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658
Ἀηνές
aenes, (?)never-ending
Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; similar one in
Hesychius
alpha1513, with three glosses -- the first as here, then la/bron (sic: "turbulent") and a)/qlion ("wretched"). The headword, neuter singular, must be quoted from somewhere but …
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1733
Ἀμφίκορος
middle child
The first part of this double entry is also in
Hesychius;
the second part is in Photius, Lexicon alpha1341 -- but glossing there the present primary headword. Note also
Hesychius
s.v. a)mfi/kouron, glossed a)mfote/rwqen …
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21
Ἀβασάνιστος
untested
… part from Phrynichus (Praeparatio rhetorica fr. 39 de Borries); cf.
Hesychius
alpha89 and a cluster of related entries: alpha 2276,
Hesychius
alpha4899, Synagoge alpha589, Photius alpha1845. [1] *ba/sanos can mean both the touchstone itself …
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38
Ἀβής
stupid
… unsure of its meaning(s): besides the above, cf. a)nai/sxuntos 'shameless'
(Hesychius)
and a)no/sios 'unholy'
(Hesychius
and the Etymologicum Gudianum).
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201
Ἀγέροπτος
unseen(?)
… itself is a)ge/roptos in most Suda mss and also in
Hesychius,
but a)ge/ropos in ms T and also in ps.-Zonaras. (Both versions are otherwise unattested, and not in LSJ.) The glossing phrase is as …
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371
Ἀγροῦ πυγή
rump of the country; fat of the land
… pugh/ version is otherwise standard: see Pausanias the Atticist alpha21;
Hesychius
alpha837; Photius, Lexicon alpha272 Theodoridis; Appendix Proverbiorum 1.4; Macarius Chrysocephalus 1.3. The phrase itself is taken to come from Old Attic Comedy: Archippus …
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549
Ἀελπτέοντες
having no hope
… a)/elptos; occurs only in the participle. [1] Same glossing in
Hesychius
and Etym.Magn. 20.23. Latte in his
Hesychius
edition regards the participle as coming from the source that the Suda goes on to quote …
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550
Ἄελπτον
beyond expectation, unexpected, unhoped-for
… pi 1281. [2] Same gloss in Apollonius the Sophist; cf.
Hesychius.
See also alpha 551. [3] In
Hesychius,
as at pi 1281, this is the gloss for periskele/s.
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645
Ἀείφρουρος
always on watch, everlasting
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
Hesychius
alpha1331 supplies the glossing that is lacking here: a)ei\ diame/nwn, a)eiqalh/s "always waiting, evergreen". The word is attested in Sophocles, Cratinus (quoted by
Hesychius,
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831
Ἀκέων
wordless(ly), in silence, speechless, (?)attentive(ly)
… root as the Greek verb of hearing, a)kou/w, a)keu/ei; threi=
Hesychius,
and analogies to Old Norse, Gothic and modern German [aufhören 'to listen and stop'], where the similar words for 'in silence' have lost …
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864
Ἀκήλητον
inexorable
[1] Similarly already in
Hesychius
alpha2370. The headword, masculine accusative singular of this adjective (as the Suda's second gloss, not in
Hesychius,
shows), is evidently quoted from somewhere; perhaps, though not demonstrably, the epigram …
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1113
Ἀλεκινός
(?)strong
The headword, variously alekinos and (in
Hesychius)
alikinos, is unattested outside lexicography. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. marks it as corrupt and opines that it should be alkimos; cf. alpha 1285.
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2423
Ἀνῆπται
has been fastened up
Same entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
Hesychius
has a parallel one for a)nh/fqw (quoted from Homer, Odyssey 12.51 = 12.162). The Suda's a)nh=ptai -- also in
Hesychius
but with different glossing …
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2679
Ἀντίληψις
objection
… in Photius and elsewhere. The second part is also in
Hesychius;
see further below. [1] In the Greek a simple difference of preposition: a)nti/lhyis for e)pi/lhyis. [2] Plato, Phaedo 87A (web address 1 below). …
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2767
Ἄντρον
grotto
cf. alpha 2765, alpha 2766. [1] Same glossing in
Hesychius
and elsewhere. [2] Same glossing in other lexica. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. takes the adjective (masculine accusative singular) to be quoted from the Septuagint …
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2929
Ἀπαρτίαν
chattels, household utensils, moveables
… quoted from somewhere, is in the accusative case. See also
Hesychius
alpha5817: a)parti/an: meta/basin, a)poskeuh/n, te/los, a)partismo/n. Latte in his edition of
Hesychius
suggests Numbers 31:18 LXX as a source. [2] Alexander of Aphrodisias, …
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3121
Ἀπειλή
threat
Same entry in
Hesychius
and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. regards the headword as quoted from the Septuagint (Proverbs 19.12, etc.). cf. generally alpha 3122, alpha 3123.
