshort
- α1533Ἀμβολίαprocrastination… standard technique in a courtesan's repertoire; cf. Madden (134); [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 413.Matched in noteshighshort
- α719Ἀθέρεςchaff, stalks… the stalks of cereals like wheat or barley. Mentioned from Hesiod onwards; see e.g. Xenophon, Oeconomicus 18.1 ("chaff and stalks") at web address 1 below.Matched in noteshighshort
- α190ἈγελείηAgeleie, Booty-driver… Kirk's note on Homer, Iliad 4.128, and M.L. West's on Hesiod Theogony 318.Matched in noteshighshort
- α176Ἄγαυροςwastrel… 'with a euphon., stately, proud'; used of a bull in Hesiod, Theogony 832. However, sense 2 there is 'Ion., euphem. for a beggar'.Matched in noteshighshort
- α3749Ἀράχνειον νῆμαspidery web… phrases is illustrated by the quotation given; the first by Hesiod, Works and Days 777 (web address 1). cf. generally alpha 3750. [1] Greek Anthology 6.39.3-4 (Archias), three sisters dedicate their spinning and weaving …Matched in noteshighshort
- α3961Ἄρκτοςbear… Sauppe (now 289 Carey OCT) and citing also Aratus and Hesiod. [3] From beta 386.Matched in noteshighshort
- α613Ἀείδελονdark, obscure, invisible… somewhere in this form; alternatively it has been generated by Hesiod's use of this adjective (noted in lexica, where a neuter plural is quoted: fr. 67b) to mean unseen. [2] Neuter singular. Same lemma …Matched in noteshighshort
- α4299Ἀσφόδελοςasphodel… and other lexica. [1] Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 7.13.4. [2] Hesiod, Works and Days 41 (web address 1). [2] Homer, Odyssey 11.538 (web address 2).Matched in noteshighshort