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Ἀβροτάζω
I miss (someone on the way)
… present indicative, its only appearance outside lexica etc. is in
Homer,
Iliad 10.65 (web address 1), where it is in the first person plural, aorist subjunctive active a)brota/comen (in the construction after a command …
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Ἄρατος
Aratus, Aratos
… following books: Phainomena, whose introduction [is] wonderful, and which emulates
Homer;
Hymns to Pan; Spondophoroi; Paignia; Astrologia and Astrothesia; Synthesis Pharmakon; Theriakon Epitedeia; Anthropogonia; Epithytikon; To Theopropos; To Antigonus; Ethopoeiae; Letters; Epigrams; To Phila, …
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1796
Ἀναβάδην
lifted up; propped up
… something from what is outside and and flying around. A
Homeric
way of speaking: for
Homer
distinguished souls from bodies when he said: "many strong souls, he made them spoils for the dogs." Thus …
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Ἄγη
awe, curse, charm; breaking
… [It means] wonder, delight, disbelief, eagerness; in Herodotus, malice; in
Homer,
amazement, shock, smashing, breaking, destruction; some [define it as] sacrificial offerings. So a)/gh, paroxytone, [means] amazement; but a)gh/ [is] the breaking of the …
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Ἀλαός
unseeing
… [sc. attested is the related noun] a)laskopih/n ["blind man's watch"].
Homer
[writes]: "nor did he keep a blind man's watch".[Used] proverbially: meaning he did not keep a lookout blindly.
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Ἀφάρτεροι
swifter [horses]
… "The horses are swifter"; the ones [that were so] earlier.
Homer
[sc. writes this].
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4718
Ἄχρι
up to
… There is also a)/xris meaning on the whole, altogether. And
Homer
[writes]: "the ruthless stone utterly destroyed the sinews and bones." Also [sc. attested is the phrase] a)/xri ko/rou ["up to one's limit"]. There …
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543
Ἀεκήλια
unseemly
… that someone would not willingly bear. Or a)eike/lia, i.e. unfitting.
Homer
[writes]: "unseemly deeds".
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1290
Ἀλκμανικὸν εἶδος
Alcmanic form
… nouns on both sides. And [sc. this also occurs] in
Homer:
"where the rivers Simoeis flow together and Scamander."
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Ἀπερωεύς
thwarter
[Meaning a] hinderer.
Homer
[writes]: "thwarter of my forces."
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3161
Ἀπήμονα
unhurt
[Meaning] unharmed.
Homer
[writes]: "them he found no longer altogether unhurt nor without slaughter." He has combined two ideas, meaning some not unhurt, [i.e.] the wounded, and others not unslaughtered, [i.e.]the dead. *ph=ma [means] …
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Ἀάσαι
to harm, to infatuate
… lexicography, though it appears as an entry in Apollonius Sophistes,
Homeric
Lexicon 2.5, and is presumably related to such
Homeric
forms as we find at alpha 7. [1] This meaning is unattested for the …
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11
Ἀβάκησαν
they kept quiet
… indicative active, of a)bake/w. This form is found only in
Homer,
Odyssey 4.249 (web address 1), and the many lexicographical notices generated by it. Of those the most similar to this entry are Photius, …
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677
Ἀϊδρείη
ignorance
… post-Suda, in Etymologicum Magnum 42.44-47, which goes on to quote
Homer,
Iliad 7.197-199. The headword -- connected with alpha 678, q.v. -- occurs in the mss of line 198 there (dative case); and 'inexperience' …
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848
Ἀκέσματα
remedies
… in Photius and other lexica, and in the scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 15.394, where famously this neuter plural occurs (of Patroclus applying remedies to the wound of Eurypylus (see Archeologia
Homerica
(1983) 108, 125ff.; …
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911
Ἄκνηστις
chine, small (of the back)
… entries in some other lexica, including Hesychius (where Latte cites
Homer,
Odyssey 10.161) and Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon. The word is also found without the initial alpha. (Its earliest appearance, in
Homer
[above], can accommodate …
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3187
Ἀπηύρα
removed
… The headword is athematic aorist, third person singular, of a
Homeric
verb which has no present tense. The upsilon represents an original digamma (see LSJ at a)pou/ras); the augment had a long vowel. Same …
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3211
Ἀπινύσσω
I lack understanding, I lie senseless
… (post-Suda) in Etymologicum Magnum 122.32-40. The verb a)pinu/ssw occurs in
Homer
(Iliad 15.10, Odyssey 5.342, 6.258). It is a denominative from *a)pi/nutos, which is cited in the adverbial form a)pinu/tws "unwisely" by Hesychius alpha6209 …
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4188
Ἄσμενος
glad
… entry at web address 1. This word occurs in a
Homeric
formula fu/gen a)/smenos e)k qana/toio (see
Homer,
Iliad 20.350 with scholion;
Homeric
text at web address 2). The traditional view, reflected in the …
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4215
Ἀσπουδεί
carelessly
Same or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon, and the scholia on a)spoudi/ in
Homer,
Iliad 15.476. [1]
Homer,
Iliad 8.512 (web address 1 below: again the paradosis is a)spoudi/).
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4415
Αὐδή
voice
… Same glossing in other lexica, and in the scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 1.249. [2] Same or similar glossing in other lexica. including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon. When used of goddesses such as Calypso and Circe, …
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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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Ἄαπτος
irresistable, invulnerable
… a)/aptoi or xei=ras a)a/ptous (usually interpreted as 'irresistable hands'); e.g.
Homer,
Iliad 8.450 (web address 1). [1] The etymological comments that follow occur only in mss G (= Parisinus 2623) and T (= Vaticanus …
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7
Ἀασάμην
I was addled
… address 1). It is found frequently in epic poetry, e.g.
Homer
Iliad 9.116 (web address 2). [1] Up to this point the entry = Synagoge (Codex B) alpha3 (Lexica Segueriana 3.8 Bachmann). [2] From …
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Ἀβάλε
would that
… 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 are other literary attestations including Callimachus fr. 619 …
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151
Ἀγαπήνορος
loving the manly, manly, courageous
Same or similar material in other lexica, including Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon. The headword is the genitive case -- because it appears in that case in
Homer,
Iliad 15.392 (web address 1); cf. the scholia …
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171
Ἀγάστονος
much-groaning
… is used of Poseidon's wife Amphitrite (personifying the sea) in
Homer,
Odyssey 12.97 (web address 1), and in the
Homeric
Hymn (3) to Apollo 94 (web address 2); it is also attested in a …
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181
Ἀγέλαστα
not to be laughed at, unamusing
Neuter plural of this adjective, quoted from
Homer,
Odyssey 8.307 (e)/rg' a)ge/lasta); cf. Apollonius,
Homeric
Lexicon 4.21-23.
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221
Ἀγηνορίη
arrogance, pride
Same glossing in Apollonius'
Homeric
Lexicon (7.20). As LSJ s.v. indicates (web address 1), the headword noun (ending -rie in epic/Ionic dialect, -ria in others) has overtones which depend on context. What may be …
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225
Ἀγήραον
ageless
From scholia on
Homer,
Iliad 2.447, where this adjective in the accusative case, describing Athene's aigis, actually appears as a)gh/rwn
(Homeric
text at web address 1; LSJ entry at web address 2.) cf. generally …
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