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3211
Ἀπινύσσω
I lack understanding, I lie senseless
… which is cited in the adverbial form a)pinu/tws "unwisely" by
Hesychius
alpha6209 (in the phrase a)pinu/tws e)/xwn, his gloss on the participle a)pinu/sswn in Iliad 15.10). According to Chantraine (s.v. pe/pnumai), the forms with …
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3229
Ἀπλήξ
unstricken
Same entry in
Hesychius
and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. Latte on
Hesychius
s.v. regards the headword as extracted from Gregory of Nazianzus' poem De vita sua (line 732). LSJ entry at web …
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4206
Ἀσπασίως
gladly
[1] cf.
Hesychius,
and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 7.118 (where the headword appears: web address 1 below), and
Hesychius.
[2] Same glossing in the Synagoge (alpha999) and Photius (Lexicon alpha2986).
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2
Ἀαγές
unbroken, unbreakable
= Apollonius Sophistes, Lexicon Homericum 2.4. Likewise in
Hesychius
alpha7; Photius, Lexicon alpha4 Theodoridis; Etymologicum Gudianum 1.12. This form of the adjective is the neuter nominative/accusative singular, as at Homer, Odyssey 11.575 (web address …
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Ἀαδεῖν
to disturb
Same entry in other lexica: Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon (2.14),
Hesychius
alpha10, Photius alpha5 Theodoridis, and cf. Etymologicum Gudianum 1.15. The headword is otherwise unattested -- and the range of active and passive meanings suggests …
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4
Ἀάλιον
undisciplined
… Homeric Lexicon 2.14, and Photius, Lexicon alpha6 Theodoridis; cf. also
Hesychius
alpha17. The headword is unattested outside lexica and grammars (and attested there only in this neuter singular nominative/accusative form, presumably quoted from somewhere). …
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7
Ἀασάμην
I was addled
… is very similar to Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 1.19, and
Hesychius
alpha25.
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11
Ἀβάκησαν
they kept quiet
… Etymologicum Magnum 2.30-31. Compare also Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 2.16;
Hesychius
alpha54. The glosses offered here and elsewhere probably represent semantic extrapolation from the Homeric context: When Odysseus comes in disguise to Troy, Helen …
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Ἀβάλε
would that
… entry (see note 2), also Synagoge alpha1 (Lexica Segueriana 3.10),
Hesychius
(s.v. a)/ ba/le, alpha60) and Apollonius Sophistes, Homeric Lexicon 2.15. The word does not occur in the extant text of Homer, but there …
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17
Ἄβαπτος
untempered
… a)/stomos. Cyril's reading has been adopted in Latte's text of
Hesychius
and Theodoridis' of Photius. [2] Only in ms A (= Parisinus 2625). This superlative form of the headword is attested only here.
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23
Ἄβατον
inaccessible
… entry = Synagoge alpha5, and Photius, Lexicon alpha31 Theodoridis; cf.
Hesychius
alpha91 (where Latte confidently asserts that the headword is quoted from Euripides, Bacchae 10).
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25
Ἀβδέλυκτα
unhateful [things]
… 40), and very similar to Synagoge (Codex B) alpha12; cf.
Hesychius
alpha94. [1] cf. tau 659. [2] Aeschylus fr. 137 Nauck.
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27
Ἀβδιού
Abdiou, Obadiah
… *)abdiou "Obadiah's Vision"; the Hebrew name is indeclinable and accentless.
Hesychius
gives the name as oxytone, with the gloss e(rmhneu/etai dou=los e)comologhto/s "it is interpreted as acknowledged servant."
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